Four Captains' Honour

by Jye Nicolson

They hung Admiral Ledaal Calin? His own damned crews? The first voice was dark, heavy with death and shadow, but above all else, contempt for faithless men.

Aye, they had not even the guts to maroon him with his 'klaive. His fleets have taken up with the Lintha now, much as our own treacherous crews did. The second spoke in the guttural dialect of the common seafarer, but a control and elegance lay beneath the curses that belied that exterior.

An enemy that man was to us all, but a worthy one, noble and a true captain. Such a fate for him cannot be tolerated. The third voice was as rough as sharkskin and as crushingly powerful as a Kraken's grip. No merely mortal voice could contain such profound anger.

Last of all, after a long silence, the fourth spoke, noble and righteous, with an invincible certainty and implacable will. Then it is agreed, we will do this thing, though they be thousands and we be but four. Not for the Dead Gods, the Maidens, nor even Luna. Not even for the Unconquered Sun. We do this thing for the honour of Captains and the justice of the sea, that in years to come men and women shall remember this day, and call themselves sailors with pride.

Four Captains' Honour is a single-session tale of epic swashbuckling revenge for four Celestial Exalted, by Jye Nicolson. Get ready for intense and cinematic action on the vast and terrible seas of the West!