Waterspout

Often, but not always associated with storms and other extreme forms of weather these terrifying vortices occasionally occur in the South Poseidic ocean, especially in the Sonneland Straights and the tropics of Mazorta. Unlike weaker forms of the phenomenon encountered in the Altranic Ocean and Brenic Sea the waterspouts of the South Poseidic are true ship-wreckers with the ability to destroy the rigging of a large or medium ship and even to lift small ships out of the water and cause damage to their hulls.

A telescope can aid a Captain in avoiding these devastating cyclones by providing advanced warning of the tell-tale signs such as dark spots and spiral patterns forming on the water's surface.