Hex 9

9. Boat Ruins (South Hex)

A small riverboat hangs in a tree here, a smuggler’s boat having been piloted by a novice, caught during a deluge which caused flash flooding.

Beneath the broken deck is rotted cargo (mostly grain and salted meat in broken kegs and casks). The boat has a secret hold beneath the piles of ruin which contains the smuggler’s real cargo: 8 rotting corpses (all chained to an iron ring mounted to one of the ribs of the boat), a case of Holy Wine from the Western Empire (6 bottles, one smashed, one the seal is broken, good bottles worth 100 gp each) and now rusted weapons – dozens of swords, daggers and helmets. The weapons and helmets bear the mark of the Hamlish Empire.