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Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. THE ASHERAH OCEAN SANTA ROSARIA A month or more at sea. More than a week with no sight of land. The last day in unseasonable calms and cloying mist. Ferran stood in the bow near the...

THE ASHERAH OCEAN SANTA ROSARIA It had been several days of sailing now. Several days since they had finished reloading supplies, several days since they had left Alliria. Several days since Hernan had spent his weight in silver bribing the city watch to stay off his case and chalk up the...

ALLIRIA WESTERN DOCKS With great effort and incredible splendor, Hernan Alcantara and his escort disembarked at the port of Alliria. They had chosen the Western side of the city to come ashore, as this was where the Trade Council's chambers were housed, and Hernan had every intention of...

SOMEWHERE WEST OF VEL ANIR AND NORTH OF THE CORTOSI COAST Gaheris prodded the head of the corpse with his cane several times before he got it at the right point. He leveraged it slowly, tilting the corpse’s head this way and that as he examined it for damage. A soldier. Or a conscript, rather...