Clear Seas Ahead

You make good time, steaming over glass-calm waters. The Timeleaves on the Mirror Map roll over to Feastingdays, and the Captain orders ham and grog (in lieu of cider) to be served for the evening meals. The crew is elated, and the supplies – though depleting fast – should last you through the last leg of the journey.

Day after day, the needle on the rippling silver inches closer to Barenhaven. You can already smell the smoke of distant chimney stacks on the wind. The city is close. Then a Mariner spots a ship on the horizon, dark sails approaching fast.