Plot:Privateer/Updates
A Hop and a Skip
The Journeyman, writ in hand from a Boggan named Roger Almsley, sail for Panama City, Panama to make a drop at La Playita de Amador, a Marina near the Panama Canal. While en route to the drop site the crew discover that the cannons supplied by their client have been sabotaged! Clouded by suspicion, they take a peek into the crates being delivered by talking to the crates. A person, and tubes with wood and eggs with rings. The crew decides to leave the boxes be, and deliver the crates to their intended recipients.
(Side Job) The crew of the Journeyman attempt to investigate and perhaps save the person in the crate. While the recipients of the packages seem confused and terrified as they realize that they both have a person and who it is in the crates, Wick restores the sleeping woman to vitality. And she attacks Wick! And freezes the others! And makes off with the other crates! Realizing his grave error, Wick, Cicada and Kringer get rescued by Timand and the others of the Journeyman making a daring race back toward Prospect and away from the anger of the Gwydion Sidhe.
Returning to Prospect the crew run afoul PIRATES! The Creeping Star lays seige to the crew but are no match for the cunning of the Journeyman crew. Attempting to flee, the Journeyman boarded the Creeping Star with the intent of taking prisoners and bounty. After a vicious battle of axes and gunfire, the crew of the Creeping Star gave up their hold, and their captain, Tamar Salazar, in exchange for freedom. Taking Tamar back to Emerald Dale, the Journeyman received their payment for a task completed.
A Spear in the Deep
Under writ by the Duchy of Golden Gate, the Journeyman was dispatched to bring down the Invictus, a rebel ship sinking Concordian ships that crossed from the Dreaming into the Autumn World. Heading to Hawaii, they learned that it was in fact the legendary ship of Accordance War renown, with it's famous captain, Goggen Ironfoot, at the helm taking vengeance for the killing of his Nocker wife, Ronnie, who was shot dead by a patrol skiff while fishing. Trading diplomacy for valor, they tracked the Invictus to the Phoenix Islands in the central Pacific, where they parlayed with the Commoner commander. They learned that it was not just a patrol skiff, but the Shadowfyre, a Sidhe warship of Prince Yraltien ap Ailil of Hawaii. Swearing an oath to avenge his wife in exchange for Goggen beaching the Invictus for good, the Privateers returned to hawaii to attend the Fae Court of Royal Governor Menehiron ap Fiona.
Intrigue was the name of the game as Roger Almsley, revealed as Queen Aeron ap Fiona's Parliamentary Representative, revealed the passage of the Seward Acts by the Parliament of Dreams that proclaimed almost all the Pacific Ocean, apart from certain bits, the domain of Concordia and all within must swear fealty. This outraged the Menehune present, whose only supporter, the Baron Reeve Lennidd ap Eilunid, was run off by Cicada as she supported the Menehune. The Menehune delegation leaving, and Court resuming, the Privateers discovered the culprit! Simion, a monkey Pooka, was played for a sucker. Love letters sent by his infatuation 'Dame Awais ap Fiona', he stole the Shadowfyre and killed Ronnie who was cited as a traitor and a dangerous threat to Hawaii. Following Timand's suggestion, Proclaiming his heroism in open court and revealing himself as the killer only added to the obvious naivity of the Pooka. The Court imprisoned him for crimes against the Escheat with the entire Court levelling everything from the controversy of the Seward Acts to the ships destroyed by the Invictus at Simion's feet.
War was coming to the Pacific. And it would need a good few Privateers.
