Legend 2: The Fate of the Blackeyed Gull

See also: Sallahan
The Blackeyed Gull was renowned as one of the fastest ships across all of 
the Free Trader fleets. Cornack, its flamboyant captain would boast that 
in a season he could make three circumnavigations of the North Island in a 
year. The profits generated attracted the finest crewmembers but also engendered 
a certain amount of envy amongst the other captains of the Free Traders. 
Early one spring day the Blackeyed Gull cast off from the White Beach docks, bound 
for Havenpoint, the skies were clear and the winds gentle. But by midday clouds 
had covered the sky and a fierce wind from the North East was blowing down 
the channel. The storm raged for nearly five full days, fisherfolk of the area were 
unable to put to sea and merchant ships stayed away from the region. 
As the storm was releasing its grip on the area a ships tender was driven onto 
the shore just to the East of White Beach. Battered and waterlogged, the tenders 
badges indicated that it had come from the Blackeyed Gull. Lying in the bottom 
of the tender was the body of a crewman, dead for a number of days and with 
a look of terror on his face that was awful to behold.
The herdsman who discovered the tender and its occupant buried the corpse and 
thought little of it. It was weeks later when the first rumors of Sallahans 
desecration began to spread that he mentioned his discovery to a neighbour.
The City authorities, seeking any concrete information on what had happened in 
Sallahan sent a cleric to exhume the body and question the crewmans spirit. All 
that could be gleaned is that Cornack had decided that the Blackeyed Gull 
would not be able to safely ride out the storm in the channel and so had 
made for Sallahan Bay. Putting down anchor in the bay itself seemed like the wisest 
course and so the dead crewman and a companion had set out in the tender 
with the fore anchor. Looking back they were horrified to see what appeared 
to be glowing lights floating over the water from the shore towards the ship.
The crewmans account then degnerated into manic babbling, but it would appear 
that he and his companion ditched the anchor and set out to escape the bay. There
was no indication as to what happened to the other crewman.
The cleric, unable to glean any more information, blessed the soul of the 
crewman and reburied him. Making sure to consecrate the grave.
Since then, on a clear day it is said that you can still see the Blackeyed Gull 
at anchor in Sallahan bay. Some would have it be said that when it sails again 
the curse of Sallahan will visit the mainland.