Last Week I announced this- probably my forum magnum opus, an 8 chapter story following the dark fate of the Glowing Pickering, a Ravenna merchant vessel, and all 49 passengers and crew who disappeared into the Dark Sea with it, so I will present to you once more:
You will be presented this story from the perspective of Officer Deckard of the Grand Navy, whom is only the latest to pick up the journal to try and piece together the fate of those whom were written within its pages.
Rules
So, how does this all work? Very simple:
Every 24 hours, you will be able to submit up to 8 ‘answers’ tying together two pieces of evidence. Just comment them in the threads below. I operate on a ‘first come, first served’ rule. These pieces will be added to the public manifest, as will your name be added to the public treasury marker. Get 10 pieces of evidence in total right, and you get to pick from a prize set. Every single correct answer also nets you 250 galleons, which you can cash out at any time.
Characters who are the point of view for a chapter do not count. Even ones that will be point of view characters in the future. (But you will not waste your limited ‘per-day’ guesses)
EXAMPLE
Bio has read Chapter 1 and saw mention of a character named ‘Bob’. Bob in the story was helping work on the sails, so Bio identifies that Bob is a Topman on the ship, therefore tying together these two pieces of evidence. We still do not know where Bob came from, or how he died, but with these two pieces of evidence we have created a profile that Bio can come back after the 12 hour cooldown and fill out by either guessing or using newly acquired evidence.
Bio is working together with Randomness to put together clues, so they decide to ‘split’ the reward as well, giving both of them half the reward, and half the credit. With one more point in the bank, Bio now has 10 points- enough to buy an item set. Bio buys a set, then waits for the next days evidence reveal.
If you submit an answer that is incorrect, I will let you know, but I will never tell you WHAT is wrong about it. Full Names of characters will be required in certain cases:
Once you complete an entire persons location, story, etc, I will make a death certificate for them.
Death Certificate
RESOURCES
This is a public folder with every image or clue I have released thus far. Combing through this can occasionally reveal story hints. Some are just foreshadowing, as some found out in the preview I posted last week, whilst others will actually contain clues to details about crew members that aren’t directly mentioned in the story.
Click here to read Chapter 4
(This ones probably my favorite)
New Chapters every two days, check back here every now and then!
(This means Wednesday I should have at least chapter 3 ready for you. I’ve been writing this in pieces as some ideas came up so I just have to properly flesh out the chapters)
PRIZES!!!
Prize Sets
Shark Hunter Set [CLAIMED BY CATEAN]
"A set of equipment and trophies from a distinguished hunter of Redwake"
Includes: One of Every Shark Hunting Tool Blueprint, Every type of Shark Fin, and more!
Lost Navy Captain Set [CLAIMED BY REDNINJA]
“I still miss em’, you know, but that hammer is doing no one good collecting dust in the storeroom.”
Includes: Vindicator, Large Cobalt Jacket, Strong Bronze Musket, Strong Scroll, and more
Thunder Warrior Set [CLAIMED BY RANDOMNESS]
“Took this off a criminal who used to terrorize these seas.”
Includes: Schimitars of the Storm, Stormcaller, Lightning Ram, and more
Hi-Tide Brawler Set [CLAIMED BY RED]
"Goofy criminal started chugging seawater when I caught him. Weird guy"
Includes: Ax Slash Scroll (x2), Seawater bottle (x100), and more
Mage Set [CLAIMED BY BIO]
“Dime a dozen, really.”
Includes: Arcanium Arcsphere, Pulsar Scroll, Sorcerer Set, Strong Scroll
Jewler Set [CLAIMED BY RANDOMNESS]
“Here’s an interesting case, stolen jewlery. Owners dead, so it’s only rotting away in the evidence storeroom.”
Includes: Power Amulet [Fair], Defense Amulet [Fair], Attack Speed Amulet [Fair], Agility Amulet [Fair], Intensity Amulet [Fair], and Attack Size Amulet [Fair]
Alchemist Set
“Remember to have a permit before you start throwing random ingredients into a pot. Guy nearly burned a hole through Sailors Lodge.”
Includes: Enchantment scroll [Bursting, Amplified, Swift] (x2), Sky pinecone (x20), Collasal Clam (x20)
Dining in the Sky Set [CLAIMED BY SEBA-CHAN]
“Here’s a nice prize, every now and then we get shipments from Cirrius to boost morale. You can have the entire shipment.”
Includes: Orange Swiftcap (x10), Sky Pumpkins (x25), Horizon Rosemary (x10), and more
Fishmonger Set
“Just some old fishing gear.”
Includes: Collectors Rod, Bronze Rod, Enchantment Scrolls [Luring, Lucky, Magnetic], and more
Rations Set
“Hired a chef to cook up some food but the Silverhold cooks got angry so I’m sitting on all of it, wondering what to do with it.”
Includes: Crimsons ‘Special’ Hoagie (x5), “Swim Pies” (x10), Arlyborg Fruit & Mushroom Platter (x100)
(More prize sets may be revealed down the line as I farm more stuff for you all to get!)
The Manifest
Last up is our manifest. This is the point of it all, this is what you, if you choose to participate, will be filling out. To avoid spoiling future chapters, the fates and names of perspective characters not yet revealed will not be included, as I said if you find their names in the story I will just tell you that you found them (will probably still give you prize credit points)
There is a google excel sheet version of this in the resource folder, if you don’t want to read an ‘artsy’ one. I’ll try to update both as often as possible:
Thank you for your time, I sincerely hope those of you who choose to participate enjoy not just the puzzle aspect, but the story itself as well.
I’ll ask a mod later if I can post a discord link if you want to have a direct link to poke and prod me about when to expect the updates to the story and mystery. I also am 90% sure I am forgetting stuff as it took me an hour or so to write this post, so just, ask questions if you have them.
Current Payout Pool
| Forumer Name | Roblox Name (If given) | Earned Galleons | Current Prize Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrimsonPants | brandon314sbackup | All of them | They are my items |
| Randomness | ??? | 5,000 (PAID) | 0, Thunder Warrior Set (PAID), Jewler Set (PAID) |
| Bio | ??? | 3,750 | 5, Mage Set |
| RedNinja | ??? | 6,500 | 11, Lost Captain Set (PAID), Hi-Tide-Brawler (PAID) |
| Seba-Chan | EeveePikachu54 | 6,750 (Paid!) | 6, Dining in the Sky (PAID), Alchemist Set (PAID) |
| Catean | Catean_Republic | 7,500 (PAID!) | 14, Shark Hunter Set (PAID!), Rations Set (PAID!) |
I think I give up at this point. (I barely did anything compared to them 
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