 The whole mess started years ago, back during the Polarian War. Marleybone, Valencia, Monquista, all the great powers were drawn into a terrible war with Polaris, which threatened to tear the spiral apart. The first Clockwork soldiers were invented by some genius in Valencia. The Valencians built a ward of them and gave them control of their navy. The new Armada helped end the war. But the Valencians kept building more Clockworks. Now they've lost control of their puppets. And they are puppets. The Clockworks aren't alive like you and me. Hollow men run on gears and wires, heartless, soulless, and ruthless. Cain, first of the Clockworks, commands the Armada. They say Cain is stronger, smarter, and faster than any living being. Cain has a court of elite Clockworks to do his will. You know one of them. Deacon, Cain's spy master. He's the one who imprisoned you. The Armada's been worming its way into Skull Island. You've seen their excavations in the jungles. Now we know what they're after. Eldorado. They mean to conquer the spiral and rebuild it with no place for pirates. If Cain reaches Eldorado, there'll be no stopping them.