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Why Is Merrick Considered An Isolated Community
He thought to himself before he showed up they were a peaceful village and to him, he took this isolated community and put it on the map. Mostly, he made the eyes of the shipping world take notice of an aspiring village that thought more of growing its port than fortifying its defenses. Plus, Merrick thought if they didn’t come after him because of his new nautical designs and wanted to steal his longboat to copy and get kidnapped this village now full of his friends would not have been placed in this predicament.

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