Drowned Myths & Ghost Currents

The sea remembers everything.

In @Aethertide , stories are not simply passed down—they drift. Old lies, lost names, and sunken regrets all have weight. Some say the ocean has a memory of its own, and that the waves whisper to those who listen. Within that watery memory, drowned myths and ghost currents stir with forgotten truths.

Shipwrecked Lore

Thousands of ships litter the sea floor—each a story lost or unfinished. Some become:

  • Wraith-Ships: Helmed by skeletal or spectral captains.

  • Living Reefs: Hulls fused with coral and leviathan bone.

  • Drift-Cursed Vessels: Ships that reappear after vanishing for decades.

The @The Gyre of Lost Souls is the greatest known graveyard—its calm eye circling with wrecks, whispering winds, and sailors who never truly died.

Drowned Myths

Tales believed by many but confirmed by few:

  • The Singing Hull: A ship heard humming across leagues. Its melody foretells either shipwreck or safe passage, depending on the harmony.

  • The Lantern Bride: A woman in white seen on moonlit reefs. Offer her a candle and she vanishes; refuse, and she boards your ship.

  • The Spiral Prophet: A mad sea-priest who sank with his temple but still broadcasts visions from below, his voice carried in seashells and tide pools.

  • The Sea That Swims Itself: A sentient current looping endlessly, trapping ships for centuries while aging nothing inside.

Ghost Currents

Invisible to most, ghost currents flow with arcane memory. They may:

  • Lead to hidden isles.

  • Slip between planes.

  • Deliver the same message endlessly, carried in bottles, bones, or dreams.

These currents are often charted only by Cartomancers, Wraith Binders, and @The Stormcallers’ Covenant oracles.

Myths as Weapons

The @The Black Nine and other shadowy factions have long sought to harness drowned myths by:

  • Binding ghost-captains to crew undead fleets.

  • Using ghost currents to send contraband or spies.

  • Channeling the sea’s memory to rewrite history or mislead empires.

Some believe @Grimwave Point itself is built atop a myth-forge—a place where lost stories are captured and made flesh.

Folklore or Fact?

"Just because it's legend doesn't mean it ain't real—it just means the sea hasn't shown you yet."

In Aethertide, myths are more than tales. They are currents of belief, drifting toward those who dare to sail too deep, too long, or too far from light.

And sometimes… they drift back.