09-01-2022, 05:25 PM
On the eve of night in Blackthorne Cove, a single drunken man with a redhead came ashore.
In the one hand, an enemy bottle of wine that he through carelessly less to the side.
And the other? Carried a sign with words carved upon the wood, placed firmly into the grounds with the whacks of a pistol held in reversed grip to be used as a makeshift hammer.
Come morn, anyone citizen or traveler of Blackthorne Cove shall be able to read the signs as rising sun dawns upon their island:
In the one hand, an enemy bottle of wine that he through carelessly less to the side.
And the other? Carried a sign with words carved upon the wood, placed firmly into the grounds with the whacks of a pistol held in reversed grip to be used as a makeshift hammer.
Come morn, anyone citizen or traveler of Blackthorne Cove shall be able to read the signs as rising sun dawns upon their island:
To the people of Blackthorn cove.
Be they citizens, scoundrels, thieves, pirates, or non-existent ghosts upon this land.
Once, your former pirate captain Orion had insulted us and the very concept of 'parley'. A demand followed by a threat, only for the captain to be no more.
It is time for the island to pay its dues.
You have one year to make peace with the island, your gods, and your family.
You have one year to decide whether to stay on the island, or leave for better grounds.
You have one year, before we shall come to take tribute by force.
-Stede Vane 'The first'.
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Port Fortune too, had a sign placed in right before dawn to read once the sunlight reached the island:
To the crew, and any man or woman seeking a little excitement.
Once, there was a pirate captain named Orion Finn who had tried stirring trouble for Port Fortune, citizen and crew both.
A year has gone by since his passing, and the Blackthorn pirates are but a name almost forgotten to time.
And Blackthorne Cove? It is now vacant, empty. Winds are rattling the windows of houses unkept and neglected.
I say this: Why wait and let others take such easy spoils, against a group who has done nothing but anger us?
Why should we let others claim to have conquered Blackthorne Cove, when it is us who has their captain's body?
I hereby propose: Let us give their captain the proper burial at sea, and then?
Prepare ourselves for raiding and pillaging what is left in the coming year. Be it together, or by myself, we shall take first what ought to be ours.
-Stede Vane 'the first'
Sidenote: To the future DIVERS among you that fear getting injured should the remains of Blackthorn Cove give us a final stand?
Rest assured I will pay of my own coffers for your swift recovery before you have to dive.
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A call to arms, a call to battle, declared by a single man.
Objective: Raid, pillaging, and razing of Blackthorne Cove.
Date/Time: TBD
Date/Time: TBD
