Sister Teresa's prophecy of disaster came swiftly and fiercely.
In just a short week, the major ports and shipping routes of the Bantaan Archipelago were a scene of widespread woe.
At first, the major powers were at a loss. But as the number of shipwrecks spiked and encounter reports piled up, this mysterious calamity, named the "Blood Plague," finally burst into everyone's view through a series of brutal maritime hunts and special editions of the "Lighthouse Weekly."
The international port on Great Tayman Island was packed with ships, countless white sails forming a sea of clouds that stretched to the horizon.
If it weren't for the port having been expanded several times, it might not have been able to accommodate so many sailboats docking together.
The taverns, big and small, were crowded with captains and sailors seeking refuge from the eastern and western routes, bringing significant earnings to all trades.
