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== About == |
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The Drowned Fortune is a mysterious ship that thrives and hunts beneath the seas of Quelmar. Fashioned from the wood of sunken ships with masts made out of leviathan bones, and bound together with kelp sinew, the vessel glides silently through the deep, propelled by manta-like fins and lit by the glow of anglerfish lanterns. When it rests, it lays dormant at the ocean depth, camouflaged amongst the reef and other sunken wreckages in the deep. At its heart lurks Thal’xxis the Brine-Tyrant, an ancient aboleth who abandoned the stillness of the the deep unknown for conquest and plunder. Using their psionic abilities, Thal’xxis bends the Drowned Fortune into both its warship and its lair, guiding it across the dark seafloor as if it were alive all its own on the search for its next quarry. |
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The crew, once mortal sailors, are now the Gilled Corsairs, or more simply, Thal'xxis's Corsairs, were enslaved long ago by Thal’xxis’s corrupting mucus and alien mind. Their forms have merged with the life on the sea floor: barnacle-crusted brutes, eel-limbed boarders, sirens with gilled throats, and manta-winged scouts who strike from the dark. Utterly loyal to their aboleth captain, they raid passing ships with ruthless efficiency, dragging survivors into the deep. Among sailors of the surface world, the Drowned Fortune is simply a ghost tale, but for those that have seen it in person, they know that the Drowned Fortune is anything but fiction. |
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== History == |
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The Drowned Fortune will wait beneath the sea, waiting for a ship heavy with wealth and gold to pass by. Then is a torrent of waves and water it will breach the surface, unleashing its oceanic crew unto the unsuspecting sailors. All gold and valuables are taken aboard, while any survivors are either executed on the spot, or dragged back into the depths with the Drowned Fortune. |
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== The Crew of the Drowned Fortune == |
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[[File:The Brine Tyrant.jpg|thumb|Thal’xxis the Brine-Tyrant]] |
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=== Thal'xxis the Brine-Tyrant === |
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In the realm of Quelmar, Aboleths inhabit the deepest depths of the realm on the edges of imagination and insanity. It brings grim tidings if an aboleth ever chooses to leave the endless abyss to enter into the seas and rivers of Quelmar. Few can match their alien psionic magics, and the mucus they secrete turns any creature that comes into contact with it into willing and devoted thralls. |
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Thal'xxis is one of these aboleths, drawn to Quelmar by the shining light of gold and jewels. It does not seek the corruption of mortals nor the domination of the surface world, but rather its driving force is much more, human: greed. Its body is a writhing mass of slime-slick tentacles and glowing red eyes, with golden jewelry from its latest blunder adoring its slimy body. But Thal’xxis is more than a collector of wealth. Its mind, vast and ancient, seethes with cunning and patience; it plots with the meticulous care of a master thief, calculating not just raids but the slow accumulation of fortune and wealth across Quelmar's oceans. The Drowned Fortune is animated by Thal'xxis psionic magic, captained through the depths before emerging on poor unsuspecting ships on the surface. |
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=== The Golden Corsairs === |
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The Golden Corsairs are the loyal, and grotesquely transformed, crew of the Drowned Fortune, bound to Thal’xxis by the aboleth’s corrupting touch that reshaped them into something of the sea. Once mortal sailors, crew of the Fortune's Wake, they were drawn into the depths when Thal'xxis first emerged into Quelmar and bound to forever serve as its crew, emerging decades later as fishlike hybrids of man and sea predator. Their forms vary wildly: some bear barnacle-encrusted armor fused to their flesh, others sport elongated eel-like bodies with rows of needle-sharp teeth. Over time, the ranks of the Golden Corsairs have expanded, with more drowned sailors added to the crew along with other inhabitants of the briny depths such as [[Sahuagin]], Sirens, and [[Merfolk]]. |
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Many share in Thal'xxis' endless greed and alien evil. Like their captain, the corsairs are obsessed with treasure, hoarding small baubles beneath the ship’s planking, while others delight in sabotage and cruelty, finding joy in the chaos they spread. As a unit, the Golden Corsairs are terrifyingly efficient: swift in the water, vicious in combat, and relentless in pursuit of any prey that ventures too close to the ''Drowned Fortune''. |
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== Notable Events == |
== Notable Events == |
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Revision as of 03:04, 1 October 2025
| Type | Undersea Pirate Ship |
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| Government | Captain |
| Location | The Quelmar Ocean |
The Drowned Fortune is an accursed pirate ship that haunts the seas and coasts of Quelmar's oceans. Traveling beneath the waves, this ship pillages the depths, captained by a cruel and ancient Aboleth, Thal'xxis, the Brine Tyrant.
About
The Drowned Fortune is a mysterious ship that thrives and hunts beneath the seas of Quelmar. Fashioned from the wood of sunken ships with masts made out of leviathan bones, and bound together with kelp sinew, the vessel glides silently through the deep, propelled by manta-like fins and lit by the glow of anglerfish lanterns. When it rests, it lays dormant at the ocean depth, camouflaged amongst the reef and other sunken wreckages in the deep. At its heart lurks Thal’xxis the Brine-Tyrant, an ancient aboleth who abandoned the stillness of the the deep unknown for conquest and plunder. Using their psionic abilities, Thal’xxis bends the Drowned Fortune into both its warship and its lair, guiding it across the dark seafloor as if it were alive all its own on the search for its next quarry.
The crew, once mortal sailors, are now the Gilled Corsairs, or more simply, Thal'xxis's Corsairs, were enslaved long ago by Thal’xxis’s corrupting mucus and alien mind. Their forms have merged with the life on the sea floor: barnacle-crusted brutes, eel-limbed boarders, sirens with gilled throats, and manta-winged scouts who strike from the dark. Utterly loyal to their aboleth captain, they raid passing ships with ruthless efficiency, dragging survivors into the deep. Among sailors of the surface world, the Drowned Fortune is simply a ghost tale, but for those that have seen it in person, they know that the Drowned Fortune is anything but fiction.
The Drowned Fortune will wait beneath the sea, waiting for a ship heavy with wealth and gold to pass by. Then is a torrent of waves and water it will breach the surface, unleashing its oceanic crew unto the unsuspecting sailors. All gold and valuables are taken aboard, while any survivors are either executed on the spot, or dragged back into the depths with the Drowned Fortune.
The Crew of the Drowned Fortune
Thal'xxis the Brine-Tyrant
In the realm of Quelmar, Aboleths inhabit the deepest depths of the realm on the edges of imagination and insanity. It brings grim tidings if an aboleth ever chooses to leave the endless abyss to enter into the seas and rivers of Quelmar. Few can match their alien psionic magics, and the mucus they secrete turns any creature that comes into contact with it into willing and devoted thralls.
Thal'xxis is one of these aboleths, drawn to Quelmar by the shining light of gold and jewels. It does not seek the corruption of mortals nor the domination of the surface world, but rather its driving force is much more, human: greed. Its body is a writhing mass of slime-slick tentacles and glowing red eyes, with golden jewelry from its latest blunder adoring its slimy body. But Thal’xxis is more than a collector of wealth. Its mind, vast and ancient, seethes with cunning and patience; it plots with the meticulous care of a master thief, calculating not just raids but the slow accumulation of fortune and wealth across Quelmar's oceans. The Drowned Fortune is animated by Thal'xxis psionic magic, captained through the depths before emerging on poor unsuspecting ships on the surface.
The Golden Corsairs
The Golden Corsairs are the loyal, and grotesquely transformed, crew of the Drowned Fortune, bound to Thal’xxis by the aboleth’s corrupting touch that reshaped them into something of the sea. Once mortal sailors, crew of the Fortune's Wake, they were drawn into the depths when Thal'xxis first emerged into Quelmar and bound to forever serve as its crew, emerging decades later as fishlike hybrids of man and sea predator. Their forms vary wildly: some bear barnacle-encrusted armor fused to their flesh, others sport elongated eel-like bodies with rows of needle-sharp teeth. Over time, the ranks of the Golden Corsairs have expanded, with more drowned sailors added to the crew along with other inhabitants of the briny depths such as Sahuagin, Sirens, and Merfolk.
Many share in Thal'xxis' endless greed and alien evil. Like their captain, the corsairs are obsessed with treasure, hoarding small baubles beneath the ship’s planking, while others delight in sabotage and cruelty, finding joy in the chaos they spread. As a unit, the Golden Corsairs are terrifyingly efficient: swift in the water, vicious in combat, and relentless in pursuit of any prey that ventures too close to the Drowned Fortune.
Notable Events
