Game 22: The Totally Peaceful Waters of Essard

 Our Intrepid Heroes board The Midnight Squall and begin the expedition. Met the ship's crew and a peculiar silver-masked fancy lad named Aloysius, attached to the Ordinatus contingent. Also, his enormous construct, Vremma.

After a solid week of travel over shifting waters, they get to the Bay of Sha'Ira - their entry point to the island of Annasielle, and Essard. 

Things that were witnessed:

A Ghost Swarm - lost souls from Essard, haunting the seas and attracted by living voices

Dead seabeasts, rotting and drifting by as they were devoured by other sealife.

Mutated cuttlefish, known locally as Shodan. Fiesty and in big swarms. Also: hungry.

An Essari Kraken, which tried to eat several of the ships. Did cause a significant loss to expedition supplies, but it could have been much worse. 

Upon sighting land, the airship Poppy and Artisan Aloysius/Vremma flew inland to scout. They located a ruined above-ground group of structures only a few miles inland, and plans were made to clear the site.