A hot, unrelenting sea of beautiful but deadly waters and terrible storms. The Sea of Swords is host to a multitude of free cities and various national colonies vying for power and trade routes. The Dragon Crown Wars had just come to a close, and now many Privateer's are out of a job, and many turn to piracy. The Continent to the Northeast is European in culture, whereas the south east is Arabian, and all the lands to the south or west are filled with either colonies or dangerous natives (humans and/or lizardmen). Many Islands dot the Sea, and the Silver Elves live on a large island far off the western coast, i.e. their homeland. Below the Southern Continent is the Cutlass Coast, where Free City's under a Confederation live and try to survive without direct aid from the Northern Continent.

• Magic is very real, but is regulated by laws, guilds, and licenses. Apostates are often hanged.
• D&D magic, though we'll make it a rarity and even mages can be killed by two feet of good steel.
• 14-17th century technology, depending on where you make port. Bows/Crossbows/Matchlock Guns alongside Sabers/Arming Swords/Sideswords, Cutlasses/etc. Catapults and Ballista are more common than Cannons.
• Humans are the most populous race. Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, and lesser known races are uncommon but not unheard of.
• Death by Sea Monster, Cutlass, and Storm are the most common death in the Sea, bar drowning.
• Despite the dangers, Overseas Trade is still a lucrative business.
• The Sea of Swords is littered with treasure, items of a magical quality, and ancient secrets. It used to be a much smaller body of water where a great empire lay, but a catastrophic war led to a mass flooding of the western sea and separated much of the continent into north and south, with great bays and cuts in the land covered in ocean.
• The most common ships are Carracks (built for defense and trade), Sloops (built for speed), Cogs (trade ships), and Caravels (maneuverable and versatile).
• Yar, matey!
• Nirn Root is a revolutionary herb for the career choices for women, though most fighters are still men and old habits of patriarchal succession die hard. The root is essentially a birth control pill.
• There are many Gods and Goddesses, though only a few important ones. The five on the Main Continent are Baelon (Justice), Galena (Peace, Healing), Guandet (Civilization), Solomon (Wisdom), and Seradwyn (Magic). All in the Sea of Swords gives homage to Throngel, the unforgiving God of the Seas. He Imprisoned his Sea Goddess Wife, Lorelia, Queen of Sirens and Sea Nymphs, somewhere under the seas as punishment for her chaotic tendencies.

We are invited as heroes to the palace of Prince Achmed, who is son of the Sultan "Ha-Ha" (if you laugh in his presence and are not of suitably high station, he will have you executed). The vizier is named Rashem. Achmed is quite taken with Calliope for her beauty, and for saving him, in that order. The vizier has been given leave to hire the Weathered Witch to attack the Blooded Axes secret cove, where we do so against the Prince's council, only to find out it is a trap by the traitorous Vizier. We are captured, Markus is set to be executed publicly in the cove, Calliope is placed into the harem with golden "cuffs" that lock her magic, and the crew is to be executed. Markus escapes, frees Calliope in the 'throne room' of the Corsair King where Calliop is and they both slay him, and they save the crew. They find out why the Vizier had hired the Blooded Axes, because of a sacred map that leads into the desert that is said to hold wonders beyond imagining. They were to be the ones to find the map, but now we have it.

We sail back to the city, called Dalib Shara and are hailed once again. When there, the Sultan announces he will marry Calli, as he knows who she is and plans to create a trade route in the northern seas. It will be against her will if she refuses, but in a few nights his son Achmed kills him in jealousy, having grown mad from his captivity and lust for Calli and power. Markus in turn kills him, then they flee into the desert while the crew returns to the ship with as much swag as they can. Markus and Calliope make it to the cavern and fight a few mythic beasts before finding the key of the Genie, with little knowledge on what this means, along with a ring that summons a less powerful Djinni. Along with a vast pile of Gold and Jewels that both Markus and Calli would obviously be interested in, though as soon as they grab the key and the ring the cavern collapses and they must escape Indiana Jones style.

Now they have a Key for an adventure hook, a ring to use in dire circumstances, and a fled Vizier that would be a nuisance in the future.