Once upon a time, there was a great kingdom next to the ocean. Scholars flocked there for knowledge, merchants for wealth, and adventurers for glory.
How did this kingdom come to be filled with beauty, truth, and wealth? "The Marisolha," they answered, "the Sea of the Sun." The people of the kingdom was blessed with power by the ocean. This allowed the kingdom to spread its influence further and further.
Centuries passed, and the kingdom became more and more powerful. That is, until a certain curious fool wondered where the power that enabled them come from. The fool convinced the kingdom to not praise the golden sea, but conquer it. "Set sail!" he said to the people, "Find that power which made us so great, and make it our own!" "Set sail!" the people responded.
And so, the fool led the people of the kingdom on a golden armada. Thunder and lightning battered the crew as if God was trying to dissuade the fools, but they pressed on.
After ten days at nights, they reached the center of the Marisolha. "We did it!" The people celebrated and prepared for the descent into the ocean. They prepared golden pods, eyes, and arms for themselves. They readied themselves. They dived. They saw a golden light. Deeper. The light became stronger. Deeper. They saw something at the center. Deeper. Deeper...
Then they saw the heart of the abyss. The truth.
The light vanished. Black tendrils slashed through the water, through the people, one, two. "Run! Run!" the people screamed, their voice drowned in their sea of gold. The darkness consumed the golden fools, the golden armada, and eventually, the golden kingdom.
And thus, the bards' songs turned into wails, and they called the armada, one never seen before and never seen again, the Ship of Fools, Stultifera Navis.
Based on: Arknights - Stultifera Navis