She lights up a candle for hope to be found
Captive and blind by the darkness around
Firm as a mountain, she never will mourn
Timeless, she waits for the break of dawn
-The Maiden’s Hymn
On the northeastern coasts, just below the frozen wastes of Nordica, a small town named Maiden’s Watch operates a small, but successful, port.
The town [...]
The Coriander Spice started life as a merchant vessel transporting spices (including, of course, coriander) from the east to the west. It was taken over, however, by the ruthless pirate Ma Bartley nearly fifteen years ago, and today its sails are a scourge on the horizon.
Ma Bartley herself is a grizzled pirate on the wrong [...]
About forty years ago, a joint venture between Garvin University, Dochmeier University, Garlend Hall and the Moorish Council established a research station on the sea floor several hundred miles off the coast of Dochmeier. It took twelve years to construct but after only five years of active research it was deemed too expensive to operate [...]
While the players are traveling aboard a ship, far from any known land, a strange event occurs. An albatross lands on the deck, walks around for a few moments, and then falls over dead.
Stranger still, the very next day the same thing happens. An albatross lands on the deck of the ship, walks around a [...]
