After many partings of the ways with our hero's still working out whether to take up Miyoxi Tiholu's job offer as assistants to his new post of
travelling auditor of revenues and trade they take ship on the inner sea from Kirighast harbour to Arjuf in the Realm, the island empires chief entropot with the Southern Threshold.
The ship
The Red-headed bride a broad beamed three masted cargo sailing vessel with a hold full of ivory and other exotic southern goods is captained by a jolly middle aged woman who claims to be an unexalted member of house V'neef called
Glory of the Immaculate Dawn Dispite being quite large for a merchant ship it is not designed to carry passengers so its passenger quarters are small and reserved for the exalts amongst the company with every one else forced to bunk down in the ample crew quarters. It would seem that in another life the
The Red-headed bride was a troop transport.
Its crew are all small men half naked with blue black skins and great agillity who seem to hail form one of the islands in the south west of the threshold......
To be continued.....
Ginger 
