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"Islands in the Mist"

The VanSandts lucked upon the group of islands by pure chance and soon sent in Captain Juls DeMarco and her crew to investigate.  What they found was nothing short of intriguing.  DeMarco came across many skeletons of hulls long since destroyed on the shoals and unseen reefs, dangers hidden by the thick, misty fog that seemed to linger.  If not for her First Mate and his unique gifts as an Aquarii, The Lady would never have found her way through the maze of reefs that protected those islands.

The islands are covered in a shroud of fog, making their true size and location difficult to determine.  As one moves along the coastline of an island, it seems to disappear and shift, changing shape and even size right before your eyes.  The fog plays such foul tricks on the mind and what was just a small slip of an island is suddenly a mountainous region that blots out the horizon.  Even the most seasoned of captains find themselves challenged to stay off the deceptive shoals and sharp coral reefs, making passage through these islands improbable, if not downright impossible.

Once you get through the maze, though, what is left to greet you is a beautiful sight.  The bluest water and the clearest skies await you, leaving that outer ring still enveloped in fog.