Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20180414200018/@comment-17114085-20180706000807

The Redguard leader gripped his spear and pointed it at Varen.

The other horsemen raised their spears at the rest of the group.

"We are not messing around, we've already spotted a large band of criminals on the island. Martial law is in effect under Captain Abdul's orders. You will come with us willingly to the Fort or we will take action right here and treat you as we would any common criminals that trespass on our kin's resting place." The leader replied.

The horsemen were already armed and ready to thrust their spears. They were wearing light armor, leathers and clothes in the style of Hammerfell and were all on horseback. The disguised pirates were in a major disadvantage if a fight broke out, they would surely suffer heavy casualties.

(Alright, you're going to have to wait on Varen before Yagrenac is up and about. It would take several hours to build him up and the disguised Redguard exiles were sent off before they even started, so this timeline is already missalligned. Once Varen's situation is resolved you may continue with Yagrenac's part of the story.)

"Bonemask Pirates? Never heard of them. In fact I'm not aware of any pirates on this island. The only thing in this place are graves and mourning souls. Still, if you're keen on trying to look for your targets here, you should head over to Fort Cyrus. Captain Abdul, the man in charge there, is responsible for the security of this island. If anyone would be aware of any pirates hiding out here it would be him." The docksmaster replied.

He paused, then remembered to say. "Just make sure you get a pass at the western gatehouse, we don't allow foreigners to wander around the island alone. And when you head to Fort Cyrus make sure you stick to the road. If the guards catch you in the wilderness they are likely to take you for a bandit and skewer you, even if you do have a pass."

The doors swung open as two pirates inside opened them. Inside the longhouse Brolok and his party could see over two dozen pirates sitting around a firepit, eating, drinking and talking about their coming battle.

Captain Shelakh was sitting on a wooden high seat, the flag of the Betony Raiders hung from the seat's rest.

When Shelakh spotted Brolok he slammed his mug on the end table next to his seat.

The room went quiet.

Shelakh stood up. "Brolok gro-Shasor, surprised to see you here knocking on my door uninvited." He sounded hostile, but that was mostly just for show as Shelakh was puffing up his chest in front of his men to appear stronger and more powerful compared to the other Orc pirate captain. It was quite a common practice for Orc chieftains, which pirate captains were equivalent to, to butt heads when they met in order to assert dominance.

The injured merc tried to fight Juunei without a weapon, but his clumsy punch did practically nothing to the angry Argonian.

The other of the last 2 mercs tried to attack Shav, but the experienced pirate sidestepped and avoided his attack.

Shav counted attacked, but the merc parried his attack once more. ''This guy is quite the tough fighter. ''The Dunmer could tell from looking at the merc that he had seen many years of combat. He was a grizzled blonde Nord with almost as many scars as the pirate. He was certainly battle hardened.

Lhotun looked around. He saw that Juunei was injured so he decided to help him instead of Shav. He came up behind the injured merc and stabbed him in the back with both scimitars, killing him.

"I had him." Juunei protested.

"Better safe than sorry." Lhotun replied with a smirk.

Shav saw the other merc he killed and said to the last one. "Surrender and we'll let you live."

The merc looked around. His comrades were dead and he was outnumbered. It was 1 against 8, not good odds. He was a man of principle, but he was a hired sword. He wasn't going to throw his life away. He grunted angrily and threw his sword on the ground.

"On your knees and stay there." Shav ordered. He turned to two of the Argonians. "Keep and eye on him."