PLOT I
It was announced globally everywhere...flyers flew and yellers yelled as world-wide information was given out. “THE SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS IS ON!” This was known as the scream heard around the world. Atlantis was long to believe a sunken island...no, empire, where there was gold and diamonds and silver, anything to make a pirate and boat rich. But the last person to control this was over 300 years ago, and he died as his boat sunk to the ground.
People who look for sunken ships found this ship in the middle of the Sea of Bones, which was rumored to be laid with bones at the bottom. Then they explored the place and lied and said they found the island. All they found were traces of the island...nope, nothing. With this, they were hung out for everybody to see and then dropped in the Sea of Bones. Their corpses lay there now, but Atlantis not.
Now, everybody wants to be granted a ship and a crew, as you need permission from whoever leads your land, if it is an Emperor or Empress, a simple Parliament or even one of those leaderships with three people, you need the permission and the grant for your ships. Now, we are very limited and each empire has a ship depending on population, size and actual income. So say a small island nation would have one, and a large empire will have three.
Find Atlantis. Find the Money. Survive With the Money. Return it to the Empire. Win.