"Aye, three days and two fort nights ago, my ship, the Belvedere, a two mast whaler. Not much of a looker, but it got the job done. We were four days out, not so much as a dolphin had breached the water and the crew was losing moral fast when we ran into a dark cloud bank. Not unusual for this time of year, but our gulls had vanished. The noise of screaming birds followed us everywhere, their disappearance sent the more superstitious amount us into a panicked frenzy.
I wish I had their wisdom." Silas rolled an ivory albatross necklace hung around his neck between his fingers. "Not ten minutes later we saw them" he continued "a small grey ship, fast as bad news broadsided us on our port side. Before we could react we were boarded.
Some of us were trained fighters from the navy, and they put up some kind of fight. They were the first ones the pirates killed.
The rest, myself included, were bound and gagged on the deck of pale ship. That was when I saw him. The dred white leopard, Captain Tarfang Smyth.
He took all of my men, save for one, and took a sword to their necks." Silas was shaking now "He took my fist mate, Arga Lace down to to brig below. That was the last time I saw that genet." The gold crocodilian removed his cap and revealed a massive scar between his eyes. "He put a bullet in my head before rolling me off the side of the boat."He laughed nervously "it takes more than that to kill a Kapro, we got scales thick as a sidewalk" he leaned back in the seat and looked expectantly at his vistor. " is that enough for you to go on lassie?" He said "old Tarfang is as slippery as a dogfish, and his ship, the Wraith, is as hard to spot as smoke at noon."
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