He awoke from his Mahogany bed. His room was made of glazed cherry wood planks from floor to ceiling. The walls were decorated with various nautical memorabilia. Detailed maps of universally unknown bodies of water to old anchors and helms cluttered the walls. He was shaken by a wave brushing up the portside of the vessel. The man let out an inscrutable muttering as his arms stretched to the sky and he sat up in …showed first 75 words of 2782 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2782 total…side as it was Cortez's men who fell one by one. It wasn't before long before all who was left was Cortez, who begged for amnesty on his knees in front of Captain Spallows. He bargained that he would disabuse his cruel ways, and that he was deeply apologetic. Riddik answered his plea to live when his steel sword hit home. Riddik and his men boarded Cortez's ship, and sailed into the horizon towards Hilaius.