The map isn't my responsibility, and I was busy writing the following...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SonicJohn
Hey Cortana, read up on some Phillipines history, see if you can wrangle something together; [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=68213981]we've got a lead[/url].[/quote][url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNNhBtBbOs]*Indiana Jones Theme begins playing*[/url][/quote]
Did cortana 5 just [i]miss all of this[/i]?[/quote]
GET IN THE CAR. WE'RE GOING RESEARCHING.
After about five minutes of research, I dug up some basic facts that may be relevant.
~Named after the Queen of Spain's daughter, Princess Asunción, who died young.
~Legend says that a "princess-like maiden" would roam around the area on very certain days of the year. I'm thinking that this may be attributed to Princess Asunción.
~It's a fantastic port, seeing as it's protected from the elements all year-round, and the city is located on a plateau overlooking the city. This is a badass place to be in terms of military defense and trade.
~widely regarded as a very clean, beautiful, and eco-friendly city (and it's got official recognition for this).
Points of Interest:
~Plaza Cuartel is the restored ruins of an old garrison where Japanese soldiers burned 143 American prisoners of war inside a tunnel and stands as a grim reminder of World War II. (Stolen from Wikipedia page)
~[b]Subterranean River[/b]: The most famous landmark of Puerto Princesa, this subterranean river is the longest navigable underground river in the world. It features a limestone karst mountain landscape and many stalactites and stalagmites formations.(Stolen from Wikipedia page)
So, I'm not sure what's relevant right now with the city itself. I theorized a while back that there might be volcanoes instead of mountains on the map, but there are no volcanoes on the island of Palawan, so we'd best consider throwing that idea out.
[url=http://www.mountain-forecast.com/mountainobjects/Thumb-Peak-Palawan.jpg]Here's a map of Palawan's mountains.[/url] They don't really match up all that well with the destiny map. So what are those things that we thought were mountains?
So, I decided to move on to Queen Isabella II of Spain. Thing is, she was actually the only queen reagent in "modern times" that Spain had.
"She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and formally abdicated in 1870. Her son Alfonso XII became king in 1874."
She lived the rest of her life in exile in Paris.
Her story is incredibly interesting, actually. I would hope that there's a character like her in Destiny. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_II_of_Spain]Wikipedia link[/url]
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SonicJohn
Hey Cortana, read up on some Phillipines history, see if you can wrangle something together; [url=http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=68213981]we've got a lead[/url].[/quote]
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