Braggio Ironhook's journal, day… one, I suppose.
I've decided to start keeping a record of our lives, now I've become captain of the Greenshroud. With the repairs to the ship completed and Razzid Wearat slain, our future seems full of opportunity.
The creepy git Razzid tried to knock my block off at the party we had a few nights ago. Thankfully the crew preferred having me around, since I'm obviously smarter and better looking. If they hadn't sprung to my aid, I shudder to think what ill-formed misadventure that weird creature would have taken them on. His plan to strike the High North Coast was dumber than a soup fork.
I have to admit, my designs for the ship are ambitious. Attaching giant wheels to a seagoing vessel has never been attempted before. I'm almost certain that the same principle that moves a cart can work on a much larger scale. Each axle is fashioned from a thick tree trunk. The wheels themselves could crush a beast flat.
There has been a slight complication though. The wheels and axles are heavy, and cause a lot of resistance in the water. The Greenshroud is barely reaching a crawling speed even on a blustery day. I can only hope that the vessel goes faster on land, which I think would be ironic.
Once we test out the wheels on land, we shall roam wherever I please. No refuge is safe from the Greenshroud, no plunder will be unspoilt by me, Captain Ironhook! Unless the plunder is on top of a mountain, of course. I have some doubts about this ship's ability to climb even a gentle slope.
Shekra seems to think my scheme will work. She is our Seer vixen. She occasionally tells dirty jokes, and dances if you get her drunk enough. I'd better make sure she doesn't read this. Before we left she started having visions of us making her way up a beach. She said she was seeing the future.
One of the searats, Dirgo, said that wasn't really a vision of the future, because the only way we could possible get on land is by a beach. So it's not really a mystical prediction, she's just stating the obvious.
I'm convinced Shekra is magic though. She threw some coloured stones about and did her crazy dance. That seems like very solid evidence. Nobeast waves her tail around like an electric eel and steps on everyone's footpaws unless they mean business.
She also said she could see red stone walls and a bell tower in the distance. I think she knows something I don't. I'll press her for more information later. Dirgo and Mowlag both reckon her visions are a load of cobblers. I just hope her predictions are right, magic or not.
Now Jiboree is banging at the door saying dinner is ready. I don't know what his problem is, I'm the captain and I can eat when I like. But I'd better go before it gets cold.
