02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

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dark habits in Cryx; chief among these is research in
their most prevalent field—necromancy.
the fiery Wake of the AtrAmentous
With her tattered sails liCked by unearthly flames and
the Water boiling in her Wake, terror spreads before the
aTrameNTous like Chaff in the Wind. this deadly ghost ship is
but one of many in the serviCe of lord toruk. it is rumored
that toruk Created the ghost ships from living CreWs and
their vessels. reWarded for their serviCe With torturous
death in the deadly flames of his breath, the pirates suffered
exCruCiating pain only to be “reborn” as the revenant CreW
of a sCorChed Cinder ship. just as loyal to the dragonfather
as they Were in life, or perhaps moreso, they Continue to ply
the seas and raid in death just as they had in
life. With Cutlasses glimmering in the
moonlight and pistols spraying their
foes With deadly neCrotite rounds,
the ghostly CreWs are terrifying and
nigh unkillable.
Maritime History
Don’t ye go worryin’ about the past,
laddybuck! Ye just try and keep yer
head on when she starts howlin’ around
ye, and the rain hits like blunderbuss
shot. Ye let the past take care of itself
and worry about seein’ yer future!
—Halford Bray, captain of the steamship Palaxis
As a rule, sailors do not concern themselves with
history. Most of the time sailors are far too busy trying
to stay alive while navigating Meredius’ treacherous
waters to be bothered with keeping historical records.
Because of this, most records of the seas are compiled
by “dryfeet,” and they often have large holes in
the records or the logic of the writings, and the
information is often secondhand at best.
Paradoxically, some of the best records of
the Occupation are sailor’s journals
and ships’ logs. Scholars of
the current era have
scrutinized these
parchments found
aboard old ships
and have uncovered
information thought
lost. Two major
events have sculpted
the history of the
Iron Kingdoms when
it comes to travel
upon the waves: the
Orgoth occupation
and the invention of
mechanika. These
events have had much
consequence on the
way Meredius and her
waters are perceived,
and the surviving
journals and logs
have revealed much
in recent decades.
The Orgoth and