[The Ghost Ship has a pervasively eerie aura surrounding it, but Hector and his crew do not turn back. You don’t become a pirate necromancers by turning and running at the first sign of spooky.
The lights on the ship are a sign that Hector is on the right track here. The same style as his lord’s ship. Perhaps a ship stolen from Dracula’s fleet, now begging to be restored.
It’s not the most strategic move, but Hector is the first to throw a grappling hook up to catch the great ship’s rails, and the first to begin the ascent. He could claim it is because he is a real leader (patently untrue), or that he cares for the (un)lives of his crew (not untrue). Really, though, he is the first on board because he is insatiably curious.
A ship this size necessitates a crew. Where are they? Even at night, there should be a watch. And if it be abandoned, how had it not been found and claimed already?
Giving a quick eye around for traps, Hector beckons for his crew to make their way up the ropes and onto the deck of the seemingly abandoned ship.
One of the reanimated sailors carries a lantern with him as he climbs, and Hector takes it so he can examine the ship more closely. It is old, but not in such a state of disrepair to no longer be seaworthy. Curiouser and curiouser the mystery grows, and Hector grins in spite of himself.]
Come, [He tells his men, even though they need no such encouragement from him.] let us see if anyone’s home.
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The lights on the ship are a sign that Hector is on the right track here. The same style as his lord’s ship. Perhaps a ship stolen from Dracula’s fleet, now begging to be restored.
It’s not the most strategic move, but Hector is the first to throw a grappling hook up to catch the great ship’s rails, and the first to begin the ascent. He could claim it is because he is a real leader (patently untrue), or that he cares for the (un)lives of his crew (not untrue). Really, though, he is the first on board because he is insatiably curious.
A ship this size necessitates a crew. Where are they? Even at night, there should be a watch. And if it be abandoned, how had it not been found and claimed already?
Giving a quick eye around for traps, Hector beckons for his crew to make their way up the ropes and onto the deck of the seemingly abandoned ship.
One of the reanimated sailors carries a lantern with him as he climbs, and Hector takes it so he can examine the ship more closely. It is old, but not in such a state of disrepair to no longer be seaworthy. Curiouser and curiouser the mystery grows, and Hector grins in spite of himself.]
Come, [He tells his men, even though they need no such encouragement from him.] let us see if anyone’s home.