The Seabound Soul

"The crumbling remains of a once-proud galleon, the Blackwyche, give Shipwreck Bay its name. Now a ghostly voice calls out from the wreckage. Journey to Shipwreck Bay and seek the Captain's journal in the heart of the Blackwyche to uncover a secret history of binding and betrayal..."

The Seabound Soul is a standalone Tall Tale released with the November 2019 The Seabound Soul (Content Update). The Tall Tale can be found and voted for on a Ritual Table found inside the Captain’s Quarters of the wreck of the Blackwyche on Shipwreck Bay. The Tale Giver is the ghost of Sir Arthur Pendragon, who had been sealed inside the portrait next to the table, but has been now released by a strange fellow. The details on the location of the Tale Book and the Commendations and any related unlockable Items are all presented in the Tall Tales Reputation menu.

The Seabound Soul story is followed by the Standalone Heart of Fire Tall Tale.

The Seabound Soul
The Tale Book can be found at Shipwreck Bay, in the Captain's Quarters of the wreck of the Blackwyche. The Book is on a table with various Dark Relics on it with the Portrait of Sir Arthur Pendragon's eyes glowing.

Once the crew has voted on the Tale Book, Pendragon will be released from the Portrait.

''Note: During the Tall Tale, 5 Journals will be hidden on select Islands and need to be found and read to finish The Ashen Journals Commendation. The first of these Journals can be found in the same room as the Tale Book, with the next locations hinted within the pages of the Journal. See The Ashen Journals section below for more information.''

The Tale Book
After the introduction, the Crew is given The Log of Sir Arthur Pendragon, Captain of the Blackwyche Tale Book, which they can find and take out in the  menu. Any Tale Book can be viewed with the  button (Left Mouse Button/Right Trigger). Once taking a closer look at the Tale Book, it's pages can be turned with the  and   keys on a Keyboard and the   and   buttons on a Controller.

Note that players will have to stand next to Pendragon and listen to the whole speech to be able to progress further in the Tall Tale. If you rush off early and can't figure out what to do, head back to Pendragon.

The first pages of the Tale Book will always be the same:

The Enchanted Lantern
In addition to the Tale Book, the Crew will also acquire Pendragon's Enchanted Lantern, which acts identical to the one received as a part of The Fate of the Morningstar Tall Tale. This Lantern can also be found and equipped from the  menu, just below the Tale Book. The Lantern interactions are the same as any other Lantern's interactions, however Raising the Lantern with  will surround the Player with a ghostly mist that will show past events relevant to the Tall Tale. This Lantern will show the players the way or help them solve certain puzzles related to the Tall Tale.

A Watery Grave
The Tale Book details Sir Arthur Pendragon's adventures to find and free trapped souls and how his soul became trapped in his Portrait in the Blackwyche instead. The final page details the Kindly Stranger's instructions on how to find the location of the first of three lost souls. The first task of the Crew is to make use of the Tale Book and the Enchanted Lantern to track down the first lost soul of Captain Martha Jane, retrieve her skull and free her soul.

After freeing Captain Martha Jane, the Crew will acquire The Watery Grave Commendation.

Hints, Walkthrough & Images
Below are a handful of Clues and Hints to complete this section of the Tall Tale. If these are not clear enough, then a full Walkthrough with images is provided below.

Walkthrough
The first part of this Tall Tale is quite straightforward. Everything you need to know is presented on the 10th page of the Tale Book. The Tale Book states that you need to track a ship of skeletons called The Ashen Dragon, the crew of which managed to trap the soul of Captain Martha Jane, who headed East from Shipwreck Bay. Supposedly she went down with her ship. You will need to find her ship and make use of the Enchanted Lantern to find the Skull of Captain Martha Jane.

Simply head out East from Shipwreck Bay with your Ship and you should see three Ghostly Galleons battling on the open seas. These are The Ashen Dragon and the two Galleons of Captain Martha Jane and Captain Randal Stone. Your first task is to find what happened to the ship of Captain Martha Jane. Follow these Ghostly Ships. Once you get close enough, the ships will vanish and re-appear somewhere on the horizon. Do this 2-4 times and you should finally find a scene with one sinking ship aside The Ashen Dragon by an Island in The Wilds and the other Galleon sailing away in the distance. That is the location of Martha Jane's Ship.

So far, the ghostly wreck of Captain Jane's Ship has been found nearby Shiver Retreat, Crooked Masts and Liar's Backbone.

''Note 1: The second and third Ashen Journals can be found on Shiver Retreat and Liar's Backbone respectively. These are the possible locations of Martha Jane's Skull. See The Ashen Journals section below for more information.''

''Note 2: An Ashen Artefacts can be found on Tri-Rock Isle nearby. See the Ashen Artefacts section below for more information.''

Dive down to the Shipwreck, take out and Raise your Enchanted Lantern to see the fate of the Ship's Crew. At the very end of the wreck you will see Martha Jane's last moment, right above where her Skull rests. The Skull can also be seen without the Lantern from afar, as it emits a white glint.

Pick up the sunken Skull of Captain Martha Jane and swim up to the surface. At this point, you should both hear and see Pendragon on the shores of the nearby Island, beckoning you to bring him the remains of Martha Jane:

Go on shore and Give the Skull of Captain Martha Jane to Pendragon. He will use his Sword of Souls to release and free Martha Jane's soul. You can then listen to her tale of an alliance between her and Captain Randal Stone:

A Broken Alliance
After setting the soul of Martha Jane free, Pendragon will mark down The Dying Memories of Captain Martha Jane... in the Tale Book as additional pages. The contents of these pages vary from Tale to Tale. The trail of The Ashen Dragon and Captain Randal Stone can be picked up from sailing to the Island where the Alliance between Martha Jane's and Randal Stone's Crew was formed. The location of this Island can be deducted from Martha Jane's Dying Memories in the Tale Book. You may need to step foot or at least sail to the Island's title card range to once again see the trail.

Once back on track, you will be lead to Randal Stone's final resting place, where you need to once again make use of your Tools at hand to free the soul of Captain Randal Stone.

After freeing Captain Randal Stone, the Crew will acquire The A Foiled Ambush Commendation.

Hints, Walkthrough & Images
Below are a handful of Clues and Hints to complete this section of the Tall Tale. If these are not clear enough, then a full Walkthrough with images is provided below.

Walkthrough
After setting Martha Jane free and receiving her memories in your Tale Book, take a look at the last page. It will have a drawn silhouette of an Island with additional hints either on the drawing itself or in the text.

So far, the drawings have been reported to lead to Kraken's Fall or Fetcher's Rest (see above for images of the Journals leading to either of these Islands).

The Kraken's Fall drawing clearly illustrates the large arch in the middle of the Island with the memories alluding to a bone scattered shore. The Fetcher's Rest Island drawing is harder to distinguish, however you can tell that the Island is in The Devil's Roar by the illustrated Volcano. You can also see a sketch of Fetcher himself above the sketch of the Island. Additionally, Jane's memories speak of Fetcher Farley's final resting place.

You will have to sail to the illustrated Island to once again see the ghostly figure of The Ashen Dragon on the horizons. Sometimes the Ship won't appear until you reach the Island's Title Card range or step foot on the Island itself.

Pick up the trail once again. You will have to follow and sail to the location of the ghostly ship around 2-4 times once again to be taken to the final resting place of Captain Randal Stone. You will know the location when you see the Ashen Dragon stay still by an Island in The Devil's Roar with Randal Stone's ship upended beside it.

So far, the Ashen Dragon has been documented to lead players to Cinder Islet, Scorched Pass, Forsaken Brink and Cursewater Shores.

''Note 1: The fourth Ashen Journal can be found on Scorched Pass, which is one of the possible locations for this section of the Tall Tale. See The Ashen Journals section below for more information.''

''Note 2: Two Ashen Artefacts can be found on Cinder Islet and Cursewater Shores, either of which are possible locations for this section of the Tall Tale. See the Ashen Artefacts section below for more information.''

This time you will have to go on shore by where the Ashen Dragon anchored. Take out your Enchanted Lantern and raise it high to see Stone's Rowboat and a chase between him and a skeletal minion. Follow his ghostly footsteps to find his final resting place and dig with your Shovel. You should uncover the Skull of Captain Randal Stone. Just like last time, Pendragon will materialise nearby and beckon you to bring him the remains of Randal Stone:

As before, Give the Skull of Captain Randal Stone to Pendragon so that he can use his Sword of Souls to release and free the coward's soul. You can then listen to his version of the story:

Bound at Sea
After setting the soul of Randal Stone free, Pendragon will mark down The Dying Memories of Captain Randal Stone... in the Tale Book as additional pages. The contents of these pages vary from Tale to Tale. This part of the Tall Tale is quite straightforward. Similarly to the previous section, you will have to consult the additional pages to find where The Ashen Dragon was headed. Once back on the trail, it should be fairly easy to find the Location of the last Captain's Soul. Same as before, use all the Tools in your hand to track him down.

Hints, Walkthrough & Images
Below are a handful of Clues and Hints to complete this section of the Tall Tale. If these are not clear enough, then a full Walkthrough with images is provided below.

Walkthrough
This section is almost identical in structure to the last, but more straightforward. After setting Randal Stone free and receiving his memories in your Tale Book, take a look at the last page. This time you will see a drawing of a part of The Devil's Roar Map with one Island encircled. You will have to check your Map Table and sail to that Island to be able to see The Ashen Dragon once more. Sometimes the Ship won't appear until you reach the Island's Title Card range or step foot on the Island itself, but mostly you should be able to see it on the seas from far away.

So far, the pages have been reported to lead to Ruby's Fall, Morrow's Peak Outpost, Molten Sands Fortress and Brimstone Rock (See above and below for the variant pages of the Journals).

Pick up the trail once again. This time, the Ashen Dragon will always lead you towards Flintlock Peninsula. You may have to follow and sail to the ship two to three times. Sail to where the Ship anchored and step on shores.

''Note: The final Ashen Journal can be found on Flintlock Peninsula. See The Ashen Journals section below for more information.''

As before with the other captains, step on shore by the Ashen Dragon and take out your Enchanted Lantern. Raise it high to see the ghostly remainders of four skeletons carrying a Sarcophagus lead by their Commander. Follow the Commander's ghostly foot(and pegstep) with the Lantern. It will lead you to the final resting place of the final Captain, except it's in a cave with a wall of stone blocking the way.

Pendragon will materialise to help you out with his aforementioned "supernatural shortcut":

Entombed
Now for the final part of the Tall Tale. Enter the Cave and be prepared to save the soul of the final lost Captain.

After freeing the Soul of the lost Captain, the Crew will acquire the Entombed Commendation and be privy to the final Cutscene. After the cutscene, the Tall Tale will be complete, rewarding the Crew with The Seabound Soul Commendation and 8000 Gold.

Walkthrough & Images
Below you can find a Walkthrough with images for this section.

Walkthrough
The final section of the Tall Tale is very straightforward. Pendragon will open the cave door from the other side. If you Raise your Enchanted Lantern you will see the Skeleton Commander and his Crew place the Sarcophagus on the platform ahead and pay their respects. Clearly these are the remains of someone well respected by these Skeletons.

Walk to the Sarcophagus and Open it to find the last Captain inside. You will be able to Pick Up the Ancient Skull from the Sarcophagus.

After you pick up the skull, its guardians, Ashen Skeletons burning in embers, will appear to bring you down and protect the remains of the Sarcophagus. Their Captain, named Adara, will periodically try to intimidate you with a random selection of the following lines:

You will need to kill Captain Adara and her Ashen crew to progress ahead. Captain Adara has about as much health as a regular Skeleton Captain. As such, it should take just about 4 point blank Blunderbuss shots to kill her. Her crewmates are very easy to kill, dying to only 3 Cutlass hits, however they keep respawning as long as their captain is alive.

After you kill Captain Adara and her crew, Pendragon will materialise for the final time outside the cave and ask you to bring the Ancient Skull to him to free the final Soul trapped inside:

Give the Ancient Skull to Pendragon and watch him complete the final ritual with his Sword of Souls, albeit with a bit of a difficulty, for a grand spectacle:

Your reward for completing the tale is 3,000 Gold

Journals
With The Seabound Soul Tall Tale active, five Journals will appear around The Wilds and The Devil's Roar, telling the story behind The Ashen Dragon from the perspective of the ship's Captain. These Journals are only present for the crew who is doing the Tall Tale itself. Reading all Journals award the The Ashen Journals Commendation.

The locations of the following Journals are always mentioned in previous Journal entries.

Click on the Expand button if you wish to see an image of an exact location of any given Journal.

Mourning =

Mourning
The Mourning Journal at Shipwreck Bay, in the Captain’s Quarters of the Blackwyche resting on a box by a chair. This is the same room where the Tale Book is found.


 * -|Digging=

Digging
The Digging Journal is found at Shiver Retreat, one of the possible locations of the first section of the Tall Tale. The Journal is on top of a Barrel Between two rock formations in the middle of the island. This Journal also documents the location of the 3 Ashen Artefacts required for the Ashen Artefacts Commendation.


 * -|Fighting=

Fighting
The Fighting Journal is found at Liar's Backbone, one of the possible locations of the first section of the Tall Tale. The Journal is up the hill, nested between the roots of a dead tree.


 * -|Revenging=

Revenging
The Revenging Journal is at Scorched Pass, one of the possible locations of the second section of the Tall Tale. The Journal is placed on a single small rock between three palm trees by the larger eastern rock formation.


 * -|Departing=

Departing
The Departing Journal is at Flintlock Peninsula, the final location of the Tall Tale. This Journal is placed with two Barrels found on the north-east side of the Volcano, near the island's Beacon. The Journal is next to a cliff overlooking the Tomb Cave.

The Ashen Artefacts
The Seabound Soul Tall Tale has three Ashen Artefacts hidden and buried at three different Islands. The Location of these Artefacts is documented in one of the Ashen Journals (see the Ashen Journals section above). These Artefacts have to be discovered for the Ashen Artefacts Commendation. The Artefacts have unique names and Pirate Chat commands, however they look similar to regular Devil's Roar versions of Trinkets and can be sold for a relatively small amount of Gold and Reputation to the Gold Hoarders.

How to Find Them
Players can read up on the location of the buried Artefacts from the second Ashen Journal located at Shiver Retreat (see Ashen Journal section above). These locations are: Tri-Rock Isle, Cursewater Shores & Cinder Islet. Each of these Islands can be one of the possible locations of various sections of the Tall Tales.

The exact burial spot of the Artefacts can be found by raising the Enchanted Lantern provided with the Tall Tale to see the ghostly apparition of a Skeleton burying the Artefact with a shovel. Use your own Shovel at the same location to uncover these Artefacts.

The Artefacts
Chalice of the Ashen Curse

Found buried on Tri-Rock Isle. The Lantern shows the Artefact being buried in the middle of a circular patch of dirt between some grass, palms and rocks.

The Chalice shares its model with the Roaring Goblet Trinket.

Keeper of the Ashen Curse

Found buried on Cursewater Shores. Cursewater Shores is one of the possible locations of the second section of the Tall Tale. The Lantern shows the Artefact being buried on the North-Eastern side of the Island right by some rocks and bushes.

The Keeper shares its model with the Brimstone Casket Trinket.

Grail of the Ashen Curse Found buried on Cinder Islet. Cinder Islet is one of the possible locations of the second section of the Tall Tale. The Lantern shows the Artefact being buried right by one of the larger rock structures and bushes.

The Grail shares its model with the Magma’s Grail Trinket.

Commendations
The Seabound Soul The Seabound Soul

Trivia

 * The author of the five additional Journals is most likely Captain Adara
 * Spoiler Alert: The Hieroglyphs on the Sarcophagus read as Flame and Heart