Chapter 8: The Copper Castle
The crew of Hauvarta’s Shield readied a pair of boats to take a party ashore in search of water and the missing Jann. Despite the danger the island represented, everyone wanted to go—in part because they wanted to be on land again after the buffeting the storm had caused, and in part because they genuinely wanted to look for the young djinn. The boats were small, though, and the landing parties would have to be limited.
Since their primary purpose here was to replenish their water supply, one of the boats would be dedicated specifically to that task. The boat would hold one of the ship’s big water barrels, its cart and five crewmen. When the barrel was filled on the island it would take all five men to wheel it back to the boat and lift it in. This boat would
