A sailor's funeral

Written by FirethornDragon

At a sailor's funeral, the people sing a song called I think I am going out to the Sea. It is a song about the waves taking you home where you always will be. For every sailor, every captain, every pirate, or person who loves the Sea, this song is a familiar song they sing when drunk or burying a fellow sailor. The song is about respect even if you don't like the other sailor. You show respect by burying them by singing this song. The song is about giving a sailor a goodbye but always knowing that they are where they belong. They are at Sea.

No one knows who created the song or how it spread around Aurin. All they know is that this song is sacred to every sailor. The legend says that the spirit of the sailor will haunt you if you don't sing the song at their funeral. Or at least sing the music if you bury a sailor, even if you don't know who they are. The ceremony at the funeral can all look different. But what they all have in common is that they gather around, if they are more than one person, and bury the sailor by burning their body and spreading their ashes in the Sea or any body of water that they can find. But it should be the Sea, especially if it is a funeral you have planned. You can spread the ashes into the Sea from a ship or boat or standing at the shore.


After giving the dead sailor a toast, they pour some of their drinks onto the ground or the ship's deck. The pouring of the drink symbolizes sharing with a fellow sailor. Some even light some candles if it is at night. But they always sing the song at the sailor's funeral last after they have been talking about memories.


If you find a sailor and don't know who they are, you do everything you would at a regular sailor's funeral instead of talking about memories. You give them a small farewell that can be about anything as long as it is respectful. And you always pour a little of your drink, water or alcohol. And when you have poured the drink, you start to sing this song.

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The song I Think I am going out to the Sea

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I think I am going out to the sea

Were the seagulls don't scream

I think I am going out to the sea

Were the waves drums are calling me

I think I am going out to the Sea

There my heart will always be

I think I am going out to the Sea

Am going out to the Sea

And like the tide waves, it always comes back to me

I let the whispers carry me

The thunder and storms don't burry me

The waves drums are telling me

That this is where my heart will be

So, I think I am going to the Sea

Where the seagulls don't scream at me

I think I am going to the Sea

Were the time of history washes over me

I am going to the sea

Wear my heart will always be

Primary Related Location

The City of Croydon

Important Locations

• The Mystical Sea

Related Organizations

• Havets Gåtor
• The Magic Council