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Turannos
The next day the calm aftermath induced many curiosity seekers out to the open waters to assess the damage Mother Nature had wreaked. Some, like Turannos Kariakos and his crew, searched for treasures that had washed ashore or were abandoned inside shipwrecked hulls. Getting a jump on the insurance adjusters after a major storm was considered good sport, and depending on the bounty, occasionally lucrative. Turannos, a shrewd negotiator, maintained long-standing arrangements with several adjusters, cutting them in on the take in exchange for time to unload the cargo before the losses could be tabulated.
The sea’s murkiness and drifting flotsam were the only clues that a storm had battered the area. “Danger ahead! Starboard!” the watch yelled from the crow’s nest. “Floating tre
