Brazen Wolfe Tabletop

Gareth Seaspray

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Gareth tied the length of rope to secure the sail to the rigging of the small ship and watched as the wind caught the extended sail. A small vessel crafted to glide across the waves and make the most out of the area of the sail that now pushed the vessel ahead of another ship was they continued on their path.

‘So that’s the secret to the Surf Skimmer. It’s extra sails capture the wind as they come in any direction and propel us faster forward than the others. No magic other than nature itself.’ he muttered as he sad down next to them and the helm to make sure he can still control the rudder if he needed it. ‘But if I had a wind charm I could control the wind to towards the sails to propel the Surf Skimmer even faster. But at that speed I wouldn’t be able to turn.’ he paused as he held a bag in his mouth to grab retrieve some hard tac.

‘That’s what the other captains will come to realise. That speed is not everything. They need to read and speak to the waves, need to understand what they are doing and what’s coming.’ Gareth stopped to chew. As he watched over the moonlit waves that they skimmed over moving much faster now that they were a day off the coast.

While they were not in first place they had passed the majority of the other ships – their crew, captains and hired guards looking on in disbelieve. They had received some threatening gestures and words as they had passed the others and apart from a warning shot being received they relied on their speed to get out of range from anyone overzealous in their hunger for the podium.

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