Between the central, western, and southern continents was the Ocean of Fury. Despite being the site of the five greatest naval battles in Avartin's long history and where a massive current cut across the three continents, the ocean, intersected by warm equatorial currents, was characterized by its clear skies and calm, slow-moving waters.1

In the midst of these slow currents sat the Shipwreck Archipelago. Geologists had already concluded that the Shipwreck Archipelago shouldn’t be considered a true archipelago, but many people in Avartin still readily referred to it as such.0

The archipelago was a resting place for countless shipwrecks brought in by the slow currents of the Ocean of Fury and stuck on numerous reefs that never became islands. The place looked like an afterlife for ships, some sunk but not fully submerged like other ships.0

It was a peaceful place. Huge wooden ships from before the Great War were buried under various plastic trash floating in the oceans of Avartin, becoming an intersection of the past and modernity. Simultaneously, naval ships destroyed during the war could huddle together without choosing sides only after death.4

Although the area was almost waveless, whenever the wind came and hit the water surface, causing a slight ripple, the shipwrecks would creak and sing. Birds migrating between the western and southern continents, curious if there was anything to eat, would be startled by the sound and take off into the sky.0

Sarcho, the Chairman of the western continent, looked up from the deck of Invincible, a flagship of the former Union Kingdom, located on the edge of the Shipwreck Archipelago.1

The migratory birds, having...0