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Turtle

Captain Slythe comes to you while resting to say someone was see running from the docks where you were trying to find the missing map and was seen boarding a ship to "Skull Cove" - a local pirate hangout and tavern whose name seems to have been chosen for marking reasons.

He has business there he claims, and will set sail in the morning

Other pirates are excited to visit Skull Cove, lots of rumors about the place including the fact the owner apparently never leaves (guesses to why range from a curse, loan sharks on her tail, she is afraid of water, sharks, ships, things made of wood or all of the above)

She was also apparently a very, very wealthy pirate in her day and is rumored to have lots of goodies stashed away somewhere.

Other than that, lots of talk about good ale and lots of loose women/men/women who are men and fishy women/men have gotten everyone looking forward to the voyage.

On the way to the Cove, crew in the Crowsnest sight a dead Giant Turtle and a shipwreck on an island as you pass by.

Captain Slyth puts off two long boats to investigate, one to each location. Our party are choosen to check out the turtle.

After a brief argument with some local fishmen (humanoid fish) who were harvesting the beast for themselves ending in less fishmen that previously existed, the party entered the body following the scent of gold (Literally, Styx had his nose in the air) deeper into the corpse.

Unfortunately, while exploring the corpse, Boxwood ignored the fact that Styx had detected something swimming below the surface of the water that had filled the belly of the now dead creature, and instead of actively avoiding the water, went splashing around happily. A flotilla of Vampire Squid were awoken.

The other happened to be otherwise occupied (searching for loot in the intestines) he was torn apart by the squid before he could be rescued by the remaining party.