The Flue Mouth
From a tavern tip
A tip bought in a tavern for 25 silver.
“A stoker says a forge tender wrecked in the mouth of the Great Flue, and the blistering ember wind has kept salvage crews away ever since.”
Possible rewards: Storm Sails
5 scenes. Choices with a requirement only appear when you meet it.
The Flue Mouth
Sail to The Flue Mouth (2–4 passages away)1 Find the forge tender wrecked in the mouth of the Great Flue.
The Great Flue is a chasm in the rock as wide as a harbor, blasting hot wind and sparks into the sky. The wrecked forge tender rests on the stone lip, her sails burned away but her hull intact. A clockwork brass sentry circles the wreck on guard.
- Fly in through the ember storm and destroy the sentry.Burning cinders rattle against your deck like hail as the brass sentry turns to attack.Battle: Clockwork sentry · Close range, Ember windIf you win:+3 bolts
- [Emberkin] Send crewmate across the scorching rock on foot to disable it.Crew: Emberkincrewmate strides across the blistering stone lip unbothered by the heat and yanks the winding key from the sentry's back. The construct freezes mid-stride.+1 Repair skill XP
- [Deluge Tanks] Drench your hull and slip in during the forge shift change.Room: Deluge Tanks
- Leave it for now.Swirling embers trail your ship for a mile downwind.
The Tender's Deck
Right away2The wreck's deck is ankle-deep in hot ash, and her cargo hatches have warped shut from the heat. Wedged beneath the helm sits an exhausted stoker clutching an empty water flask and a tally slate. "Marn Kettleby," she rasps. "Eleven days stranded. Below us, the main flue is building to a roar again. Haul me out, or pry open the cargo hold—there isn't time for both!"
- Rescue the stranded stoker before the flue erupts.Two of your crew carry her across to your deck just as the blast hits. Foundry workers watching from the far ridge witness the rescue, earning you respect across the Compact.+1 The Compact standing
- Tell her to hold on while your crew pry open the cargo hatches.She squeezes her eyes shut and clings to the helm post while your crew wrench open the warped main hatch with crowbars.
- [Surgeon] Have crewmate stabilize her while the crew break open the hold.Crew: Surgeoncrewmate gives her water and wraps a wet cloth around her head to keep her going. Revived, she tells your crew which cargo hatch isn't jammed, letting you save both her and the cargo.+1 The Compact standing
The Stoker's Slate
Right away3Safe on your deck, Marn drains a quart of water as the flue erupts behind you, incinerating what remains of the wreck. She holds out her tally slate. "This lists every cargo load our tender hauled—and proves the shift master was short-weighing the foundry's ore. The forge office will pay well for this evidence, and the shift master will pay even more to bury it."
- Carry Marn and her tally slate to the forge office.Insisting on earning her passage, Marn walks your decks with a hammer and tightens every hull plate loosened by the turbulent heat.+4 hull
- [Quartermaster] Have crewmate make a signed copy of the slate first.Crew: Quartermastercrewmate copies every figure onto the back of a manifest and has Marn sign her mark to it. Afterward, she walks your hull with a hammer, tightening loose rivets along the planking.+4 hull
- Transfer her to a passing forge barge for a quick payout.A passing forge barge takes Marn and her slate aboard within the hour. Its captain pays you forty-five silver for rescuing her from the flue.+45 silverThe questline ends here.
The Tender's Hold
Right away4 Search the wrecked forge tender's hold.
Built to brave the ember storms daily, the tender still holds valuable gear: a locker of wire-woven storm sails and a cargo hold stacked with heavy foundry hull plates.
- Salvage the wire-woven storm sails and the purser's box.Heavy and smelling of coal smoke, the wire-reinforced sails hold firm against the fiercest gusts, and you find thirty silver in the purser's lockbox beside them.Fitting: Storm Sails+30 silverThe questline ends here.
- Salvage the foundry armor plates and rivets.Your crew haul the heavy plates aboard and rivet them over your hull's weakest planking before you even clear the smoke.+3 max hull+4 boltsThe questline ends here.
- [Rigger] Have crewmate use the spare sails as a sling to haul out the armor plates too.Crew: Riggercrewmate wraps the hull plates inside the wire-woven sails and winches the whole bundle across on the yardarm. crewmate takes a few burns in the blistering heat, but you come away with both the storm sails and the armor plating.The questline ends here.
The Forge Office
At a port5 Bring the stoker and her tally slate to the forge office at port.
In the cramped forge office, the chief clerk reads Marn's slate with narrowing eyes. Every short-weighed load bears the signature of the shift master—who is standing right behind you in the doorway, already holding out a heavy purse for your silence.
- Turn the slate over to the forge clerk.The clerk rings the alarm bell for the wardens. In gratitude, the foundry brings your ship into its drydock and rivets heavy armor plating across your hull.+3 max hull+1 The Compact standingThe questline ends here.
- Sell the slate to the corrupt shift master.He hands you a hundred and ten silver and snaps the slate over his knee. Marn watches in bitter silence and leaves without another word.+110 silver−1 The Compact standingThe questline ends here.
- Take the shift master's bribe, then hand the clerk your signed copy.The shift master pays you and smashes the slate, only to be arrested an hour later when you hand the clerk your signed copy. The foundry armors your hull in thanks, and nobody asks where your extra silver came from.+70 silver+3 max hull+1 heatThe questline ends here.
- Turn the slate in and offer Marn a place in your crew.Done with foundry work forever, Marn signs onto your crew while the clerk summons the wardens, and the forge office pays her back wages straight into your ship's chest.New crewmate: Emberkin, Deckhand+30 silverThe questline ends here.
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