Undying Scallywags - Crew of the Damned Galleon

It is said that the Damned Galleon sank amidst a storm or baleful attack by a monster of the deep. The crew, who had planned a mutiny shortly after they secured their bounty, saw the chance in the onset of the aberrant conditions. Yet the mutiny saw their mutually assured dooms, as no hands were on deck to bail water or try save the ship from its untimely end. It became clear hope was lost, along with the bounty of gold in its hold. Try as they might, once they realised what was happening, it was too late. With his dying breath, bleeding and injured as water began to rush over him, the captain cursed each and every one of his crew, to be bound to the treasure that they all died for, until it depart their hold and their protection. Thus, centuries later, the crew continues to be vigilant over the hoard of gold and gems in the rotting wreck of the Damned Galleon. Their minds are all but spent, and their souls are bound to mindless husks, trapped in a perpetual state of limbo until their curse is lifted. Yet any who try to lift it, are cut down by the fiends who have long forgotten the terms of their curse. Thus the only way to ease their burden now is either destroying them completely, or empty the wreck’s cargo hold of the accursed treasure.