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Gruesome Shipwrecks May Mark Pirate Escalation

Gruesome Shipwrecks May Mark Pirate EscalationNews for Sul, Olarune 8th, 998

By David Noonan

ROLANPORT -- The Lucky Larkspurwashed ashore on the Zilargo coast last week. The bodies of its crew

en mutilated almost beyond recognition, and its cargo was missing. The Lucky Larkspuris the third ship to

ffer such a fate in the last two months, and port officials speculate that a new band of pirates may be

sponsible.

irates revel in the fear they cause, but this sort of ritualistic murder goes far beyond the pale. These pirate

hoever they may be, are by far the most bloodthirsty madmen I've ever come across," said Parlo Garrelspa

e Trolanport harbor administrator. Garrelspan asserted that most of the merchant ships plying the Sea of

orms are hiring extra marines to guard their vessels against the pirates. Thus far, the marauders have left

rvivors, and no calling card other than the dismembered bodies of the crew.

While this new band of pirates is bloodier than others, they represent only a new incident in a worrisome tre

id Garrelspan. "We've seen a real influx of pirates on the Sea of Storms recently. The conclusion of the La

ar left too many war-trained sailors and not enough peacetime ships for them to crew. Unfortunately, a lot

em turned to piracy."

us far, all the stricken ships have been owned by smaller merchant companies, but House Lyrandar and t

vies of both Breland and Zilargo are taking the matter quite seriously. A House Lyrandar captain, howeve

eculated that pirates might not be to blame. "The sahuagin dwelling in the Straits of Shargon have some

palling sacrificial rites," Captain Derenver d'Lyrandar said. "If a sahuagin tribe has migrated into a shipping

ne, its members could easily produce this sort of damage."

know what the gnomes think," d'Lyrandar continued, "but pirates are too smart to just butcher everyone. T

ant their victims scared enough to surrender, not so certain of their impending doom that they're willing to f

the death."

bout the Author

avid Noonan is a designer/developer for Wizards of the Coast. Before coming to Wizards, he was a daily

wspaper reporter in Washington state. Apparently the city hall beat is good practice for an Eberroncamp

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