Editing Mortal Peril (section)

=The Scavenger Son=


A little bit about Amon Jerixs.


He came from Skull Stone, or from Nexus, he is the bastard offspring of a Dragon Blood, he is the child of the Fair Folk... There were a lot of stories about him.


In his mid fifties he had been a successful Scavenger Lord for thirty years, and had traveled much of Creation. He wore his years well, easily capable of keeping up with those half his age. He had many adventures and gained and lost many fortunes.


His ship, the ''Six Lucky Stories'', was an amazing craft, even the slightest wind would fill her sails, and even on windless days they would flutter enough to keep the ship moving forward at a crawl. The wood of her hull was amazingly strong and has survived damage that might have snapped a lesser ship in two.


Recently he was hired to travel far into the west where he skirted the Border Marches until her came to an island, forgotten by time, called Grace. On it was vast structure, from an age long gone, a Hospital for the Criminally Insane, or a Prison the Criminally Genius, he called it both.


Grace was dangerous, several crew members died as they explored the ancient structure. Deep within, past surgical theaters of horror and cramped looking cells, they found what Amon had been commissioned to find. A vast sarcophagus of Jade and iron, trimmed with soul steel. It was sealed, and none of you ever managed to see inside of it.


It was taken back to the ship, and then to the Island where Amon's client awaited. He took the sarcophagus, three crew members, and a wagon. That was the last you saw of him, until he showed up in the village, a walking dead man.