"Staff Only Part 1"

== Plot Synopsis ==
Waking on a boat, Thog briefs Markus and Harlock on their mission; to steal an ancient, powerful magic staff with control over the domain of life, which is being given by Alaran to Kuravia, where it will be held for auction. The team's client, Xin, wants to prevent the staff from reaching Kuravia for fear that it will wind up in the hands of one of its necromancer lords and, in the worse case scenario, spark a conflict between Kuravia and Onorhant. For this mission, the team (seemingly consisting solely of Harlock, Markus and Thog) are sailing to Tax Haven, an island used as neutral ground between Alaran and Kuravia, where they will intercept the staff mid-journey and switch it with a decoy (an identical looking staff with much weaker magic, to give the impression that its powers were exaggerated). 
== Trivia ==
* Gregor rejected participating in the robbery as he finds stealing morally repugnant.
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