The Crimson Roger

This “group” of pirates consists of a single ship named the Crimson Roger. They are brutal, bloodthirsty criminals led by an equally fearsome captain. No quarter is ever offered to their victims, and no prisoners are ever taken. The pirates simply attack, murdering everyone they find. Ships carrying cargoes of Syrneth artifacts seem to be most at risk, as though the crew can somehow sense the presence of such devices.
The only eyewitness account of these pirates come from the captain of His Lordship’s Mistress, a merchant brigantine that managed to escape the Crimson Roger after her sister ship, The Grey Dog, was plundered. The pirates used strange devices, possibly of Syrneth origin, in the fight. The captain was a tall man with curly black hair and a strange scythe that sliced through flesh and ship alike.
As His Mistress sailed away in a panic, the mysterious pirate Captain hollered out to them, “Run, you dogs, and tell the world what you’ve seen of the Crimson Roger and Captain Reis! Next time we meet, I’ll split you all from top to bottom!” The captain of the brigantine was so distressed by this threat that he retired and refused to go to sea ever again. It seemed as though his instincts were correct: within a month his old ship vanished at sea. The captain himself was found in his study a week later, split in half by some fearsome weapon. Written in blood upon the wall wasone word: “Reis.”
Queen Elaine of Avalon has offered an 8,000 Guilder reward for proof of Reis’ death, which would presumably include his unusual scythe.