Captain Lynx Dilancri

Standing just over seven feet in height, the Kaldorei made his Captain look like a child. They were certainly an interesting pair on the officer's deck of The Mistrunner II. "Mind the keel, eh," Captain Lynx spoke above the steady winds towards the helmsman, eyes not wavering from the rocks jutting out of the waters in the distance. Her First closely monitored beside the binnacle, a ever watchful eye of their new crew working alongside their more familiar crew.

They made good time from Boralus to Rustberg. Lynx Dilancri knew these waters and these winds well enough to plan a favorable route while still testing the efficiency of her crew. After they passed through the rougher seas, the captain stepped to the helm. "She'll warm up to...

My elder brother, Landyn, was pronounced lost at sea and presumed dead when salvage was found of his ship along the coast. House Enturose, a minor noble house, owned a shipyard famous for their sleek, fast ships so unlike the typically larger ships built by the other Tirian shipwrights, and Landyn Enturose was the family’s big bid to move up in society with his devastatingly powerful new design.

I was a child. Landyn was my idol. More than ten years my senior and one of the youngest and most promising builders of the time, and my only brother. Sometimes he’d take me out on the waters in a little rowboat and talk with me about all sorts of things. He taught me how to ride a horse, read building drafts, keep a ledger, play darts, and...

The Enturose family stood prim and proper as a lesser noble family of Kul Tiras; they were respected among the higher class and the working class, as they were known to be stern, proud, yet fair people. Lord Enturose owned a couple shipyards which were famous on this side of the Isles. Lady Enturose, a petite woman much younger than her husband, hosted beautiful and well attended events and was known for her capability in the proper ways of the finances of a noble house. Together they were a perfect match to move quickly up in society, having started at the lower end of the upper class.

The family was visiting the harbor to bid farewell to the first ship their eldest son, Landyn, had build to prove his apprenticeship as a shipwright...