Thar Shaddin

It started three moons ago, when the dogger boat Skeleton Crew -- a reliable fishing vessel and crew if ever there was one -- never came home. No wreckage washed up on shore, and the mutters turned into the weeping and gnashing of teeth of mourning families. It happened, from time to time. The sea took her toll from the men who plied her waters. It was expected.

Scrapper and Luna's Glow were next. While it was not typical for so many ships to go missing all at once, it also wasn't unheard of. The men and women of the Eyropan docks were uneasy, but not overly worried about it. There was no great outcry, and business went as usual. Changers and gods were evoked perhaps more than they had been in recent times, but it didn't stop the next ship from meeting its end.

The Regal was a ship out of Corezo, one of the Emperor's own fleet, and it was one of the newly minted galleons the Emperor had commissioned from a particularly famous shipwright. It was the largest ship to disappear, and notable because for the first time there were survivors. Half dead, scared witless to be sure, but they were able to communicate and the story they told was not pretty.

Leviathan, the gossip raged, the dire sea beast awoken for the first time since the Changer's War. It bespoke bad omens, and religion awoke in a burst of converts and gospel. Reports came surging towards the coastal province consuls, and they soon became overwhelmed separating truth from exaggeration. The Emperor ordered a committee to handle the mess.

So it was two moons after the first disappearance, a secretive sort of fleet was put out to water from Apthoni, and off it went on its secret little mission that was not-very-secret to anyone with eyes and a brain behind them. It was not particularly a surprise to anyone when not a word was heard from the fleet again. Flotsam washed up on the shores of Corezo a few weeks later, and that was that.

The word on the street was that the Emperor was not very pleased.

Availability: not suuuure

Posting Speed: Presently this thread is sorta as-you-can posting.

Characters Involved: Sam the Sea Monster, Leni, Ika and Jeeko.

Thread starting date: Spring, 122PW

Location:
http://www.tharshaddin.com/rp/viewtopic ... 351#p28351
Corezo's western territory Balleza. It's starting in the city Cenciu Balleza.

Summary: Leviathan is very large, and in order for a hunt to be put together, it must be very destructive. The Emperor has asked the Society of the Changed to direct a hunting effort, and the Empire is posting a large reward. Death or getting Leviathan to move elsewhere will earn the reward.

Due to the size of Leviathan I think it makes sense that it will be a concerted effort between several ships (we could even come up with a magical/steampunk equivalent of a submarine if we like), and our characters will be part of a team on one of the ships. What task they will be given is up to us to figure out.

And, we could potentially make it more complicated. Did Leviathan wake up alone? Did it stir up, possibly, other deep sea creatures? Is it intelligent? Are there crazy people out to protect it?

Other Notes: If they succeed and don't die they should be pretty wealthy.

*Steals spot*

I'll start working on the character soon.

So I added some npcs that should be useful for the start of the thread, and I thought I might throw some names down here that I know will be necessary, as our characters will be interacting with each other and the other hunters, crew members, and perhaps even individuals on other ships.

Zephyr will be the leader for this one, unless someone else has another idea they'd like to see implemented. She will be acting upon orders from Padraig.

Zephyr does not have to be on our guys' boat, which would mean that the Captain of the boat would have the most authority. The type of boat we go with will determine the number of crew, and as we're still kinda waiting on that, I'm not going to bother with it.

I did want at least one more Society member with our characters, though, and that's where Boulder comes in.

What else I can see being useful:

-Someone who can perhaps communicate through an object to facillitate coordination between ships.

-A researcher/scholar/bard, along to dispense procedural advice or to record the story for posterity.

-Some amount of militant crew; men/women who have performed militant actions aboard the vessel, either in attacking other ships or, say, hunting whales/serpents.

-Another mage or two (depends on other characters)

-Perhaps a thrillseeker or two, or simply other men and women looking to get paid. Mercenaries? Why the hell not!

-That one super paranoid dude who starts declaring the journey is doomed and they're all going to die.

-anything else you guys want to see. We can always compress/combine the above if we feel there are too many.

I can make someone who can be a mercenary and super superstitious for it. Kori is in the Errands and Meetings still, so he's not really suitable for mercenary work, but I can make someone.

Let's see if our fifth makes a character for it or not, first.

I started it to sorta just get the first post out of the way. Thread itself isn't really starting yet. Consider it more encouragement. :3

LEVIATHAN!

I think I'll throw Jeeko in to this mess. I reread his app just now and "Most of all, he loves the ocean, and the idea of adventure." so obviously he would enjoy this craziness. Good at climbing, so he could be made useful, even if he looks like a kid.

It's been long enough I'm just going to start posting. Jump in whenever. If you've lost interest please let me know so I can drag other people in.

I've been a little busy and slowly working on Ika's application, but I REFUSE to let you go on without me so it will be done soon.

LEVIATHAN!

Uh, Jordan ran away, right? Or is he absent...?

I'm not sure, but I haven't seen him around at all.

Yeeeeah, I just thought it was strange that his last time online was JUNE 13TH. Crazy.

Ika's app is finally done. I'll be making her intro post as soon as it's approved :p

I love this thread.