⚔ The Hands That Draw the Steel ⚔ Swashbuckling Fantasy Campaign

About the adventure

The country is practically held hostage, as the strait running east to west finds itself blocked by a floating city of interlocked ships, including naval vessels, pirates, and long-trapped merchants. Past the blockade, the city of Alaeçpyr finds 2 generations worth of nobles and capitalmen unable to return home after several years of being held as political prisoners. Children have been raised, displaced from their homes, some even accepted as Alaeçe citizens, but still no-one let to sail down the Strait. But now, almost 30 years into the blockade's domination of the country's waters, an effort is mounting to the east, to assemble a naval fleet strong enough to reclaim the strait and retake Alaeçpyr, putting an end to their standstill rebellion. Take to one of the shores of Cormorair and take up arms in a fight which has known no reprieve. Which side will you fight for? The rebels seeking autonomy and independence, the profiteering sailors seeking freedom on the water, or the nationalist sailors fighting for their honor? "The Hands That Draw the Steel" is a long-term homebrew campaign set in an overarching homebrew world. This setting in particular is inspired by the Age of Sail. Imagine a setting inspired by the Britannia Royal Navy, Spanish Musketeers, and the East India Company, thrust into an anachronistic fantasy setting filled to the brim with intrigue, themes of romance and betrayal. Imagine "Pirates of the Caribbean", meets "The Princess Bride", and then make it Political Fantasy! Travel from far and wide toward the Hands That Draw the Steel to see if you can't gain footing within the Sailway Strait for whichever faction you might serve. The Capsmoot awaits, in this swashbuckling fantasy setting!