Sleeps With One Eye Open

"I saw it! I swears! A ship manned by a skeleton crew!" -  Fisherman off the coast of Kirkdom.

At a Glance


Originally a slaving-ship it was captured by the Kirkdom Navy and rechristened the ''HMS Sleeps With One Eye Open. ''After sailing for several years it was sold to sailors at Peer's Point and refitted as a trade vessel. This tenure wouldn't last long however as the ship was soon-after destroyed off the coast of the Dragonborn Teal Island . It was later rebuilt by the empowered Puffin Tan and helmed during the Age of Adventure by new Captain Keiron Cat who renamed it to Both Eyes Open.

History
The original name of the Sleeps With One Eye Open has been stricken from the records following Kirkdom's capturing of the slaving-ship almost fifty-years before the Age of Adventure. Retrofitted by the Kirkdom Navy is sailed up and down the coast, engaging the Pallanaise navy in gripping naval warfare. A veteran of over twenty-five battles the HMS Sleeps With One Eye Open held a record in the Kirkdom Navy for being nigh-unhittable. This drew many nobles to the ship, thinking it a cushy and carefree post. When the ship was finally hit by a Pallanaise cannon prior to the Necrotic War, it was deemed as an omen of bad luck for the old ship and the crew promptly sought postings elsewhere. The HMS Sleeps With One Eye Open was sold to traders in Peer's Point where it kept its name under the command of Captain Bernard Bounty. After a string of false-starts in getting the ship repaired (it was almost ninetyyears old by this point) the ship finally made way to the sea.

Destruction at Teal Island
After a few years of meagre missions, Captain Bernard Bounty fell into a drunken stupor. This left command of the ship squarely in the hands of his two trusted crewmen: Marine Togg Whiffton and Lieutenant Keiron Cat. Returning to port in Peer's Point the ship picked up a group of adventurers and villagers for passage to Salt Gohlin. The regular trip wouldn't go as planned as the ship was pushed away from the coast due to harsh weather conditions. This series of storms pushed the HMS Sleeps With One Eye Open into sight of the Dragonborn of Teal Island. Seeking to revive their deceased ancestors, the Dragonborn detected a stowaway who had been captured onboard the ship and used their forefather's Soul-Jar to forcefully pull the ship to the island. The strain of the magic tore the ship apart, stranding the crew and adventurers as it was pulled into splinters.

Rebuilt
The Sleeps With One Eye Open was later rebuilt as the airship, the Both Eyes Open.