Sea Travel on Martapa

Traveling by sea is not something most people do.  It is dangerous because, even with mages, its hard to see underwater dangers, predict storms, or avoid pirates.  Shipping of goods from coastal cities to coastal cities, as well as from the Dwarven Islands and Ariella, has to be done by ship, but even then the profits may not outweigh the risks.  Each merchant ship usually have a crew of 20, with merchants and sometimes passengers, just depends on the size of the merchant ship.  Travel between ports takes time, but is still faster then by wagon or by horse.  Most of the major cities along the coast have at least two or three ships that belong to the House, most are for fighting pirates, though.  Merchants will take passengers, mostly to defer some of their costs, but most expect the passengers to either stay out of the way or work.  It isn't for sight seeing.  Merchants particularly like the money they can make crossing the ocean to Ariella to bring back exotic goods.