Dragon Orb

The Dragon Orb is the source of most of the magic of The Piece of Junk.

Description
The Dragon Orb is the central power source of the Piece of Junk, but it also has an intelligence behind it and it is starved for ideas and imagination. Han Bolo the original creator designed this container as a prison to entrap that intelligence and hold it in abeyance so that it would suffer sensory depravation and willingly serve the interests of the Ships Master

In order ensnare a permanent crew of galley serfs Han Bolo had used former Dark Mage convicts and many a former Captain and crewperson have long since replaced those original rowers. People who die on board the POJ are trapped up in the magic of the Dragon Orb and forced into one of three possible destinations: either they are judged light of heart and soul and are released to the Hereafter or whatever heaven they are destined for, or they are found to be earthly carnal beings and restored to life as Sylph Warriors to serve the will of the Ships Master. The third possibility is saved only for those whose hearts are dark and weighted with earthly torments. They join the prisoners of the Galley and serve for as long as the ship has a use for their energies. Theoretically they would earn their freedom when they are purged of their grief, remorse or whatever weighted down their conscience, after which it is assumed that they would move on to their natural destination, upstairs or downstairs.

It seems just as likely that there are only a fixed number of spaces for the Galley to hold at one time, so if a new rower is added another would vanish to make room for the new addition. Whatever the case might be, these rowers are tireless and very powerful, able to row at speeds that human rowers could not sustain for indefinite periods.