Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea will be a Soul Sharer spin-off story, set in the times before the Sinking, and focusing on piracy and sailing. It's protagnoist is Adarexene, the sheltered future empress of Richeva, who is kidnapped and sold for trade, until bought by a pirate ship The Seadragon. It explores themes of loyalty, comradeship and sanity. It's working title was Pirate Story. 
== Synopsis ==
Adarexene qi Dhanaura returns to Generosity; her family's ancestral home, where she will soon marry and be crowned Empress, something she looks forward to and is equally terrified. Adarexene is shy, anxious and sheltered, barely knows what her parents are like and what she is expected to do. On a walk by the sea with her handmaiden, they are attacked by a band of slavers and taken to Captain Nehris' The Slavemaster. A few months after, Adarexene is on the brink of starvation and dehydration, when The Slavemaster runs into another pirate ship and they strike an exchange. The other captain, called simply The Drunkard, is heavily inebriated and attempts to rape her, upon which she pushes him overboard and he drowns. As she killed the captain, she is the new captain of The Sea Dragon - once one of the best pirate ships in the Rhoynafosi sea. Her ascension is coldly welcomed by the crew - Quartermaster Dalas Rava, navigator Hoshi Stargazer, first mate Cobra and cook Volkorc. They doubt her capacities but discover she posseses useful skills - she speaks fluent Erish, Richevan, Rhoynafosi and Tribal, writes in all the respective writings and is proficient in calculation and logical thinking. Dalas offers Adarexene her support and renames her Adex. 
Under Adex, the Sea Dragon's success rises and they are able to counter the greatest pirate ship - Hellbird, under tribal captain Reed Gorria. At the same time, they are hunted by Admiral Wassa Merod, a sadistic and machiavellian servant of the Richevan Imperial Navy. The main opstacle appears when Merod wounds Cobra's mouth and he became unable to play the Bonemade flute, made of sea dragon bones. It is used to play the Song of the Sea, ancient hymn to the ocean, which summons Har'Alkmenos, the sea dragon (King of Hydras) who blessed the ship with his magic. 
== Trivia ==
* It was named Song of the Sea before the 2014 Irish animated feature came out. Just for disclaimer.