At night, with no light pollution at sea and the sea breeze clearing the air, not a single cloud drifted across the heavens. The black vault above was studded with diamond-like stars.
Suspended like a searchlight in the center of the sky, the colossal moon bathed the ocean in silvery light. It illuminated everything upon the waves, including the Narwhal, the mass of black-robed followers on its deck, and the terror etched onto the faces of the pirates they had surrounded.
"Fellow believers in Futan! Just yesterday, the Great Power delivered an oracle to me!"
