The crew of the Ocean Shape, captained by Dash Pearl out of Cypress, picked up a strange Tiefling in Trine, a friend of First Mate Rotten, before setting sail back to home port in the Arrowhead Isles
During the transit, the ship was beset by a sentient black ichor which demolished the hull and wrecked the ships on the shores of an uncharted island
Upon waking on the shores of the island, the crew and passenger were attacked by an Aboleth and its Chuul minions, seemingly tasked by something to retrieve the Tiefling (The Word)
A battle ensued and though a few members of the crew fell, The Word was saved, but proved to be a broken and unstable individual ranting about a wooden doll, a ruined painting, and a gang of yellow.
The remaining members of the crew looked out at an unfamiliar and unknown island, wondering how they would survive.