There once was a cargo ship nicknamed "The Salty Dog". Its duty was to deliver goods and other cargo to the Island of Sodor from the mainland, and vice-versa.
The ship's captain, John Illiam, was a decorated captain in the Sodor Navy. During his time in the service he trained Malus Foris, the man who would eventually become the head of the British Armed Forces' presence on Sodor. After forty years, Illiam left the service at age 56, instead opting to take a more peaceful job as the captain of the Salty Dog. He was well-respected by his fellow sailors, who gave him the nickname "Sailor John".
One particularly stormy night, the Salty Dog was delivering a new high-speed steam engine to Sodor from the mainland. The waves were fierce and the wind battered the ship, which was struggling to stay afloat. One of the ropes holding the steam engine to the ship was loose, and it rolled backwards and smashed through the ship's cab. Many workers were killed as the engine rolled out the back of the cab, falling into the sea, but Sailor John braved the storm and personally steered what remained of the ship into Brendam Harbor.
As it turned out, the Salty Dog was so badly damaged that it had to be destroyed, and it was sunk to the bottom of the sea in a powerful memorial ceremony. During this ceremony, Sailor John was rewarded for his bravery by being given the position of Dockmaster at Brendam. Despite this great honor, Illiam was never able to let go of the memory of that tragic night where over thirty of his men, along with his boat, met their dooms.
It was around this time that Illiam was approached by a man known as Peter Sam. Recognizing John's inability to forget the horrible tragedy in his past, this mysterious figure seized on his hatred of the steam engine that had brought down his ship and used it to twist him into a vengeful shell of a man. With Sailor John at the forefront, Peter Sam formed a group dedicated to tearing down railways, calling it the Anti-Rail League.
When a number of important shipments meant for the Narrow Gauge Expansion project began to disappear from Brendam Docks, Salty, Gator and Captain set a trap to catch the perpetrator. This turned out to be none other than Sailor John, who had been aiding the League in stealing these shipments to disrupt the project.
Illiam was promptly arrested and interrogated. He gladly admitted that he was the leader of the Anti-Rail League, as well as revealing that he'd been bankrolled by Peter Sam. Despite their best efforts, the police were unable to extract any more information about this mysterious man from Sailor John. The disgraced captain was tried, found guilty and sentenced to serve time in the Misty Island Maximum Security Prison.
The Sodor police force and many of Sir Topham Hatt's allies dismissed this Peter Sam as a product of John's PTSD-riddled mind. But Sir Topham Hatt recognized the name, and not just from the kindly Narrow Gauge engine that shared it.
He recognized the name as belonging to a man who had disappeared from the Island of Sodor long ago. #SudrianTales
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SUDRIAN TALES LORE POST:
There once was a cargo ship nicknamed "The Salty Dog". Its duty was to deliver goods and other cargo to the Island of Sodor from the mainland, and vice-versa.
The ship's captain, John Illiam, was a decorated captain in the Sodor Navy. During his time in the service he trained Malus Foris, the man who would eventually become the head of the British Armed Forces' presence on Sodor. After forty years, Illiam left the service at age 56, instead opting to take a more peaceful job as the captain of the Salty Dog. He was well-respected by his fellow sailors, who gave him the nickname "Sailor John".
One particularly stormy night, the Salty Dog was delivering a new high-speed steam engine to Sodor from the mainland. The waves were fierce and the wind battered the ship, which was struggling to stay afloat. One of the ropes holding the steam engine to the ship was loose, and it rolled backwards and smashed through the ship's cab. Many workers were killed as the engine rolled out the back of the cab, falling into the sea, but Sailor John braved the storm and personally steered what remained of the ship into Brendam Harbor.
As it turned out, the Salty Dog was so badly damaged that it had to be destroyed, and it was sunk to the bottom of the sea in a powerful memorial ceremony. During this ceremony, Sailor John was rewarded for his bravery by being given the position of Dockmaster at Brendam. Despite this great honor, Illiam was never able to let go of the memory of that tragic night where over thirty of his men, along with his boat, met their dooms.
It was around this time that Illiam was approached by a man known as Peter Sam. Recognizing John's inability to forget the horrible tragedy in his past, this mysterious figure seized on his hatred of the steam engine that had brought down his ship and used it to twist him into a vengeful shell of a man. With Sailor John at the forefront, Peter Sam formed a group dedicated to tearing down railways, calling it the Anti-Rail League.
When a number of important shipments meant for the Narrow Gauge Expansion project began to disappear from Brendam Docks, Salty, Gator and Captain set a trap to catch the perpetrator. This turned out to be none other than Sailor John, who had been aiding the League in stealing these shipments to disrupt the project.
Illiam was promptly arrested and interrogated. He gladly admitted that he was the leader of the Anti-Rail League, as well as revealing that he'd been bankrolled by Peter Sam. Despite their best efforts, the police were unable to extract any more information about this mysterious man from Sailor John. The disgraced captain was tried, found guilty and sentenced to serve time in the Misty Island Maximum Security Prison.
The Sodor police force and many of Sir Topham Hatt's allies dismissed this Peter Sam as a product of John's PTSD-riddled mind. But Sir Topham Hatt recognized the name, and not just from the kindly Narrow Gauge engine that shared it.
He recognized the name as belonging to a man who had disappeared from the Island of Sodor long ago. #SudrianTales
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