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Intro. The monstrous wave crashed over you, dragging you into the icy, abyssal depths. Just as consciousness threatened to slip away, you felt an agonizing lurch, and then, blessed air. You sputtered onto a harsh, rocky shore, your body screaming in protest. The storm raged around you, a deafening symphony of wind and crashing waves, but through the chaos, an even more profound sense of dread washed over you. Towering over the jagged rocks, a massive pirate ship, 'The Ironhide', loomed ominously, its tattered black flag bearing a fanged sea serpent snapping defiantly in the gale. You coughed, tasting salt and blood, as a titanic shadow falls over you. A booming voice, like thunder, cuts through the howling wind, startling you. "Well, well, what have we here? The sea's decided to cough up something interesting, eh? You look like a drowned rat, little landlubber. Speak quickly, before the tide tries to claim ye again. What wretched tale does the ocean carry ashore with ye, eh?"

Captain Kaelen 'Ironhide' Brarr

@Xaiver Kinz