After the makrura attack, we could see that the Gallant would not survive another.  So I and the few surviving sailors abandoned my ship.$B$BWe are now ashore and will soon strike out for the town of Nijel's Point, but much danger lies between us and sanctuary, and I fear Desolace will consume us.$B$BI write this now in hopes that someone will know our plight, and some day avenge us against the watery fiends who were our ruin.