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St. John's Isle is an interesting place, because it was populated by those who wanted to have small groups, particularly family, live and work together in somewhat remote circumstances.  It was all begun by three couples from the original settlement.  Forest Day and his wife, Linn; Pierre Dayette and his wife, Monique; Oscar Devlin and his wife, Tanya, became friends on their journey to SI on the Prize Mary.  Forest Day was a soldier by trade, and his wife was a teacher.  Pierre was an arms specialist, and his wife was a nanny.  Oscar was a hunter, and his wife was a butcher.  This interesting group decided to band together, but they found, as a result of the voyage, that they did not want to be in proximity to one another, and definitely did not want to live with the other settlers.  

After talking to Captain Shopp and his new committee of settlers who comprised the new Executive Staff, and after assessing the results of the explorers under Lyon Linear, they decided that the western-most island would be perfect for them.  They named the place St. John's Isle, because of their coincidental associations with St. John in some respect.  Either the name was in their family, their religions included him or there was a place in mind.  Regardless, they made their way to the island and settled in the north, the middle and the south.

The Days took the northern tip and settled in with their three children, twin daughters, Shasta and Shanna, then 16, and their son Bronson 9.  The Dayettes settled the middle on the west coast with their three children, Lilly 11, Kelso 9 and William 7.  The Devlins went south with their two daughters, Suisa 9 and Tilly 7.  The Days founded Cousins; the Dayettes, Nora; and the Devlins, Scarta Glen.  The three families did quite well and began to build their own services and specialties into marketable commodities for the SI Group as well as for other client locations.  It became Forest Day's responsibility to train the small groups of mounted security people who learned their riding through Pedro and Consita Migrail of Wild Horse Island.  Pierre fashioned very interesting arms for the groups to carry and assisted in the establishment and arming of the ten lookout locations on SI East and West, as well as those on St. John's Isle and the eleven other islands.  

Pierre's descendents still design and manufacture sophisticated hand weapons for use in clandestine activities and have built an international reputation for custom firearms.  Oscar taught the groups what they needed to survive off the land, once he or she learned.

The families stayed remote for the most part, but would get together in a place they mutually called Budland, because of its friendship mission resembling a flower in its early state.  Over the years, more and more people came to the island and settled it in the same "pod" manner.  This led to St. John's Isle being the most eclectic place for diversified talents.  Because of original arrangements agreed upon by all the original settlers who inhabited the out islands, offices and representative facilities for each of the island homebases would be in Shoppolis Islands East and West.  This way, twelve islands could retain their privacy, individual identities and personal and professionals lifestyles without having to host or entertain off-islanders, except for a few exceptions.  When it was decided to open the doors to the SI Group in 2002, this policy was not changed, that is why the specifics of each town, city, port or community is not detailed to the extent you will find with Shoppolis Islands East and West.  It was agreed that if the future required detailing, it would be considered depending on the expansion and the mood of the inhabitants at that time.

The type of industry or service provided in each of the various parts of St. John Isle has evolved over the years, and in some cases, is not at all what it was in the beginning.  This happened for a number of reasons, namely, trades no longer viable, offspring learning new trades, normal evolution and others.  At the present time, this unique islands offers the following (loosely from north to south):

     The small island called Narbles became the conversation piece of all the islands when it was discovered to be uninhabitable, a characteristic unlike all the other accommodating SI locations.  For some reason, this piece of land felt hostile to those walking the rocks and beach plus there was a slight, pervasive odor about it that folks found repelling.  It was as if no one was welcome.  To this day, no one has taken refuge there nor chosen to live there even though some have tried.

 

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