"Yes, of course." Nafije started to organize the pages of the journal, at least what she could find of it. "Holding on to that vellum brought an unexpected boon. When we dried the pages by the fire, they revealed the journal of a sailor, describing a voyage to a hidden island. The Isle of Dread.""I just arrived," the elf replies to Nafije. "Adam was suggesting you might give me a brief summary of what I've missed."
"I'm late," she says peremptorily as she enters the side room...as if it were something she was accusing the others of having caused, "I apologize."
Captain Rex leans in. "Now, I can tell ye of a prison island thereabouts. Broke a man outta there, I did. Me old first mate, afore Nell." He sits back and looks into his flagon. "Ahh, Nell. Lost her in a bet, of course."
"Some other time about the prison island cap'n, you wouldn't happen to still have yer charts for headed that way eh? Or maybe your navigator would 'ave em." Barook says waving the barkeeper to refill the captains drink.
Barook racked his brain trying to remember if he had heard who the Captains navigator was.
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In the other room, Skaros listened, his hands templed. If there was such an isle with dark past, other tales of it... and thus other leads... may have hit the streets. The secret noble had ventured streets both high and low during his time here...
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"Aye, probably," Rex replies. "Me old mate, Trundy, he stabbed me in the back - LITERALLY! Can't says I blame him, though. I was a right heel to take his sister to sea n' have my way with her. I mean, she asked fer it, dontcha know. But ole Trundy wouldna hear of it." Rex watches as Abel Allard brings over fresh ale. He takes a long draw from the new flagon. "Good navigators are too hard to find. After Trundy left me, I tried to hire Roundbottom's navigator, but the lad retired from sailing. Apparently, this Barbarossa had been to the Isle of Dread n' was too scared to return. Too scared to even return to the sea. Bah. I tried telling the old goat that I had no intention of going to the Isle of Dread, but he wouldna listen."