Naval Battles and Blackmoor

[Havard]

Was thinking of stuff from this thread http://blackmoor.mystara.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=252

and this quote especially:

"Like David, I am a big fan of anything naval, and I knew that if I went through the woods I would reach the coast and could run into the Skandiharrians. David thougt I was crazy, but he could not talk me out of trying. My dice rolling was fantastically lucky, and I made it through the woods to the coast. I joined the Skandiharrians and went on several voyages with them. I became the captain of a ship by challenging the captain to a duel and defeating him with the help of a mysterious stranger ( I believe he was Kurt Krey). He was a magic user who wanted to go back to Blackmoor. This was possible by ship, and I agreed to take him. What he did not tell me was that he had been a central figure in an invasion and burning of Blackmoor in the past. In any event, the journey up the river back to Blackmoor was so hazardous that I lost most of the crew before reaching Blackmoor bay, and Gertie (the dragon in the bay) soon took care of the ship. The wizard managed to drag me to shore, along with a couple of the men. He then disappeared to where he really wanted to go. All of this adventuring was over a period of time of a couple of months, and Greg was actually the Gamemaster for the trip up the river."

Brilliant Dan! I had completely forgotten about this. It sounds like an awesome adventure. I love how immerged Greg must have in the setting to make such great use of all of these elements. It also gives some really interesting background to Robert the Bald, and explains what happens to Kurt Krey's character after the Coot Invasion! My guess is Krey returned to the Egg after this, but he could really be anywhere.

By the way, I assumed Gertie was a good dragon. I guess not?

Havard