Chapter 1

As the deck beneath him starts to rumble, Harbek does his best to take on a wide stance and try to steady himself.


(Doh!)

You feel the massive explosion and many of you are knocked off of your feet. Surprisingly, your vision fills with smoke. As the smoke clears, you realise the explosion didn't come from the hold. You see the Indomitable limping away with smoke still trailing from its cannons. It must have unleashed a point blank broadside. Just as you regain your footing you feel another, smaller explosion from within the hold. A few moments later Que emerges and yells "OVER THE SIDE! OVER THE SIDE!" and then dives into the ocean.

What do you do?

As Harbek sees the others leaping over the rails and into the water, he attempts to turn in their direction to follow. As he does, his feet lose their footing and slide out from under him. As he is falling, he grabs for the railing and ends up taking hold of a pirates sleeve, pulling him and another down on top of him. Knowing what is about to happen, Harbek scrambles and says a prayer to Pelor to aid him in his attempt to get out from under the two pirates in time to scramble over the edge of the ship before it blows.

@Harbek

The two pirates fall down on top of you.
You know that the clock us ticking so you furiously try to shove them off but they are too heavy. One of the pirates hits his head hard as he falls to the deck. The other pirate grabs for you.

@Harbek You manage to escape from the pirates and you leap off of the ship. Not a moment too soon too...

@Everyone

You leap off the Dreadship and into the familiar warm ocean water. The sun is beginning to set as you make your way towards the Indomitable. Suddenly, you hear a massive explosion. Something hard smacks into the back of your head and you feel your consciousness slowly slipping away. Time slows as you think back to on your actions this day. You see something moving in the water below you as you slowly sink beneath the waves. It may be a shark. It may be something else. At the moment, you honestly don’t care. As oblivion approaches you face it with a sense of honour and pride as you know that your heroic sacrifice will allow hundreds of colonists to arrive safely at the New World. You wonder what it’s like as you finally lose consciousness.