The High Seas, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – December 4, 2010 – by Ashlynn – A few days past, a brave expedition sailed out into the great sea seeking a mighty beast. A huge monster with a maw that can chew through a ship’s keel with ease and many tentacles with which to scar a vessel’s hull and drag sailors down to the depths below.
We were hunting the great terror known as Charybdis. A creature said to once be a water nymph born of two gods, but now a twisted monstrosity.
Armed with an Oracle of the Sea fished up by one Crieton of Somewhere-or-Other, with which to track the beast down, all we needed was a crew, and we raised enough to man two vessels. Meeting at the Tea House in PaxOku, we were also joined by reinforcements from SHE by the names of Jonas, Naomi de Layne and Lycanthropy, as well as the independent adventurer, Sir Tancred.
It seemed our two gargish war galleys were already anchored near the location given by the oracle, so magical runes and gates swiftly transported us to the ships where we took up our positions. When we were all ready, we called the beast.
A great battle ensued, with cannon-fire from both ships hitting the monstrous creature. Spells, arrows and boulders from colossi all rained down on the beast while others kept the many tentacles at bay with evocations of terrible cold. The monster inflicted a great deal of damage upon the ships but after a long battle, it finally fell to our assault and we hauled it’s cadaver aboard to see what treasure hid inside it’s belly.
Though no major treasures seemed to hide inside it’s stomach, we all felt a great sense of accomplishment at finally felling the legendary creature. Bloodied, but victorious, we all sailed home (though some opted to make use of transportation magics).