highseasooc | **Shard Event**

Stone Nest Shard

The Place

The stone nest is a rock out-cropping set in a sem-circle at least 2 leagues (roughly 10 miles) in diameter. The rocks tower well above the tallest ships and are lines with crags and nests of various seabirds. Inside this circle the water looks like a mirrored pond, and it’s almost as if something lies in wait. But that’s only because something does. Welcome to the Kraken Nest.

The Kraken

Closely resembling a squid, the Kraken can reach up to 200 feet from end to end. Fortunately these are babies, soon to start on their next life cycle and so are in the 20-50 foot range of slavering thrashing tentacles. These tentacles are soft and can be cut off or shot but will likely only make the thing mad. The larger ones can snap a smaller ship in half. They will be active when a ship enters through the stones, but their verocity is up to you.

The Shard

For the lucky crew who wins the shard, it will be found between the eyes of the largest kraken, because of course it is. It’s thin, roughly the length of a man’s thumb and can easily be spotted shining red and pulsing on the kraken’s pale mottled skin. How you get it is up to you.

How this will work

All the crews who signed up, please select and post a number between 1-100 in this entry. The mod will choose the winner by 5pm tomorrow or once all the numbers are up, whichever comes first.

As for the rest of it, it’s entirely up to you how you want to play/backtag/handwave it.