"Potrait of the Madman Who Saved Us All", by Cornell Hawthorne, 1723
Throughout history, the act of piracy already made its way into this world just as man began to enact commerce via the seas. Time to time, many regions became hotspots of such acts, ranging from the Mediterranean seas, to the oriental seas, where the Wukou regularly clashed with the ships of the dynasties of the east. However, as these acts mainly fell into the category that paints it as a petty crime, piracy only offers money, and faint hues of glory, with chances of marking your name in the annals of history being a rarity, with few figures actually able to do such act. With the progress of technology, and the birth of new ideas in this world, the concept of piracy suddenly mainly attributed to the Arabs, as the Barbary people made piracy as their main source of income. Things, eventually changed as the discovery of the new world, and the abundance of gold on those regions creates opportunities, for men who decided that attacking ships, and looting what's left from those ships-might be their best bet to gain the very same thing with the colonial powers, which is gold, and glory. With aspects of gospel following in behind.
The island-laden region of the Caribbeans easily became the hotspot of piracy, with many men eventually slowly becoming a prominent force on the world of piracy. Starting from Jaques de Sores's burning of Havana, the act of piracy eventually considered as serious threat, which is accompanied by the eventual growth on the popularity of the act, leading to the eventual golden age of piracy, where the seas of the Caribbean were filled with blood, wrecks, and stories from the ships that passed by.
When Henry Avery established a base on the island of Nassau in 1696, Nassau easily became the epicentrum of piracy, with the arrival of figures such as Benjamin Hornigold and Henry Jennings becoming the spark to the fire that will light the pirates for eras to come. Establishing a "Republic" where they could live freely, not under the control of the crowns of the old world. The pirates, and the people who decided to follow them to the Republic of Nassau, enjoyed a certain amount of prosperity, with the creeping truth that their freedom would not last longer. The decentralized command system of the pirates of Nassau led to buccaneers with lesser experience and ranks being able to command their own ships, and breaking the established rule of not attacking ships that bear the Union Jack, fearing the might of the Royal Navy.
With the assault against the Royal Navy becoming more severe and destructive each time a raid is launched by the pirates, George I, the king of the Great Britain, decided to appoint Woodes Rogers as the Governor of the Bahamas, to end the golden era. With Woodes Rogers setting sail to the Americas in 1718, the real fight against the kings of Europe is just getting started.
The Ranger, previously owned by Benjamin Hornigold, eventually given to Charles Vane in a unknown date.
Atlantic Ocean
7 July 1718
Deciding to patrol the seas, in a drunken stupor, Charles Vane ordered his men to head towards the Atlantic seas, which is something even Henry Jennings seldomly do. Despite filled with confusion, his crew abides to the command, knowing that Vane's temper is something that is more unsavoury than a rotten bread. As the
Ranger sailed the seas of the Atlantic Ocean, their sights eventually are perched on a group of ships, flying the Union Jack. With the composition of the group slightly alarming the drunken Charles Vane, whose decision-making capabilities are solely based from the glass of booze he's been chugging for hours. With his cloudy eye, and plugged ears, the last thing Vane done before dozing off-is none other to head back to Nassau, with a scribbled note in the paper detailing about the convoy he just saw-in his hand.
With the
Ranger set on full sail towards Nassau, the world will saw on how a band of individuals that society rejected, turns into what defines the era, and changed the world forever.
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DEFIANCE 1718