Sinking of the Dellaveir / Mutiny on the Blackwyche

The Sinking of the Dellaveir and the Mutiny on the Blackwyche was a notable event on 10th Veltai 1510 that averted a major catastrophe, but was disastrous for a small few.
== Background ==
The Euluskan Empire-funded privateering ship, Blackwyche, was patrolling the Volkotti Straits. The ship was part of the 1510 initiative to crack down on rampant piracy in the area. After sunset, they came upon a Vortic Mercatorium ship, the Dellaveir (in Vortai, the Telai-apéla). The ship seemed to be a ghost ship, adrift without wind. The captain Marrik, the first mate Helrus McCraggan, and the quartermaster Crate (along with a small boarding party) boarded it to investigate, and found it full of sickly, dying crew in the darkness. The infected captain, Giseau d'Hart, fled on a rowboat, Some form of wasting disease ailed them, and they were contagious and feral with thirst and hunger. The infected sailors attacked, and twelve of the Blackwyche sailors were killed, and Helrus sustained nasty wounds and was infected. The privateers fled back aboard their ship, turned about, and sank the ship. Thankfully, all remnants of the ship sank beneath the wave, their disease lost to time. It could have been catastrophe in the region. Yet, small pockets of the disease remained - Helrus was infected, as was that captain, Giseau, who rowed away.
=== Aftermath ===
This was the last straw in the already strained Blackwyche crew relations. Marrik ordered the Blackwyche turn about and sail to find Giseau. However, during this chase, the bo'sun of the ship, Jak Waiki'ki, led a mutiny. Crate, Helrus (now delirious) and Marrik were dumped on the nearest island, Aya Atoll by the crew. The trio performed a medical exorcism on Helrus to save him (he almost died!), chased down the infected captain, and killed her. Crate was killed by a giant mother hippo too. Marrik and Helrus, now alone but having removed the disease from history, entreated the local Kaneeyi for a boat and returned to the Anchorage to meet Admiral Vaselka De'Seditus. They later took part in the defence during the The Pharox Thas Catastrophe. Meanwhile, Jak, the mutineer, and her first mate Anaïs Disforza, sailed into the sunset for the time being... until they were found later by some others.
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