"Five years ago, we planned to ambush the Kraken and rid the shipping lanes of this fiendish terror once and for all. Masquerading our ship, the Trident, as a cargo freighter laden down with gold, they sailed forth to
battle the Demon Below.
Unfortunately, somehow Harthagoa was warned of our plan and brought a legion of bloodthirsty sahuagin warriors and ambushed us. In the resultant massacre, many of us fed the Kraken, while others met brutal deaths between the sahuagin’s fleshshearing teeth.
Solomon Trafalgar, a chosen paladin of Quell and the heart and soul of the Wave Riders, fell in the massacre, crushed to death by Harthagoa. The Kraken dragged Trafalgar’s body to his deep demesne as a grisly trophy.
We fled in disgrace. Since this demoralizing defeat, none have dared face the Demon Below. I am ashamed."