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Welcome to Lore Legends, a subset of lore episodes that explore the strange tales we whisper

in the dark, even if they can't always be proven by the history books.

So if you're ready, let's begin.

There's nothing like the open sea, the sound of goals overhead, squawking as they hunt

for their next meal, the sound of waves lapping against the sides of the ship, the promise

of adventure just beyond the horizon.

Just no wonder swashbucklers like Blackbeard and Grace O'Malley call the ocean home for

so many years.

Beneath that glistening surface of saltwater, though, and under millions of grains of sand,

are secrets.

Some of them just wait to be uncovered.

Others should not be searched for at all.

There's a reason Barry Treasurer has remained buried for so long, and not just because the

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