Book 3 - Act 1: Perilous Waters
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"Well, they did not put up much of a fight. We might let them go and have them tell the story, leading to more renown for us. Or we just kill them and sink the ship. Or we keep the ship." Rod ponders. "It is not a very good ship, that's true. It was easy to run them down. What do you think?"
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"We have to take the ship. We can double our attack capabilities! Or at least we can sell it for fun and profit. Mostly profit I guess."
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"Does the ship have two hot sorceresses willing to join up?" Flavinia replies in her usual half-seriousness, a ship was just a ship, it's attack capabilities depends on what's standing on it's deck. "Could tow it someplace to sell, but where? Port Peril? Anyone with that kind of gold has already spent it on carousing."
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"We cannot sail both ships. They won't join us." Rod says. "Either we let them go with their stripped ship, or we sink the ship and let them go on the smaller boat. Agreed?"
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"Sinking would just be a waste" Flavinia had never been one to hide her thoughts. "Leave the ship and it'll keep travelling the trade routes, meaning more plunder for pirates, that's us, by the by."
"Maybe they will send pirate hunters! That would be fun! Maybe with real slaves beneath the mast, they'd probably happily take up the pirate's life over going back!"
"Maybe they will send pirate hunters! That would be fun! Maybe with real slaves beneath the mast, they'd probably happily take up the pirate's life over going back!"
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"This is fine. Send a message that Cheliax is not welcome in these waters."
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Port Peril
Logistically you don't have the crew for two ships, not yet, and your command over the sea is growing, but its not there yet. Soon you hope. So you decide to let the Chelixian's go. You've stripped them of anything of value, and you send them on their way and can only hope to plunder them again in the months to come if they decide to risk the trip here once more.
All hands are back at their stations and you are sailing on wards. A few days pass and you sail into more populated waters. You pass by several other ships, some are clearly pirate ships as yourselves, others are pirates but they fly a flag of a known Free Captain. There is a feeling among your crew that you are better off NOT going after these ships, not so close to Port Peril, there is a unspoken truce in these waters, and your fledgling ship probably shouldn't go rocking the boat just yet.
So it is that you eventually spy Port Peril on the horizon....
All hands are back at their stations and you are sailing on wards. A few days pass and you sail into more populated waters. You pass by several other ships, some are clearly pirate ships as yourselves, others are pirates but they fly a flag of a known Free Captain. There is a feeling among your crew that you are better off NOT going after these ships, not so close to Port Peril, there is a unspoken truce in these waters, and your fledgling ship probably shouldn't go rocking the boat just yet.
So it is that you eventually spy Port Peril on the horizon....
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
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"So...what's our objective here?" asks the mermaid, clad in her trademark clam-shell bra. "Offload the plunder we got? Or something else?"
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"Sell off our spoils of battle and the treasure, and spend time in the taverns, alehouses, and brothels seeking information on your sister. Talk up our ship and home the Hurricane King recognizes us at some point." Seroneth suggests as she gazes ahead at the port. "Perhaps purchase some fine clothing and armaments or magical items to help us in our endeavors."
"After Port Peril, I strongly suggest we visit Quent as well."
"After Port Peril, I strongly suggest we visit Quent as well."
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"What sort of question is that?" Flavinia grins. "It's time to party like there's no tomorrow."