Recover the Boles
Recovery of Six Darkwood Boles
Captain Sella Varn offers river passage to Reiver's Right in exchange for the recovery of a lost shipment of darkwood presently stranded at Mudjaw Beach.
A timber tow belonging to one of Sella's upriver contacts broke loose during a storm. Six valuable darkwood boles were carried into the backwater before they could be recovered. Sella wants the timber secured before another river crew discovers it and attempts to claim it as salvage.
The Timber
Sella is emphatic that the count is exact: six boles, not five.
Recovery Equipment Provided
Sella provides the party with basic timber-recovery equipment from her barge stores:
- 1 timber sled, built low and heavy for dragging a bole across mud, sand, roots, and uneven ground.
- 1 portable block-and-tackle pulley with hauling line, suitable for anchoring to a sturdy tree, piling, or similar fixed point.
The equipment is intended to let the party move the timber without attempting to lift a full darkwood bole by hand. Sella expects both pieces of equipment returned with the recovered cargo.
Terms of Recovery
- Travel to Mudjaw Beach.
- Locate the six darkwood boles bearing Sella's blue double-slash.
- Recover all six and return them intact.
- Return Sella's timber sled and pulley equipment.
- Avoid surrendering, selling, abandoning, or registering the timber as salvage with another claimant.
River Captain & Master of the Long Dividend