An Unusual Dream

Prologue

My name is Jackson Abel Taylor but everyone calls me Jack. I come from a very… unusual family. I am the youngest of four children and my Mother was the only child of Allen Slade, the famous fisherman whom they say killed the famous leviathan of the Rust Sea. Now my Grandfather was a great man but he never confirmed that with myself but what he did confirm was that he was the famous hunter of the undead which was written about in a well known book by Henry Carson. You would assume that coming face to face with the blood sucking denizens of Hell would be the most unusual aspect, however you would be mistaken. Many years ago in a tavern He met the woman who would go on to become his wife, my Grandmother Selene. Normally this isn't particularly strange but what he didn’t know was that she herself was undead. You wouldn’t know it by simply looking at her but sure as I breathe, she was one of them. Ironic that as much as he hated them, his true love… Well anyway, the unfortunate thing was that I  was not alive to see these exploits but to hear his stories made my young imagination flourish. To my dismay, my Grandfather passed on a few years ago and my Grandmother shortly afterward but if you ask me, there has to be more out there. Vampires are one thing but I, being a sailor by nature, believe in something a bit harder to find, the most beautiful and the most dangerous creatures in existence… The Siren. My plan is simple: sail out to sea, search every uncharted island as possible and capture one of the poor devils. I want to add my name to our family legacy and ensure that we will always be remembered. That’s my dream, that’s my calling. If I die doing it then I die doing that which I love. In the smallest drops of water in the sea are the largest secrets of the world. Secrets that are mine to discover! Dear Grandfather… I shall make you proud!