To break the curse and free all of my brethren, the...thing...stowed on my ship must be retrieved and cleansed!  I don't know what it was, but I do know that it was stored securely in the ship's strongbox, which Captain Halyndor lorded over.$B$BMy old captain is still in my dreams.  I know he walks my doomed ship, the Intrepid.  Get the key from him, and use it to open the Intrepid's strongbox.$B$BThen, after you have the cursed thing, bring it to the priest Glorin Steelbrow in town.