The Dragon Lord's Seastead
But before the show could begin, the stage had already drawn attention.
A few mornings later, a sharp female voice broke Shallow Bay's calm.
"So this is the Shallow Bay everyone mentioned? Looks unimpressive. What good stock could this place possibly have?"
A merchant ship with a white sail, the Seagull, anchored beyond the reef.
On the bow stood a sharp-eyed middle-aged woman in a clean waterproof suit, toying with a gold coin.
Her nickname was Ledger, and she was a notorious hard-bargaining merchant in this stretch of sea.