No pirate's life for me by Cloud in the Valley | World Anvil
12th Flamerule, 1493 DR

No pirate's life for me

by Cloud in the Valley of the Shining Waters

Life sure takes some turns.
I got lost in my search for Orolunga and stumbled my way through the jungle, only to find myself at the gates of some encampment one evening.
Wanting to get some directions, or at least a better vantage from where to find my own way, I knocked on the gate.
The person who opened up seemed a little rough, but friendly and she invited me in. After conversing for a few moments she suddenly smiled and my eyes went out as something hit me in the back of my head.
When I woke up I found myself in a small cave, maybe 12 metres between walls, with the entrance blocked by metal bars and a door, which was locked shut.
All of my gear had been taken, the sun was completely gone by this point and looking out I could only see sea water a metre or so from the bars, as in, the water could very well wash in on a bad day. Luckily it was a relatively calm night.
Noise woke me up. Noise of battle. It turns out that a group of adventurers was trying to break in, only for three of them to end up in the same cell as I. It was at this point I learned that I was in a small bay where pirates have set up camp.
They woke up a few hours later, telling me that they assaulted the camp because there was a price on the pirates and their ships, then one of them took out a knife hidden in their shoe, only to magically teleport herself and one of the other prisoners to the bank on the other side of the bay.
Not long after they disappeared out of sight. I took the lack of guards to break the door lock, but this didn't get us far. To our left a tall wooden structure was blocking our way and to our right the cliffs went on.
We sat down, waiting to see if the two others would come back for us.
They did. By blowing a hole in the wooden structure and lowering a rope to let us up, which was a bit unexpected.
The wooden structure housed the pirate treasures, which included my old gear, and a large amount of platinum, gold silver and copper.

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  1. No pirate's life for me
    12th Flamerule, 1493 DR