Noah knew exactly what he was referencing. “The Star Diamond.”
“Apparently, the Canstanopolous’ discovered the diamond, and it was said it would bring them great power and fortune, only to have it stolen by a renegade son, Viktor. He, who then later renamed himself Minotaur, after the creature who haunted the mazes on the island of Crete. He created his own maze, a zigzag path across the ocean, making him nearly impossible to locate. Until his nephew, Alexander, set off for the New World. He’d heard stories of a tyrannical pirate who terrorized the seas off this very coast, a major shipping lane. The waters we float on now.”
“And Zander found the diamond during an excavation of the shipwreck. He founded this village with his bounty of other gems and jewelry and coins.”
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