The story of the Flying Dutchman from Caribbean pirates could be copied wholesale.
As long as the tacky romance was removed, the sea god replaced with Azk Eggers, and paired with that genuine ghost ship, it could absolutely make people at sea firmly believe in the legend.
After all, this ghost ship really could do such a thing, as long as a Ferryman's Extraordinary Characteristics was added during the process—not a Sequence Six of the Singularity pathway molded by Adam, but a Sequence Three of the Corpse Collector pathway.
As for the duplicate name, since no one else would ever embark on the Singularity pathway anyway, Adam was not worried about causing misunderstandings.
Returning to the ghost ship, if its story spread widely across the seas, it would be enough to allow Mister Azk, primarily the Death Magistrate-era version of him, to complete the acting and ritual for the Pale Emperor that had been advanced to him ahead of time.
But...
"What is the price?"
Death Magistrate—although the past-focused Mister Azk had already advanced, this title was still used to distinguish him from the present-focused Mister Azk—was indeed somewhat tempted.
After all, the divine names strongly bound to death on the various continents had already taken deep root in people's hearts. Overturning that would undoubtedly be immensely difficult, not to mention that the major Churches held tightly onto their faiths.
If he wanted to associate his own name with death and have people accept it, the sea truly counted as a completely untapped market.
The people here lived with greater uncertainty and were more likely to change their faith for practical reasons.
If there were any resistance or risks, the deity most closely associated with the sea at present was the Lord of Storms. Although his authorities had little overlap