<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96676.msg4222499#msg4222499">Quote from: Narianna on 05-02-2011, 07:52:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div align="center">Gerik Seaborn (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=96661.msg4200726#msg4200726)</div><br/>Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Gerik was awakened by the loud shouts and yelling of orders by his fellow shipmates. His bunkmate was already up and pulling on clothes. The Sea’s Wrath was swaying heavily, implicative of stormy seas. Still groggy with sleep, Gerik was trying to get his muddled brain wrapped around what was going on. Then he heard it. There was the distinct firing of a canon.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Gerik jerked awake as the noise rushed to meet him. Even in his sleep addled state he recognized the boom of cannon fire, and felt the ship rock with the force. Reacting quickly, Gerik leapt out of his bunk and slipped on a simple pair of breeches, buckling on his sword belt. Gerik rushed out, grabbing his trident, not bothering to take the time to dress any farther.<br/>'How could they sneak up on us? We should've been called to battle stations the minute they came into sight,' he mused silently.<br/>His question was answered as he reached the deck, running into a thick wall of fog. The deck was chaotic as men raced to and fro, trying to get stock of who was attacking. The ring of steel on steel, and the screams of men injured or dieing came groggily though the fog. Gerik raced swiftly towards the sound, realizing the Sea's Wrath was being boarded on the port side.<br/>As Gerik reached the battle he couldnt recognize the attackers, figuring them for simple pirates making use of the fog. Wasting no time Gerik lept into the fray, swinging his trident in large arcs, knocking away three of the pirates, each with their own wounds of varying sizes. Even as he knocked the men away more took their places. Gerik clashed again and again with the enemy, striking down each man who stood in his way.<br/>More booms rocked through the ship as the cannon's fired again, echoed by return fire from yet another ship. The Sea's Wrath rocked violently as a third ship pulled along side it, attacking hooks the the hull and throwing planks across the gap between the ships.<br/>'This isn't looking good,' Gerik cursed, kicking an enemy away, jabbing him with his trident immediately afterwords.