#maritime ghosts

[honourablejester]

5e Character Concept: Ghostly Tempest Cleric

Right. So this is inspired by this Dread on the Dockside adventure post from dailyadventureprompts that I reblogged recently. Because I fucking love maritime ghosts and maritime horror, as people who’ve seen me burble about lighthouses and Dracula and Sunless Sea and The Fog can attest. And. That last one particularly. The Fog. That is also a significant influence for this character. The betrayed mariner who returns to seek their vengeance.

Now. I could have gone Fathomless Warlock. I love a good Fathomless Warlock, and warlock will also give me Toll the Dead, which is the cantrip I really want on this character. Because the ghostly bell tolling doom for our mariner’s enemies. But. But I want The Fog. So I also wanted the Fog Cloud spell. How useful will it be? I don’t know, but I want it. I want our betrayed mariner to be able to summon ghostly fog to enshroud herself and/or her allies and/or her enemies. So. Tempest Cleric. Let’s make a watery god of vengeance. Maybe borrow some elements from Sunless Sea, the Drowned Man, Mr Eaten? Let’s have a betrayed mariner who felt the touch of the god of the drowned and betrayed. We’ll take Toll the Dead (and Thaumaturgy for ghostly bells whenever we want them), Fog Cloud, probably Spirit Shroud as we climb levels, for those summoned ghosts.

But Tempest Cleric on its own doesn’t quite have the full ghostly feeling. I did kind of want necrotic damage resistance, just for theme. Something half-dead, that is resistant to deathly energies. So race. I did look at reborn, for an actual revenant come back from a watery grave, and that is very tempting. I also looked at aasimar, particularly with necrotic shroud, because the imagery is stunning on the fallen aasimar. But wings weren’t really vibing with our watery theme. I also thought about sea elf, to pull it back towards watery. But in the end, the shadar-kai’s necrotic resistance and ghostly teleport ability pulled me in. I think I’d reflavour it slightly so it’s not directly tied to the Shadowfell or the Raven Queen, make it a Blessing of the Drowned One instead, but being able to teleport and go briefly ghostly and translucent and resistant to all damage fits so nicely for our vengeful ghost pirate.

I also sort of wanted Booming Blade. Because this is a mariner, and the sword really does complete the image? I won’t be using the heavy armour from tempest cleric, because I just prefer Dex builds, but they do also get martial weapons, so a nice scimitar or shortsword would round out the image very nicely, and Booming Blade would tie it back to tempest as well. So I think at 4th level I’d take the Magic Initiate (Warlock) feat and pick up Booming Blade and Mage Hand. Not sure what to pick for the 1st level spell, but both Comprehend Languages and Hex are tempting options. Hex might be more thematic.

And if you’re wondering about the name, which is not very elven, I wanted more of a 19th century feel, to match the inspirations. A lot of 18th and 19th century names came from classical mythology because of the whole classical revival thing, and this particular one tickled my fancy. Euphemia, meaning ‘to speak good omens’ and Pelagos, ‘ocean’. A nice bit of irony, because while she is oceanic, she is far from a good omen these days. Heh.

Character Sheet: Euphemia Pelagos (6th level Cleric)

Name: Euphemia Pelagos

Race: Shadar-Kai.

Age: 44

Background: Pirate (not because she was ever actually a pirate, but for the feared mariner element, the bad reputation)

Class/Level: Cleric 6 (Tempest)

Deity: The Drowned One

Description: A lean, intense-looking woman, greyed-out and ghostly, with hard black eyes and tangled black hair and a faintly damp sort of look. She isn’t actually wet, most of the time, and there are no barnacles growing on her armour, no seaweed tangled in her hair, but something about her makes you feel like there should be. Her smiles are small and mirthless.

History: ‘Euphemia’ means ‘to speak good omens’. It’s a good name for a sailor, and once upon a time Euphemia was indeed considered a good luck charm by ships who hired her, a whisper to the gods to send fair winds their way. But it’s not always a good idea to draw the eyes of fate, and sooner or later Euphemia’s luck, and the luck of her ship, had to turn. Not by the hands of gods, at least not directly, nor winds either, but by the hands of mortals. Wreckers, specifically. Greedy, landbound souls, who wanted that source of so many sins: money.

Led astray, drowning, wrecked among the rocks, her name a lie, her crew dead, Euphemia, in her dying moments, felt … a presence. A depthless, drowning hatred, and a bitter, salt-stained sympathy. The Drowned One isn’t a kind god, nor perhaps a particularly good one either, but its goals and edicts are simple enough, and ones Euphemia was not particularly inclined to quibble.

She rose from the waters on that rocky shore a new woman, a cruel omen with a salt-stained gospel. Let treachery be rewarded as treachery deserves, and let all who cross your path know the cold justice of the deeps.

Ideal: Let treachery be rewarded as treachery deserves.

Bond: I do still remember what my name used to mean.

Flaw: My grudges last until they are answered.

Statistics: Strength 8 (-1), Dexterity 16 (+3), Constitution 18 (+4), Intelligence 14 (+2), Wisdom 18 (+4), Charisma 16 (+3)

(Normally I would use standard array, but I rolled a 17, 17, 15, 15, 14, 8, and … I mean, if you get that, you gotta use it, right?)

Proficiencies & Languages:

Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma

Skills: Athletics, Insight, Perception, Persuasion, Stealth

Armour/Weapons/Tools: light, medium, heavy armour, shields, simple & martial weapons, navigators tools, water vehicles, thieves tools, dice set

Languages: Common, Elvish

Traits, Feats and Background/Class Features: 

Shadar Kai: Blessing of the Drowned Man (30ft teleport prof/day, resistant to all damage after until start next turn), Darkvision (60ft), Fey Ancestry (adv vs charm), Keen Senses (Perc prof), Necrotic Resistance, Trance (4hr long rest, 2 tool/weapon proficiencies)

Pirate: Bad Reputation (people afraid of me, get away with minor crimes)

Tempest Cleric: Ritual Casting, Bonus Proficiencies (heavy armour, martial weapons), Wrath of the Storm (reaction on melee hit (5ft), 2d8 thunder/lightning damage on Wis save, Wis/day), Channel Divinity (2/rest), Channel Divinity: Turn Undead, Channel Divinity: Destructive Wrath (max lightning/thunder damage), Destroy Undead (CR ½), Thunderbolt Strike (hit with lightning damage, push 10ft away from me)

4th level Feat: Magic Initiate: Warlock to pick up Booming Blade, Mage Hand and Hex (Cha mod)

Spells:

Cantrips: Toll the Dead, Thaumaturgy, Guidance, Booming Blade, Mage Hand, Sacred Flame

Domain Spells: Fog Cloud, Thunderwave, Gust of Wind, Shatter, Call Lightning, Sleet Storm

Commonly Prepared Spells: Bless, Guiding Bolt, Healing Word, Inflict Wounds, Aid, Augury, Lesser Restoration, Spiritual Weapon, Revivify, Spirit Shroud

Magic Initiate: Hex

[the-golden-vanity]

Ahoy, shipmates!

Over the course of several delayed flights this weekend, I devoured a paperback copy of Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. I found it enjoyable, if not a Great Classic Work Of Literature.

My question to you now is, there's a chapter in the middle of the book where our castaway hero encounters a plague ship. It moves erratically through the water before them, with what appears to be a smiling, nodding sailor at the rail, acknowledging Arthur and his fellow castaways.

However, as the ship approaches, the stench of death washes over our hero and his companions, and as it passes under their stern, they can see that all aboard the ship are dead of some terrible, unknown disease, and that the smile and nod they perceived were the rictus of death and the movement of a seagull feasting on the dead sailor's flesh.

This is my first time reading this book, and yet there's something viscerally, intensely familiar about this imagery. I feel like I've read this somewhere else before. Perhaps it was in a graphic novel, because my mental image of this scene appears in a sort of comic-book style.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might have encountered this before? Any help would be appreciated.

@clove-pinks @benjhawkins @ltwilliammowett @saranilssonbooks

[frogshunnedshadows]

Happy Mary Celeste Day to all who celebrate.

[shipwreckedwithcaptainmarrow]

More progress today in my journey as an indie author, physical proof copy of my second book now in hand after 5 and a half years of research and work on it. America's northeast coast is certainly a mysterious feeling place with so many intriguing folklore tales of pirates along its shores. Can't wait for you guys to be able to check this out!

Stay tuned for more announcements!

[tilbageidanmark]

We ran into a sunken boat by Klydesøen this afternoon.

[impoliticwestie]

Border, Chios, Greece, 2024.

[theroseredreaper]

thinking of ocean themed stories. the call of summer. but like…gray, stormy seas…the water turned so dark you can’t even fathom the depths that lay below…flashes of lightning that are only a second but rob your sight, thunder so loud it leaves you deaf, the heave of the waves and blot of the clouds throw you and your boat with no sense of direction, no care for gravity, no separation from what is sea and what is the sky…give me summer in all her cold, biting, howling fury, biting rain and stinging salt and the horrors of a sea in full rage

[emperorsfoot]

I just got to tell my wife about the haunted flights of Eastern Airlines. Highlight of my week.

[catty-words]

yes, yes body swap shenanigans* but the best part of the episode in my humble opinion was the show capitalizing on the inherent spookiness and gravitas of its setting for the first time in so so long

[shadowspellchecker]

Thor (incomplete notes, expect edits)

Died seven winters after the Battle of Svolder (1x3)

...while "tracking beasts across the land" (ibid)

Norvegr (2x6)

Really hates "Danes"

Son married a "Danish" woman.

Died at age of 35 (2×14)

3 brothers, kin or fictive, fell in battle (2×16)

That's what we know.

Okay, so from what I'm reading on the Battle of Svolder (1000CE), these were the prominent figures:

Olaf Tryggvason ✝

Son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (around Oslo) (Vingulmark, and Rånrike). Father was murdered, grew up in Orkney.

Long list of activities.

He took control of Norway in 995 CE.

Active promoter of Christianity in Norway, insisted vassals be baptized.

In 997, Olaf ✝ founded his seat of government in Trondheim, where he had first held a thing with the revolters against Haakon. It was a suitable site because the River Nid twisted itself before going into the fjord, creating a peninsula that could be easily defended against terrestrial attacks by only one short wall.

Olaf ✝ continued to promote Christianity throughout his reign. He baptized the explorer Leif Ericson ✝, who took a priest with him back to Greenland to convert the rest of his kin.[14] Olaf also converted the people and Earl of the Orkney Islands to Christianity.[15] At that time, the Orkney Islands were part of Norway.

It is only when Olaf Tryggvason ✝ sights Eirik Hákonarson's contingent that he realises he is in for a hard battle, because "they are Norwegians like us".

Eirik Hákonarson

Earl of Lade and son of Haakon Jarl.

Hákon Sigurðarson (Haakon Jarl) was a strong believer in the Old Norse gods, and when King Harald Bluetooth attempted to force Christianity upon him, Haakon broke his allegiance to Denmark. A Danish invasion force was defeated at the battle of Hjörungavágr in 986. According to Heimskringla, Eric, apparently reconciled with his father, commanded 60 ships in the battle and emerged victorious. After the battle he gave quarter to many of the Jomsvikings, including Vagn Ákason.

In 995, as Óláfr Tryggvason ✝ seized power as King of Norway, Eric was forced into exile in Sweden. 

He allied himself with King Olof of Sweden and Sweyn ✝, the Christian king of the Danes, whose daughter, Gyða, he married. Using Sweden as his base he launched a series of raiding expeditions into the east.

Also needs to be considered: Haakon Jarl -

Haakon was a strong believer in the old Norse gods, even after Harald Bluetooth ✝ forced him to accept baptism around 975 and assigned him clergymen to take to Norway to spread Christianity. When a favourable wind came for Haakon to leave, he commanded the clergymen to return ashore,[4] and broke his allegiance to Denmark.

In 995, a quarrel broke out between Haakon and the Trønders just as Olaf Tryggvason ✝, a descendant of Harald Fairhair arrived. Haakon quickly lost all support, and was killed by his own slave and friend, Tormod Kark, while hiding in the pig sty in the farm Rimul in Melhus.

A number of (textually related) sources also recount Earl Haakon's predilection for raping women, whether the daughters of nobles or of commoners.

...It is clear that Svein Forkbeard ✝, Olaf the Swede and Eirik had ample reason to oppose Olaf Tryggvason ✝. Olaf had taken control of��Viken in south Norway, an area long under Danish overlordship. Olaf and Svein had been in England together, but Olaf had made peace while Svein Forkbeard ✝ kept campaigning. Svein ✝ was on friendly terms with Olaf the Swede and connected to him by marriage, so the two were natural allies.[17] Finally, Jarl Eirik had been driven from his patrimony by Olaf Tryggvason ✝, as arguably had his father, Jarl Hakon, whom he may have wished to avenge.

In the Battle of Svolder in 1000, Eric, Sweyn, and Olof ambushed king Óláfr Tryggvason by the island of Svolder.

After the Battle of Svolder, the victorious leaders split Norway into areas of control. Heimskringla gives the most detailed account of the division, describing it as threefold. Olaf the Swede received four districts in Trondheim as well as Møre, Romsdal and Rånrike. He gave these to Jarl Svein Hákonarson, his son in law, to hold as a vassal. Svein Forkbeard ✝ gained possession of the Viken district, where Danish influence had long been strong. The rest of Norway was ruled by Eirik Hákonarson as Svein's vassal.[52] Fagrskinna, in contrast, says that the Swedish part consisted of Oppland and a part of Trondheim.

The Jarls Eirik and Svein proved strong, competent rulers, and their reign was prosperous. Most sources say that they adopted Christianity but allowed the people religious freedom, leading to a backlash against Christianity which undid much of Olaf Tryggvason's ✝ missionary work.

After Olaf's defeat at the Battle of Svolder in 1000 there was a partial return to paganism in Norway under the rule of the Jarls of Lade.

So. Prejudice against the Danes by Norwegians focuses on weakness in naval combat.

After spotting the enemy, Olaf might have used sail and oar to outrun the ambush and escape, but he refuses to flee and turns to give battle with the eleven ships immediately about him. Seeing the Danish fleet arrayed against him, he comments: "The forest goats will not overcome us, for the Danes have the courage of goats. We will not fear that force because the Danes have never carried off the victory if they fought on ships."

It is only when Olaf Tryggvason sights Eirik Hákonarson's contingent that he realises he is in for a hard battle, because "they are Norwegians like us".

The sagas give all the credit to the Norwegians, praising Eirik Hákonarson for any intelligence and for most of the valour shown by Olaf Tryggvason's opponents. The Danes and Swedes rush at the front of Olaf's line and are repulsed, suffering heavy casualties and loss of ships. Jarl Eirik attacks the flank and forces his vessel, the Iron Ram, up against the last ship of Olaf's line, which he clears with a fierce attack and then proceeds onto the next ship. In this way, Olaf's ships were cleared one by one, till the Long Serpent alone was left.

Thor's views of the Danes seem to jive more with a general prejudice of Danes by Norwegians.

With one exception, all of Norway's rulers since Håkon the Good (c. 920–961) were Christians (however Håkon later reverted to Heathenism as an apostate), as was Olaf's main opponent, Cnut the Great. 

HOWEVER, his religion jives more with that of Haakon Jarl.

From the Norwegian wiki:

"Sigurd Ladejarl was hard to expose, and so was Håkon, his father. Sigurd held all the feasts on the king's behalf there in Trøndelag." [36] With this quotation, Snorri places the main seat of the old hill tribe precisely at Lade. Christianity was already well known in Norway at the time of Harald Hårfagre, and in the 9th century the new faith gained traction in parts of the population, but not in Trøndelag.

The Danish king, under strong pressure from the German-Roman emperor Otto II, had forced the earl to be baptized and sent priests with him to Norway. But as soon as Håkon was out of reach of the Danish king, he put the priests on shore and stood out as a complete heathen in the tradition of the Ladejarls. In the tribute quatrain Vellekla by the Icelandic bard Einar Skålaglam , earl Håkon is referred to as an advocate of the old religion, and he is considered among the last rulers in Norway to profess the Norse religion. According to Snorre, the earl is said to have declared himself a "Sæming" - that is, one of the sons of the warrior god Odin . "He should never seek out the fight, but also never shy away from the fight."

In Vellekla , Håkon is hailed as the one who brought åsatrua back to the Norwegians after the Christian kings Håkon the Good and Eirikssønnene: [37]

Wise Lord of the Army

let them ravage hofland

which Tor owned, again

regarded as temples of gods.

Even a Thor behind the shield

he led over the sea

to jotner's way of fighting

wolf. Him gods rule. [38]

Archaeologist Frans-Arne Stylegar nuances the image of the pagan Håkon by showing that during his raid in Gøtaland Håkon tore down and robbed a hoof that was dedicated to the god Thor . Odd Snorresson (Odd Munk) writes that Gautland earl Ottar had Håkon declared "varg i veum" (wolf in the sanctuary) at the court after the crime. [39]He also mentions that Harald of Denmark is said to have sent German missionaries to Norway. Håkon's role in this connection is unclear, but there are clear archaeological traces that indicate that Christianity gained a foothold in the country at this time. Stylegar claims that "the trend at this time was to fill political alliances and subordination relationships with Christian, ideological content. Such was the relationship between Emperor Otto and King Harald, and this may well have been the case between Harald and earl Håkon as well." [40] In other words, it is conceivable that earl Håkon became a Christian in his older days for purely political and opportune reasons.

A distinctive feature of earl Håkon's worship of the gods is the relationship with the goddess, the guardian spirit or the valkyrie Torgerd Holgebrud . Especially during the Battle of Hjørungavåg, she has a central role. Things went badly for Håkon at the beginning of the battle and he invoked his patron saint. She demanded a large sacrifice, and Håkon had his seven-year-old son Erling killed. The battle then turned and Håkon won with the help of Torgerd and her sister Irpa. Torgerd also has an important role in connection with Håkon's revenge on Torleiv Jarleskald. [41] [42] The cult around Torgerd is also known from Icelandic sources.

Thor, he's... probably early 30s???

Seven years after the Battle of Svolder, that would mean he'd have been in his early twenties then.

Usually, by the time you have a wife and child, you'd not be going off on that kind of long-range expedition. And seriously, that's long range. Norvegr to Iceland is about a week under ideal conditions, but using the easier island hopping route could take weeks, and 3 to 4 weeks from Norway to Greenland if they had a sunstone.

See:

It all depends on where they left from of course. Traditionally it was said that a journey from the west coast of Norway to Iceland would take about 7 days, while the journey from the west coast of Norway and over to Ireland would be about 3 days of sailing.

Despite the distance being almost the same as from Norway, the journey to Iceland was also said to be just 3 days journey from Dublin in Ireland, which was one of the major viking trading cities in Europe at the time. This was probably due to the favourable wind and currents along the gulf stream.

There was therefore much contact between Iceland and Dublin, especially for trade in valuable goods such as walrus ropes and walrus oils, both uniquely suited for ship-building and maintenance, which were difficult to acquire anywhere else than Iceland and far Siberia. On the return voyage the most valuable commodity brought was slaves, since the hunting and extraction of oil, skin and meat from walrusses were a tiresome job, but various farm animals, foodstuffs such as grains, as well as weapons and fine linens were also in high demand.

Sources and more details on the economics of viking age Iceland and Ireland can be found in "Den svarte vikingen" by Bergsveinn Birgisson.

However:

The journey from Greenland to the settlement in Vinland is more than 3000 km long and would likely have taken the Vikings a minimum of two weeks (and possibly even six weeks or longer) to complete, one-way.

Norway to Iceland: Half the sailing season (May to September). Iceland to Greenland: ???.

Traveling to Vinland would likely have taken at least two years. Thor had to have a reason to be absent for so long, and reason to think he was coming back.

My thought? Politics or religion. But maybe it was, simply, economics. Perhaps he was even trying to pave the way for his family.

Timeline

c. 982 - Erik the Red discovers Greenland for the Norse knowledge base.

c. 985 - Norse settlement of Greenland

986 - summer - Bjarni Herjólfsson relays sighting of hospitable lands to west of Greenland

995 - Haakon Jarl killed. In the chaos Olaf Tryggvasson ✝ takes over.

1000 - Leif Eriksson ✝ explores the land Bjarni described and overwinters.

999/1000 - September - Battle of Svolder. Olaf Tryggvasson ✝ killed. Christianizaion of Norway slowed due to Eirik Hákonarson and Svein Forkbeard permitting greater religious freedom.

999/1000 - First winter hence

1000/1001 - Second winter hence

1001/1002 - third winter hence

1002/1003 - fourth winter hence

1003/1004 - fifth winter hence

1004/1005 - sixth winter hence

1005/1006 - seventh winter hence.

1006/1007 - At this point Thor is killed by lightning. Light or lack of snow in scene suggests spring.

Key

To ease remembering who is allied with who, I'm going to mark Christianized Norse with this symbol ✝ following their names. 🔨 is for those who favored the Norse pantheon, and both are for those who are unidentified. Notation will be completed later.

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[robster2016]

The Navigator

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[shipwreckedwithcaptainmarrow]

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PLUNDER EDITION PRE-ORDER PACKAGE: $65 + $5 Shipping (within US), message to place an order.

As a surprise for you all, for those interested, a deluxe pre-order package exists as well! In addition to your signed copy of Northeast Coast and your pamphlet cover, you will also receive the following plunder!

1x 9”x12” Aged map on laid paper of Fishers Island, New York. This particular island has a sizeable entry within the book’s chapter on New York, with numerous claims of buried treasure and ghost ships. This map is a more modern recreation of a 19th century map of the isle with many interesting locations noted, two of which are alleged “treasure sites” mentioned in the book’s entry. Note that this map will come tri-folded in your package.

1x 5.5”x8” Aged Wanted Poster on laid paper for Captain William Kidd. This poster, stylized after those within the movie Cutthroat Island, and utilizing a woodcut-style depiction of Kidd burying his Bible (turning his back on an honest life), is imagined as if issued by Governor Richard Coote, Lord Bellomont, who historically was responsible for Kidd’s capture. His name will come up a lot in the book - with this Wanted Poster you can look at his name one more time.

1x .999 Pure Silver Pine Tree Shilling. Through collaboration with The Black Spot Guild - shop in New Hampshire, included in your package will be one hand-struck silver shilling. These coins are of particular importance regarding the Northeast Coast’s colonial history, as one of the first types of coins ever struck in the American Colonies, minted in Boston, Massachusetts in 1652. This coin, however, features the date of 1692, noting the year of the Salem Witch Trials, which come up time and again within the book. The pine tree is depicted upon them as the New England area provided many pines, which were straight and tall - prime material as ship’s masts. One side reads "In Masathvsets," the other "New England An Dom."

Note that these Plunder Edition Pre-Order Packages are of limited quantity, first come - first serve (in order of messages received on my end)

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I am accepting payments of Zelle, PayPal, and Venmo. Please reach out stating your preferred payment option, state if you’d like the Plunder Package, and how you would like your book/s signed - either just the Author Signature or if you would like it to be addressed to a particular name/crew, or otherwise personalized message.

Please understand that I will be addressing messages as timely as possible, there will be enough books for all, and I will honor the timestamp of messages in order for the limited supply of Plunder Packages.

Those who place pre-orders within this first week will likely receive their copies before the actual Release Date of the book. I kindly ask that if you have a chance to reasonably check out the book before that date, and are comfortable doing so: Please leave a review of the book, if you will, on Amazon's listing the day it goes live - September 18th. Day-1 reviews help a ton for authors on Amazon.

For those placing orders outside of the US - please allow me some time to calculate shipping and get back to you with a final total.

For those attending the Northeast Coast Book Launch Party in Goose Creek, SC, on September 18th - feel free to place a Pre-Order now with no shipping costs, and pick up your copies in-person! Let me know when you message if you'll be opting for this, if not I will assume it's being shipped to you. Lastly, thank you all so much for your continued support over the years, and please, if you can: Share this post and help me reach friends and family interested in pirates and/or the coastal history and folklore of the northeast coast!

[uamariner]

Real Ghost Sailing Ships.

[emperorsfoot]

There needs to be more movies about ghosts at sea.