To Suffer The Sea

Tales of Madness

Cindico Lovelock

To Suffer The Sea

There once was a man whose name is long and forgotten by time. Though Unlike the rest I still know his story. He was the sailor of the sea and made quite the fortune whenever Tychi was kind. Though all the gold that flittered through his eye made him forget the glimmer of the way his old life was. That's not to say he was rich with money but rich with the souls he surrounded himself in.

When he was a young man he saved a young girl from drowning, which just so happened to be his wife five years later. Their marriage was more than beautiful, and a child was on the way. In nine months the man had his legacy born. A son, whose name is also forgotten.

His life was happy, and the lords we kind to him for a time. Though the lords are never content with the happiness of mortals and some stirred his life to near disaster. He quickly became desperate for something else and needed to find a way to support his family.

He finally realized his longing for the sea one day when he taught his son to fish. He explained to his wife his greatest wish, to belong to the sea. As his biggest supporter, she couldn't say no. She helped him find a ship to sail with and wished him luck upon the ceiling of the sea.

He quickly showed promise and gained ranks till finally was the captain of his own ship. Time went by quickly and before he knew it he was eaten up inside by his own greed and lust for power.

The only thing that held him back from ever truly losing himself was the thought of his wife and his dear son.

One night on the ship it was particularly stormy, and Litore gave his ship no chance to survive such a cruel attack by the waves. He did all that he could to save the other members of his ship, accepting his fate decided by the ocean.

I one wave he was swallowed by the sea, all around him was darkness, cold and completely silent. The waves gently shifted him around, still the pressure of the ocean causing him to choke. In what felt like his final moments he saw himself and the terrible creature he had become. He realized how far he had lost himself.

He saw though, it wasn't the fault of the sea but the fault of his own greed and the time he had spent away from his family.

The Lord of the ocean approached him and offered him one more chance in life, though he had to keep his family close, and never lose sight of all the things he truly loved. Unable to respond due to the crushing pressure of the ocean he fell asleep in the water. waking on a shore to a familiar voice.

His wife had found him shipwrecked on the shore of their nearby beach. The sailor was granted his second chance and never once took it for granted. He, his wife and his son set sail together and lived a long happy life together.