The Quest of the Abandoned Cove
Rumors have been largely circulating around various circles around Gaia. From all corners of the world, one of the most notable of them remains consistent:
A man known simply as 'Varro' is looking for the best men available in an extremely dangerous endeavor. For the more materialistic, he promises more than any man could feasibly acquire in a decade in but three mere days. For the benevolent, he promises a chance to stop a deathtrap from existing.
It has been revealed that the target is the Coldridge Cove , a legendary pirate hideout said to have met with a dreadful fate. The few who have ventured out, claiming to have stumbled upon its' coordinates (as most succumb to the weather before managing to derive the location, its' exact position is unknown) have never returned to verify what they saw. The Cove is a point of various anomalies, from freak whirlpool and typhoon formations, to many crew members reporting temporary insanity, hearing voices, so they say. The SS. Henrietta, the last ship to ever set sail for the Cove, washed up on shore three years later, split in half by a colossal blast of lightning.
The events occurring are not due to natural causes.
For any that returned, they would return not only a rich man, but heralded as one of the bravest of their generation. And a mystery that has plagued Gaia for nearly a century would be put at rest. Many a wayward traveler has been killed by accidentally sailing into the Cove's hazardous conditions.
For those with a backbone of iron, the final part of the rumor is the most crucial. For getting in touch with Varro comes not in the form of an address...
but a riddle.
"Strata. The 20th. Bring a lighter, and search for Spring.
Only the best,
-V"
