A Pirate’s Memoirs
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Title: A Pirate's Memoires
Author: Rakkam Lerouge
This be written under me Pirate name. I be better knowned as one well respected smith and warrior amongst the land lubbers. Well at least with most brittanian commoner. And some of the aristocrates and nobles.
Many Years ago, i sailed these seas in the name of Britannia. A Fleet Captain for our king Lord British's Armada. Twas Proud times, defending a government and a people or great integrety.
With our king gone, so went the virtous fabric that held our society so closely knitted.
Corruption, greed and generalized individualism plagued both the government and the citizens.
Took a year for me to realise i was risking me life , and me crew for ideals that werent virtuous at all. So one particulary cold summer night, after we had outfitted a sloop with heavy cannons, filled the hold with as much ammo, charges, food and of course rhum as we could, we operated a sabotage mission on the other royal navy ships that were stationned in skara at the time. Scuttled a half dozen sloops , three gargoyle ships that just sailed in with a shipment of plate armor and cannons , and completely destroyed two Britannian Galleons that were suppose to leave for britain. The were fresh out of the shipbuilders yards! Ya ha harrrr!
So id say that be about the time that a price was put on me head. For 3 years i had to set camps on different small islands, evading and defeating the royal navy, preying on those greedy merchant's ships for coin , and sending to davie jones'S locker any other Pirate that try and get in me way.
Now 11 years after that faithfull night, i still prey on those merchants, hunt other Pirates that wont ally, but with all the changes in Governments, Its almost like the royal navy forgot about me! Sure there still be one or two trying to scuttle me once in a while, but nothing compared to what they use to send after me! Good for me i guess. Those royal Navy ships never did carry much gold or valuable loot anyway.
So in essence, thats what pushed yours truely into Piracy. Ha! i can still hear One o t e Quartermas er y lling whil my sh p sailed away; ¨THE NAVY W LL FI D YO Lord Wa D e! You're Sailing A Hellbound Sloop!!!
Maybe one day ...
But for now im still out there. Stealing from the greedy elitists, selling at a fraction of the Price to honest Britannians.
SO if you ever recognize me on land, dont be afraid to say hello. At sea, be indentifiable as a fishermen, you run no risk if you are. Be advised though, I can smell an ambush like rotten scallops. Those that tried to trick me died a slow death.
Rakkam Lerouge
Somewhere on Fire Island
Anno Domini 2010