In 1683, the town of Polini was really just a port, a stopover where slave traders transported Black people in large ships. Almost everyone in the town knew the drunkard Avanet. All Avanet owned was his name and a set of shabby, stinking clothes, and he often passed out in the street. His good friend Wuka came from a cannibal tribe, and everyone suspected Wuka planned to turn Avanet into smoked meat and eat him someday.
