Aquamarine Alliance

Flag of the Aquamarine Alliance

**The Aquamarine Alliance** was the name of a collaborative militaristic force that coalesced between minor mercenary companies from the independent city-states of Sapphire Island, and the local native tribes of Lizardfolk and Sea Centaurs from the now "sunken" island of Aquamarine.

## History

The alliance was formed at the proposal of Aegust Slipstream, the Sea Centaur commander of the mercenary company: the Thunderwaves, during a joint council with other mercenary leaders from the Ten Thousand Leaguer's Guild. It was in response to the growing threat of Pirate Lord Balbos the Swollen, who had been amassing a naval force of staggering proportions. The Guild had gathered intelligence, with help from the Kingdom of Saltfyre, that Balbos and his conspirators were scheming to engulf Aquamarine Island into the sea, and enslave it's denizens.

The joint council appointed the legendary triton hero Thalastair Deepflood as Supreme Navarch of this newly formed alliance, and soon a campaign was devised to quell the Pirate Lord's forces at strategic points around the Sea of Gems.

## The War of Red Waves

*See main article: War of Red Waves*

Thalastair Deepflood commanded alliance forces to dispatch Pirate Lord Balbos' Hurricane Legion at Opal Isle in the Necklace. The ensuing battle was a terrible blood bath that saw heavy casualties on both sides, despite Thalastair's fleet reigning victorious. The events that transpired would be known to be the starting point of War of Red Waves.

The Aquamarine Alliance would meet the Pirate Lord's forces all along the Necklace, facing defeat at notable battles such as the Feast of the Swollen on Beryl Isle and the Battle of Amber Embers, on Amber Isle. Balbos' fleet were supplemented by the crews of other Pirate Lords, such as Salazar Dzent and Queen Octaveliss.

One of Balbos' staunch allies was the fiendish sea hag Zephyrhondae, who used eldritch abyssal magic to seemingly "sink" Aquamarine Island while a bulk of the Alliance fleet fought the Pirate Lords in the Necklace.

## The Battle of Broken Beach

Soon after the sinking of Aquamarine Island, the Supreme Navarch Thalastair Deepflood defeated Pirate Lord Salazar Dzent onboard the latter's ship *The Tempered Fang* just off the shores of Topaz Island. However, Dzent was unknowingly being used as a decoy by Balbos, who then used the opportunity to overwhelm the Navarch's fleet along with Pirate Lord Octaveliss. The Alliance had recruited Kordelia Seawraith and her crew in an effort to curb the tides of the war, and she joined the onslaught between Thalastair's fleet and the host of the Pirate Lords on Topaz Island.

Thalastair Deepflood slew Pirate Lord Octaveliss on the southwestern shores of Topaz Island, on a stretch of sand referred to as Broken Beach. The engagement was a massacre between the Alliance and the pirates. Zephyrhondae had appeared as a part of Balbos' forces, summoning a brigade of Gutaki spellcasters, who then sunk a majority of Alliance ships. Kordelia and Thalastair both fought Balbos on the beach during the battle, but the Pirate Lord was able to get an upper hand on the duo. Thalastair was tragically slain.

The remaining alliance forces were able to push back the Gutaki, as well as the pirate fleet, thanks to arriving naval support from Sapphire and Pearl. The renowned aasimar paladin Immaculada Furio arrived with ships from Nacrelon, where she nearly defeated Zephyrhondae before the hag used a planar gate to escape. Kordelia was able to kill Balbos during a blitz from her crew on Broken Beach, an effort made possible by the arriving forces.

## Post-War

After the Pirate Lords' defeat at Topaz Island, the remaining forces of the Aquamarine Alliance folded into the command of Kordelia Seawraith, which then became the Crimson Sails. The newly formed privateer fleet started an ongoing effort to stop the other Pirate Lords from amassing similar forces. Kordelia remains committed to gathering intelligence on the location of the sea hag Zephyrhondae.