<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 36pt;">Ecchi Island</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Background</span></span></strong></div><br/>Discovered in 1567 by Venetian explorer Vittorio San Ecchi, Ecchi Island, a remote paradise on the edge of the Bahamas, has been the personal domain of The Counts of Montefiore for generations on end, when it wasn't busy being used as a hideout for Stankbeard, the most notorious pirate of the Caribbean. With the last Count's passage, title to the island has passed to his unsuspecting illegitimate daughter, Cassandra Holland, now Countess of Montefiore.<br/><br/>Being of the age of 21 and engaged in the pursuit of a business degree, Tessa, as she now prefers to be called, saw a unique opportunity to put her unexpected windfall. She would turn her inherited legacy into the premier Spring Break destination. And she turned out quite capable of doing so.<br/><br/>And in addition, fortune would smile on Tessa yet again, for in the initial surveys of the island, Tessa discovered the lost treasure of the infamous Stankbeard. Among his hoard was not only more cash with which to fund her ambitious project, but a wondrous gem known as The Jewelstone of a Thousand Worlds. With it (and the cooperation of a couple of friendly physics and engineering majors), she was able to establish a portal to other universes and invite college students from those miraculous and deep-pocketed locales to come and visit as well.<br/><br/>So, we stand at the threshold of a truly amazing week. As we speak, hundreds of college students are converging from a massive collection of worlds to join in the party of a lifetime. It will be epic.<br/><br/><strong><br/>Interest Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=263319.0)<br/>OOC Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=263762.0)</strong><br/><br/><strong>Episode 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=263986.0)</strong><br/>