[Chaos]

After several days of sailing, the 66 ships continued their route to the Seat. 66 ships, because the merchant ship The Smiling Maiden that had lead the regent to the Fleet had joined them for the return trip to the Fleet itself. It had been at least a week if not more on the water, when The Smiling Maiden began to shake and shudder. The Songbird had been leading the flotilla until a massive pair of jaws rose from the water and tore the keel out from under the trade ship. Alraum calls were yelled by those closest to the jaws, and the shrill whistles of danger roused all who had been contemplating from their work. Ballista bolts and ironbough bolts fired at the serpent as it rose from the water to confront the Fleet, knocking several more smaller ships at the head of the regatta aside as it did so. The regent could hear from his cabin, "SERPENT! SERPENT AHOY! BRING THE CHASERS TO BEAR!" The maasss of ships erupted in a frenzy of trying to manouver away from the serpent.

Even as the first one rose, several smaller serpents darted out of the water, attempting to punch through the thick hulls of the Fangs and Chasers.