Calling all supporters of the Rising Tides: A Pirate Anthology Kickstarter! We're adding even more swashbuckling action to this voyage. Get ready for Rise of Pileaus: Counterattack! We'll be posting a page of this hot new comic set in the world of Pileaus right to the campaign once a day.
Brailee’s Steps. A chain of cold, rocky islands unwinding from the northeast corner of Pileaus. Only the stoutest forms of life can gain so much as a foothold in this barren wasteland of ice and stone.
The aggressive and territorial shuen only make matters worse, delivering holy retribution upon any who dare befoul the sanctity of their waters. Sailing is punishable by death–physically entering their seas without permission, by much worse. The shuen always know when someone has infringed upon their territory, but the source of such knowledge remains a mystery.
Such a land breeds a hearty, pragmatic people to whom hopes and dreams are naught but a distraction from the hardships of the day. Yet it also produces a particular strain of rebellion, a group of individuals willing to risk their lives to escape the doldrums of merely surviving. In the steps, these people take to the high seas as pirates, daring to anger the shuen as a vital artery of commerce between the distant, sparse settlements.
The man destined to become Pileaus, emperor to millions and god to many more, sprouted from such humble beginnings. A stowaway upon a privateer ship at the tender age of fourteen when he abandoned his dull childhood in search of his legendary father, young Roderick Smallmuss quickly proved an able hand to the captain that spared his life.
The shuen, however, care little about ability and even less about destiny...
This one's written by Scott Colby (Black Yonnix, Deviant Magic), illustrated by Allan Gallo, colored by Figue, and lettered by Shannon Potratz (Redeemers, Dragon Ring), it's a fun jaunt into the history of Outland's Pileaus setting.
And if you haven't backed Rising Tides yet, climb aboard before the ship leaves port!