We meet our heros onboard Captian Mickey's ship, traveling to Bironne by sea. Twin elves, Garion and Galen as well as a half-elf known as Raldam are taken unawares as their Captian turns out to be a sinister character, poisioning them all at dinner. Although Galen is a pharmicist, by the time he notices the considerable dose of poison in everyone's goblet of wine, his brother and the halfling both have slumped, unconscious. He decides to feign unconscioiusness as well, allowing himself to be bound and thrown in the lower hold with the others. Garion comes around, feeling rather groggy, sometime in the wee hours of the morning.
Nobody's quite sure when.
Galen is all for leaving the half-elf behind, which Garion opposes. As they argue, Raldam also wakes up, and is included in escape plans. For, as forutne would have it, just as everyone recovers somewhat from the poison, the ship puts into harbor and it sounds like most of the pirates leave. Of course, they loot. Comming up on deck, Raldam shoves the first mate overboard as he is keeping watch out to sea.