Your characters awaken in the aftermath of a gruesome naval battle in the treacherous Shipgrave Reef. The three factions vying for control of the Aetherial Expanse, the Karelagne Empire, the Kingdom of Ayris, and the pirates of the Isle of Drakes, each sent a pair of warships to claim a treasure long thought to rest on an island in the reef. Countless sailors died in this bloody conflict, and only a scant few survived. Your characters are among these lucky survivors. They cling to flotsam in the sea, as the aether upon which they float causes magical tingles in their flesh. Their only hope of survival is to find a way out of the aether and to make it to land before aether poisoning sets in. And from there, to find a way to escape Shipgrave Reef, hopefully with its fabled treasure in hand. After that, your pirate legend is yours to write; in gold, or blood.