Sons of the Sea, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – May 25, 2011 – by Ashlynn – A new contest was announced by Santiago of the Sons of the Sea in Trinsic, a contest to see who could catch the greatest number of crabs and lobsters and who could catch the finest specimens! But that wasn’t all as five great crab beasts would also be lurking in the seas of Britannia and they would not be swallowed up by a net without a fight. Recovery of their crustacean forms would also impress Santiago and see you placed on the leaderboard.
Wotan von Asgard of Aryslan answered the call for the alliance initially, and I offered to go along as an escort, should he run into any dangerous see monsters. He spent some time catching crabs and lobster in the open ocean before fishing up a few more in the dungeon of Ice. Unfortunately, he had to moor his ship early and I found myself without a captain. Luckily though, Mayor Zanku arrived and after impressing a few more folk into service aboard his ship (Badger and BlackHeart both decided to join us), we went monstrous crab fishing! Despite a brief interruption from the gods themselves, we soon sailed out to sea…
…and found little except endless empty ocean. It seemed that the creatures were quite well hidden beneath the waves and had no desire to try and chew through our hull. With Santiago’s deadline fast approaching, we decided to abandon the endeavour and make for port.
However, the contest is set to last for a number of weeks with results going towards a running tally, so all is not lost yet. Especially if we can slay all five of the beasts and seize our prizes from them. Let us hope those great crabs are not so shy next time.