The Providence

Not to be confused with Providence, the Providence is a mysterious artefact.
==History==
The Providence was created after Stefano Blacklips killed a Stargazer named Rolf and took the wish for himself. Stefano made an agreement with the captive marid Atanua, whose interpretation of his request resulted in the Providence as it is today. Atanua summarized the agreement and her interpretation as follows:
"A ship, then, and an ocean you can sail it on forever,With all the wine and blackburn leaf you could want,And your poor victims always with you,Beyond the reach of the Corhyrian lords, beyond the reach of death itself,So that one day even you might serve a greater purpose"
Stefano then hid the bottle on the island of Zaratan, opened it, and went inside with his hoard of treasure.
==Description==
The Providence (manned only by Stefano himself) is grim-looking pirate ship that sails a deserted ocean, populated only by strange shark creatures that seem to exist only to pursue Stefano. The entire ship and ocean are somehow compressed into an apparently ordinary glass bottle. It is reasonably easy to enter the bottle (indeed, it seems to pull in anyone and anything that comes to close to the opening), however leaving is much more tricky - the "sun" that hangs above the bottle's ocean appears to act as an exit (although it Stefano can never leave). Stefano has some supernatural control of the ship, however he prefers to keep it in a state of disrepair (particularly the speaking figurehead, which still holds preserved messages from Atanua). The ship, like Stefano, is shackled to existence as per the terms of Atanua's agreement - it simply rises as new from the deep whenever it would otherwise be permanently destroyed.
==In the Campaign==
Vantis and Lannus discovered the Providence on the island of Zaratan, and were pulled inside with their sailing boat. The minotaur Rexxar found it soon afterwards, and followed. At this point the bottle was taken by rakshasas (who served Sreshtu) to Isaravissith.
The crew of the Magic Missile (led by Slark and including Len, Ruskar, Tarrish, Yurian, Corsavo and Enhu) waited within the bottle and stood guard over Stefano as Lannus, Vantis and Rexxar explored Isaravissith.
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