Weedwater

Weedwater is an expanse of warm ocean located at the south end of the Parlanic Sea off the coast of Dalkhrova. The Weedwater is choked by sargasso seaweed, where the wrecks of countless ships drift amid the fog. It is a mariner's nightmare, a sweltering purgatory where men are forced to turn on one another like animals to survive. The sargasso forms a tangled mat that snarls ships in its slimy tendrils, rendering escape hopeless. The hulks of vessels from countless eras list brokenly in the muck, many on the verge of plunging into the depths below. In places, the sargasso is so dense and spongy that one can walk across the ocean's surface, though unseen breaches in the mat make such travel perilous. Above, screeching gulls wheel in lazy circles.
Below the surface muck, a forest of kelp sways in the murky depths. The waters are filthy, clouded with silt, shredded seaweed, and the rot of corpses. Sharks and barracuda glide through the tangled maze, sickly beams of sunlight flickering weakly through the choked surface. Deeper still, the rotting hulls of ships sit silently on the muddy bottom. Schools of
silvery fish and luminescent squid dart through the gaping holes in the wrecks. Jagged underwater crags of bone-white coral rise all around, riddled with black, twisting caves.
Perpetual fog shrouds the Weedwater, concealing the treacherous seaweed from sailors. Muggy days are shrouded in haze, though the heat is no less wilting. The fog breaks only when a violent squall is approaching, an omen of the harrowing ordeal that is to come. Storms are savage in the Weedwater, pounding the ragged ships with torrential rain, howling winds, and lashing
waves.
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