ALPHA Timepoint is in alpha Talk to Us
Sign In Get Started
B

Black Death reaches England at Weymouth

A ship from Gascony arrives at Weymouth harbor, carrying sailors infected with the Black Death. Townspeople and dockworkers react with growing fear as they realize the severity of the situation, while

Setting

Weymouth Harbor, Dorset, England. The scene is set on the docks where a ship from Gascony has just arrived. The wooden planks of the dock are weathered and worn, with gaps revealing the dark water below. The harbor is bustling with activity, but there's an undercurrent of unease.

Characters

The figures in this scene as an entity network — co-presence links everyone in the moment; speakers who trade lines are bound tighter. Turn the resolution dial to reveal depth the engine actually computed.

TNGF
SELECTED
Ship Captain
primary
A grizzled Gascon sailor in his late 40s, with a weather-beaten face, deep-set eyes shadowed by fatigue, and a wiry frame hardened by years at sea. His skin is tanned and leathery, with early signs of plague visible in the dark buboes forming under his jawline and the feverish sheen on his forehead.
Harbormaster
primary
A middle-aged man with a wiry build, sun-weathered skin, and a permanent squint from years of scanning the horizon. His salt-and-pepper beard is neatly trimmed, and his hands bear the calluses of a man who's worked the docks his entire life.
Town Physician
secondary
A middle-aged man with a gaunt face and sharp, observant eyes. His hair is thinning and streaked with grey, tied back in a simple knot. His hands are clean but show signs of frequent washing, with long fingers suited for precise work. He wears a pair of round spectacles perched on his nose, a rare luxury for the time.
Dockworker
secondary
A burly man in his late 30s with sun-weathered skin and calloused hands, his muscular frame strained from years of heavy lifting. His dark hair is cropped short under a woolen cap, and a thick beard partially obscures a jagged scar across his left cheek.
Fishwife
background
A middle-aged woman with a wiry frame, her face weathered by years of exposure to sea winds. Her hands are rough from handling fish and nets, and her dark hair is partially covered by a coif, with strands escaping in disarray.

Dialog

Ship Captain By the mainmast, man! We've paid our dues in Bordeaux—you'll not deny us harbor now!
Harbormaster Mark my words, Captain—that ship reeks of death. The tide's turned ill upon you.
Ship Captain A pox on your suspicions! My men need rest, not this... this dockside inquisition!
Harbormaster By Christ's bones... those black swellings on your boatswain's neck—
Ship Captain Quiet, you fool! You'll have every merchant from here to Poole bolting their doors!
Harbormaster Too late for silence. The physician's already fled—and the bailiff with him.
Ship Captain Then by Pluto's balls, we'll unload ourselves!

Chat with Characters

You've used your 3 free turns

Sign in to keep chatting with characters from this moment — unlimited turns.

Sign in to Continue
— Sign in for unlimited

Causal neighbors · 59 linked moments

O
Ordinance of Labourers issued
1349 · caused by
S
Statute of Labourers enacted
1351 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers enacted
1351 · follows
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · follows
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
F
First plague outbreak in London (Black Death)
1348 · same era
F
First plague outbreak in London (Black Death)
1348 · follows
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · follows
S
Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers
1351 · follows
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · follows
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · follows
B
Battle of Neville's Cross
1346 · same era
B
Battle of Winchelsea
1350 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
E
Enactment of the Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
B
Black Death reaches England
1348 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers enacted
1351 · same era
E
Edward III's Claim to the French Throne
1340 · same era
B
Battle of Neville's Cross
1346 · same era
B
Battle of Neville's Cross
1346 · same era
B
Battle of Neville's Cross
1346 · same era
D
Death of Thomas Bradwardine
1349 · same era
Ordinance of Labourers
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
O
Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
E
Enactment of the Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
E
Enactment of the Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
Statute of Labourers
Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era
F
Founding of the Order of the Garter
1348 · same era
P
Promulgation of the Ordinance of Labourers
1349 · same era
B
Black Death reaches York
1348 · same era
S
Statute of Labourers
1351 · same era