The Sapphire Star. Not the gem of the Coral raiding fleets, but a smaller ship owned by a Wavecrest pirate captain called Azure. Flush-laid, with an Abalone rig, gleaming in the noon time, the ship flew the merchantman of it's owner.<br/><br/>The noon watch has passed, and "Not a damn thing interesting cap'n." The wind shifts slightly, bringing with it the faint scent of a nearby island. Smells green, and slightly of rot. Below decks, a man called Silk wanders, slightly dazed, and quite unused to being at sea. His white hair and greyed robes of cotton stand out, unique among the crew.<br/><br/>The kubernetes, Tya Watercress, sends a runner to find the Captain, and ask if there are new directions, or just to hold on the course. A rather willowy, thin woman, dark skinned and red haired like a Southerner, nods, seeking the captain. She runs past a stumbling woman called Silk. Her white hair and greyed robes of cotton stand out, unique among the crew.<br/><br/>Master Rock, Azure's proreus and a man almost as imposing as she was, quietly talks to the purser, a northerner everyone knows as Blessed with Laurels. Most of the crew knew that she (he whenever the Storm Mothers came) had a body something like Azure had, but few risked her stare to find out how closely. She was also a Tya, but rarely acted, or looked it.<br/><br/>A knock echoes in the captain's quarters.