Nerie is the captain of a merchant ship in Etruscan Italy circa 474 BC. He's about to make a lot of money on his next shipment, so he refuses to believe the omen is for him and sets sail. His ship runs into a storm, he's washed overboard, and he drowns. Then he makes a deal with the god of the underworld to come back to life for a price...and the rest of the story follows from that.
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Nerie is the captain of a merchant ship in Etruscan Italy circa 474 BC. He's about to make a lot of money on his next shipment, so he refuses to believe the omen is for him and sets sail. His ship runs into a storm, he's washed overboard, and he drowns. Then he makes a deal with the god of the underworld to come back to life for a price...and the rest of the story follows from that.