July 1494, West Africa Coast, Rokel River Mouth, Sierra Leone Lion Mountain Port.
The coast of Sierra Leone boasts lush tropical jungle and towering peninsula mountains. The sandy beach along the coast is fine and white, dotted with tall coconut trees and palm trees. Near the shore, rushing freshwater rivers pour into the Atlantic Ocean like small waterfalls, the water being very clear and tinged with a hint of earthy red.
This is the warm and humid West Africa Coast, with its pristine wild beauty surrounding the Portuguese-style dock port, wooden trading posts, and stone fortresses. The Lion Mountain Port is set with the sea on three sides and mountains on one side. North and east of the port are encircling rivers that can be followed to trade with black-skinned tribes a thousand miles inland. To the west of the port is the sea, while the south is the treacherous Lion Mountain, forming a natural deep-water haven amidst the peninsula mountains.
