The Bellowing Sea

The Maughman & Co. Shipment Company that owns and operates most of the boats in Erendor make a point of never straying too far from the shore when sailing on the Eastern side of the continent. The captains who go against the company policy are rarely heard from again, but there was one ship that sailed far enough into the Bellowing Sea to return with strange tales to tell. It was a privateer vessel, escaping a Rutai Imperial frigate, which made it quite far before turning back. The frigate gave up the pursuit, but it was hardly a victory for the pirates. When they returned, they were manned by only half the crew they set out with.

Later, warmed up by cheap grog, the sailors told of waves that hurled their ship through the waters as if the sea had a mind of its own, of strange, four-legged creatures covered in scales with razor-sharp teeth that that scurried on deck and pulled sailors into the depths, and swore they saw a giant beast with leathery wings rise from the the water and break one of theirs masts as it made towards the skies. Rumors of monsters and of a fearsome water dragon spread from tavern to tavern as fast as a horse could carry a man, and so to this very day sailors make sure to stay clear of the Bellowing Sea.