After a string of shipments headed to Ish Lavin were hijacked en route, the Ivory Pearl Company has put out a call for willing mercenaries to help safeguard their latest shipment in hopes it might arrive successfully at the wayport in Arpaksad. Volunteers will be paid for their service and returned to Ramsalon after the ship arrives safely at its destination.

Whispers around the Wayward Ho district suggest that the earlier shipments were hit by 'ghost pirates' according to the surviving crewmen, but skeptics abound and no one is taking the claims too seriously. Yet...