The Mutiny
Rigby Friedrich is the assumed name of a 18th century sailing vessel that plays for the Atlantis Georgias. The name refers to both the ghost of the ship and the ship itself, the HMS Princess Sapphire. The vessel is sentient, and the two exist together as a gestalt consciousness.
The two met when her human half was abducted from a merchant vessel and pressed into service for the Royal Navy. The human found camaraderie with the ship, and the two bonded over their shared love of the sea and exploration, as well as the shared trauma of working for the navy against their will. The human told the ship about her desire to see the world, as well as her desire to live as the self she chose and not the self that was imposed on her. The two began to plot a mutiny together.
The traitorous intent of the human was discovered by her captain, and she was set to be executed. The ship intervened, killing the captain and marooning members of the crew that had hurt her human. Friedrich spent several years as a fugitive before she was eventually brought down in the west Atlantic.
The Myth
Despite having been destroyed in battle, ships continued to report sightings of the HMS Princess Sapphire. Stories spoke of a figure on the water, sometimes a woman, sometimes a ship, and sometimes a formless mass of broken ships and debris rolling across the ocean, sinking ships and claiming their parts for herself. While merchant ships were occasionally spared, she was said to sink any military ship she came across. Official reports alleged that the ship was a mere superstition, but the legend remained popular among sailors for over a century.
The Marriage
Neerie McCloud was the first one to reach out to Friedrich, offering to guide her to a city where she could live without having to fight. In response, the human threw a glass at McCloud, because she enjoyed fighting. The human and the ship had become intrinsically linked, bound together by a shared love of their way of life, the sea, and each other. She did not want to be separated from herself. McCloud, impressed with Friedrich's throw, returned with another offer; to join Atlantis's blaseball team, and achieve a new kind of glory and legend. Friedrich accepted, and the human and the ship became formally married after arriving in Atlantis. Friedrich can still occasionally be seen on the open ocean, flying the transgender and lesbian flag, and only sometimes terrorizing other vessels.
