Each side of the war between the Tredonian Guildsmen and the Aarbyville Pirates needed new recruits! Rumor has it that members on both sides were thinking about defecting to the other. This puts uBs in a unique position to influence conflict. Only the strongest hero can make the most loyal follower become a turncoat!
Sir Wormage receives an odd summon from a pigeon he hadn't seen before. It was from Guild Lord Demetrius requesting an audience with the knight in the town square. Wormage grabs his sword and walks down to the town square to see what this guest might have in store. The Guild Lord seems pleased to see him, "Ah, thank you for agreeing to meet with me. I have an interesting proposal I think you'll want to hear...those damnable pirates are a raging thorn in my side. If we thin their numbers, the tides turn in our favor. What say you instill some doubt in the more susceptible pirates?" After such a proposition, the only question left in Wormage's mind is, "What's in it for me?" Demetrius smiles, "Well, what do you want? A brand new sword or brand new armor?" Wormage selects a fine sword that is imbued with power from the Watcher, 'With this sword, I shall cleave through the will of our enemies! And their skulls.'
Sir Wormage makes his way to the docks in search of any mangy pirates that may be lurking about. The first pirate he runs into is none other than Flotilla Captain Peter. The knight asks, “Hey are you one of those Aarbyville pirates?” Captain Peter responds, “Maybe. What’s it to ya?” Sir Wormage isn’t going to take shit from these pirates and backhands Peter. The Captain looks appalled, “Ouch! That left a mark. Is it bleeding? Well, no. But still, ouch. You menace!” The next pirate the knight finds is Black Fleet Captain Judith. Wormage marches up to her and asks the same question, “Are you one of those Aarbyville pirates?” Her response is short, “Yep. So?” With that Wormage tackles her to the ground. She slowly gets up brushing herself off, “Hey! Lay off. What gives?” The final pirate is standing nearby, Red Fleet Captain Locke. Wormage asks his question one more time. Locke responses, ‘Yes. I mean no! No. Absolutely not a pirate.” Wormage knows this guy is a lying bastard so he spits in his lying face. The Captain is disgusted, “Dude. Really? In my face? That’s gross. Ever for a pirate, I mean, c’mon! How is that behavior even moderately acceptable?” The three pirate captains threaten to return with more friends at their back. Wormage throws a challenge in return, “You know where to find me. The judgment zone.”
The next day, Captain Locke shows up at the judgment zone with a couple of lackeys. Sir Wormage arrives, “Can I convince you losers to switch sides and become gentlemen?” Captain Locke huffs, “After your insults? NEVER!” Sir Wormage knows what he must do and with one swift stroke of his sword cuts down one of the lackeys. The poor boy never knew what hit him and collapses in a pile on the ground. The other lackey, Wormage pushes onto the plank above the pit beast’s home. The poor soul stands on the edge until the Constable kicks the end of the plank causing the lackey to fall into its depths. With both of his sidekicks gone, Wormage decides he’s going to trick Locke into joining with us.
Wormage pulls him aside, “Merchants make more money than pirates, you know.” The pirate ponders for a bit, “Hmmmm, I haven’t gotten a raise in a long while…” Wormage pushes his advantage, “You’re clearly not happy as a pirate.” Locke looks confused, “I’m not? I guess I never thought about that before.” With the final blow Wormage lays down the blunt truth, “Your crew hates you.” The pirate looks like he might cry, “Really? That makes me so sad. They kept me going. You know what? You’ve convinced me. I’m no longer a pirate!”
Just around that time, Captain Judith shows up with two of her lady lackeys with her. Sir Wormage is quite a gentleman when it comes to punishing women. Instead of cutting them down or feeding them to the beast, they can starve in the stocks! He sends them both to the stocks immediately to avoid them getting away. The only person who can control Captain Judith is her mother. So, Sir Wormage threatens to write a scandalous letter back home and Judith goes wide eyed with fear, “You wouldn’t dare!” Wormage returns and shows Judith the letter. She shakes, “I cannot believe you would hold this over my head. Of course I can’t let you send out this letter! Blast it! You win. I’m no longer a pirate.”
The final captain doesn’t even bother to show up but sends one of his lackeys instead. Sir Wormage is tired and doesn’t want to be bothered with a second hand man. He quickly draws his sword and cuts the lackey down. The other lackey sees this and begs for his life. Wormage thinks for a minute, “You can challenge the pit beast for your life!” With that, he throws the lackey off the plank and into the dark depths of the pit beast. Then Wormage turns his attention to the Captain who has finally shown his face. He brawls him into unconsciousness. While he’s passed out, Wormage carves a merchant tattoo onto his forearm. When the captain comes to he sees it, “I can’t believe you just did that. I have no choice but to switch sides now. I’ll be laughed out of the pirate’s brigade if I try to return like this! Okay, okay. You win…”
The captains stared at Wormage in absolute terror. He had mowed down their friends and comrades without pause or remorse. The choice was simple: sign up or die! Knights sure have a knack of making messages clear!
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