?Many generations past, in a time when mystery still prevailed in several corners of the world, a king once ruled over a coastal kingdom that made its fortunes by way of the sea. The king?s oldest daughter and head of maritime forces often spent weeks at sea securing the safe passage of the nation?s goods. Come winter, it was scheduled that five of the kingdom?s ships were to deliver a large order of silk and spices to a kingdom on the other side of the Indian ocean, a voyage that would indeed prove difficult given the time needed to complete the mission