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Ellie couldn't see the flags clearly from that far away, but as the ships got closer she could tell that they seemed black.

Jerod was only able to break two of the spears from the 3 horsemen that had been pointing their weapons at the lad, when he caught the Redguard horsemen off-guard.

When Jerod used his magic on the soldiers' weapons, he got the attention of all the horsemen. They now all pointed their weapons to him. The two that lost their spears threw them aside and drew their scimitars.

"You dare attack the Duke's men?!" Mujib moved his horse, pointing it at Jerod's direction. "Surrender and we may overlook this, bounty hunter!" He threatned Jerod. ''So he's a mage, that's not too good. It means he can attack us from a distance. We'll need to be the ones to get close.''

Mujib ignored Jerod's suggestion. The Fort Cyrus guards didn't seem too concerned about the Bonemask pirates, since they heavily outnumbered them (more than 3 to 1). They wanted to take them down, but they didn't believe in the slightest that they would lose to a few dozen pirates.

If Jerod was trying to negotiate with the Redguards, attacking them (or their weapons in this case) was not a good way to do it. He had only succeeded in turning them from neutral to unfriendly and borderline hostile to him. If he didn't defuse the situation they were probably going to attack him.

The Brinehammer moved into the cave entrance. It was a small cove that allowed ships to move in and dock inside the entrance of the cave. They anchored among a handful of other ships.

Lhotun spotted other pirate ships in the grotto. Shav had been familiarizing him with the pirate groups of the Sea of Ghosts, who were now their competition. He spotted flags from the Dragonskulls, the Blackbloods and the Red Robins. However, there was one flag he didn't recognize. "Who are those?" He asked his First Mate.

Shav examined the flag with his one good eye. It contained black waves with a red sky and a drowning skeleton in the center. "The Drowned Men, let's try to avoid them. Those lot are all crazy."

"Drowned Men?" Lhotun made note of that. ''With a name like that, no wonder they're crazy. ''