Come midnight, they would take the slave Taccilas’ life.Or that, they would try. But tonight, when the waves crashed against his chains--He plotted his escape. An empty warship, Mitali, gently swayed in port, they planned to kill her just like him. They would take her apart with the gigantic machines of steam and steel that covered the skyline of their ancestral cities. He’d heard old legends sung of the whispers of dead men aboard ghost ships- or perhaps they sang about phantasmal ladies that stole sailors. On that night- They would be legends no more. --------------------------------------------- What to expect: -A character-driven story led by a resourceful, clever, and deceiving MC. -Non-linear progression and magic system. Battles are strategic and decided by wit, not by raw power. -Balance between action, slice of life, romance, and mystery. -A huge, fleshed out world with a steampunk-fantasy aesthetic. -Broken people trying to heal. -1.5k to 2k word chapters from Monday to Friday.