The Instructions for the Next in Line is a Pelesetian ship within the Third Beginning Fleet. The ship is the only vessel within the fleet, and indeed the only Pelesetian ship at all, that regularly makes port in the cities of Tarkuus. Many crews in the Third Beginning Fleet make a living through pearl diving in the reefs off the coast of Rudamun. When they have goods to sell in Tarkuus, where they can fetch a high price, the cargo is transferred to the Instructions for the Next in Line, which then makes the journey south and completes the sale.
Despite its regular passage through routes patrolled by the pirates of the Blacksand League, the Instructions for the Next in Line is completely unarmed. The pirates are known to be reticent to attack Pelesetian ships lest they invite a punitive response, but some believe there to be another reason they hold off pursuing an otherwise lucrative target.
The Instructions for the Next in Line is captained by Merykare, a skeleton of Akhomite ancestry. Multiple other individuals in the ship's crew are undead as well.