Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20180414200018/@comment-17114085-20180606143946

(@Rifle: I still have no idea where Evalana is supposed to be. High Rock is a huge peninsula, she could be anywhere. :P)

"There were no pirates ships docked here." The Dockmaster replied. "But there was a ship here similar to the one you described, it left only a few hours ago."

He seemed like an honest man so he didn't take the lad's gold.

(The Ultima was using a Nelthar flag).

The barrels were the thing that first cued the trade ship onto the pirates pursuing them. The barrels exploded in front of the ship.

The helmsman tried to steer out of the way, zigzagging to avoid the barrels.

"Captain, pirates astern!" The man in the crow's next yelled.

"Damn them to Oblivion." The Captain muttered. "They have balls to attack us so close to Raven Rock. Full sail men, we need to get closer to the port to alert the Redoran Guard!"

The small caravel was fast ship, it was much faster than the much larger Pirate man-of-war. All they needed to do was avoid the pursuer's shots and they would be home free. Unless the pirates managed to destroy their sails or destroy the ship itself, the trade ship would escape.

The guards sat the lordling down in a chair close to the Emir. Upon closer inspection the lad seemed to be in his late teens at most.

"Your majesty." Edgard Baelborne bowed slightly when he saw the Prince. "I am humbled that you wished to see me, your concern honors me."

"I didn't come see you out of concern, Edgard. I came for information. I am hunting the pirates that attacked you." Caius stated.

"Those damned Orcs." Edgard cursed. He gripped his injured leg and cursed under his breath.

"Tell us of the attack." Caius demanded.

"I was travelling to Stros M'Kai to broker a trade deal between my father and the Duke, but those Orcs intercepted my vessel close to here. A dozen longships came at us, they were fast and quickly surrounded us and stopped our escape. They attacked and boarded our Carrack. My uncle, the captain of the ship, told me to hide in the hold. I did...I heard screams, so many screams as the pirates slaughtered everyone. They came down to the hold, not searching for treasure but for more people. I only survived because I managed to hide myself so well. Afterwards they sunk the ship and I was trapped, a wooden beam fell on me while I was trying to get out. Though I was probably lucky that it did, that beam kept me from floating up to the surface, where the pirates would've surely seen me and taken me." Edgard explained. After a pause he continued. "I managed to free myself later, though, and swam out of the wreck. There was only shattered wood and bodies and I emerged. A trade ship found me two days later, adrift at sea."

Lhotun and Deros were brought up to the main office where the woman sat down and began to look over their inventory and shipping demands.

On the way there, Lhotun kept his eyes out for guards or other workers. He spotted a few, but the late hour meant that almost everyone had already gone home. The halls and rooms were only illuminated by candlelight. ''Shav will have an easy time sneaking through here. We just need to keep the workers busy as long as possible for him to make his way here.''