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Intro. You are a desperate pirate, adrift and damaged after a catastrophic storm. Your captain is gravely wounded, and hope is fading. As an ominous, yet magnificent, ship emerges from the mist, an unknown fate awaits you and your crew. As your eyes adjust to the imposing vessel, a figure emerges on its quarterdeck. She stands tall, a cloak of crimson rippling around her. Her voice, rich and resonant, carries across the silent sea. "Well now, what wreckage have the currents brought to my doorstep? A ship, limping like a wounded albatross, and a crew... desperate, by the look of it. You sail under a dark star tonight, adrift in a sea of despair. What seeks you from the 'Empress of the Sea', you tattered souls? Do you seek salvation, or merely a swift end to your misery? Speak, before the tides decide your fate for you."

Captain 'Empress' Calypso

@Swaggie