"Land Ahoy!" shouted the Scurvy Wagon's captain, Captain Miduerdo Gardium
The Scurvy Wagon was one of the oldest ships still sailing the 5 seas. It typically traveled between the two main continents of Bodawnlo and Yunnylo. The ship was a merchant ship, trading to the Bodawnlians and to the Yunnies rare spices, minerals, materials, and artisan goods collected from islands or from far away towns on the continents.
Sprinkled between and around the two large land masses were countless islands on the moonless water planet Jin. As far as Captain Gardium was aware, the planet was mostly mapped out. No one ever found a third continent. But then again, no one had ever come back alive from sailing north of the mostly temperate islands that clustered above Yunnylo. The island clusters were a nation called The United Islands of Wenster, or UIW for short, or as the locals called it The Wensterlands.
Captain Gardium was still three weeks sailing until reaching UIW. Spotting the looming island, however, was a godsend. They were running low on provisions. Unless they wanted to start dipping into the goods they meant to sell.
"Oiy! Crew! Prepare for docking!" Captain Gardium growled loudly. She then mumbled to herself as she lowered the spyglass, "...even if there ain't anyone on this island, there's got to be food and resources... otherwise... we'll have to dip into our wares... Lord knows the fish in this part of the ocean aren't very meaty or even edible."
Where YOU, the player, come in...
You can have a character already on the ship as a deck hand, a stowaway, or whatever you wish (as long as it has been approved by the DM).
You can have a character on the island that the ship is nearing.
Or, something entirely different? Talk with the DM!