Cap ' n Dugal ' s Journal , Book III Cap ' n Dugal ' s Journal , Book III is a book in ' s official plug - in , " The Thieves Den " , and is an autobiographical work by a pirate named Captain Torradan ap Dugal , who was the captain of the infamous Black Flag . He and his Red Sabre pirates now defend the remains of the Black Flag in Dunbarrow Cove as skeletons . Acquisition . Before he died , he wrote a journal separated into four books which are located on the floor in the captain ' s quarters of the Black Flag . Content . I ain ' t got much time left . Sure , we had plenty of food down here . It lasted for years , but all this time in the wet and the dark , I got somethin ' nasty growin ' in me . What a terrible way to die — not on the end of an enemy ' s cutless , but because of some damned sickness . No seafarin ' man should die like this . At least I can still hear the water . But I was tellin ' the story of how I got mine , weren ’ t I ? I curse the day that the Cameron Usurper died at that war ended , ' cause it was that day that Commodore Fasil Umbranox turned ' is attention to the Red Sabre . A couple of months after the war , that fat pompuss bastard decided to come down here to Anvil and take up port in my town , lookin ' to break up the Red Sabre . The Emperor gave him whatev ' r he asked for to campaign again ' us , despite the coffers bein ' empty from the war in High Rock . When Umbranox couldn ' t get what he needed from my men in Anvil , he set out lookin ' all over the Abecean Sea for the Black Flag . There are hundreds of islands In the Abecean , and he landed a crew on each one . He rooted out my men when he could find them , hung those who weren ' t willin ' to go peacefully and jailed those who laid down arms . No matter for many ships and men it cost him , he kept comin ' with more and more . We couldn ' t never get ahead of him and we couldn ' t never mount a counterattack . It took him four years and a hell of a lot of ships , but that sea rat finally tracked me down . It were me own fault , anyway . If I never made the mistake I made , he ' dve died before he found me . But a man has to stand up for his mistakes , no matter if it cost him . Besides , ain ' t like I ’ ll be foolin ' ye , since yer likely starin ' at me bones as yer readin ' this . Umbranox had his main force out of port followin ' a lead that I planted . I set sail back to Anvil , hopin ' to catch him off guard , capture the boats he left behind , and fight him with his own ships in Anvil Bay . Ha ! Can you imagine the look on his pig ' s face if it ' dve worked ? I thought I ' d finally get the whoreson to show his face in a proper fight . I shoulda known , but he had men waitin ' there for me . We fought like hell , but we were trapped in the bay . The Navy men set the town on fire to keep us from fleeing onto land . I ’ m sure that the fine citizens of Cyrodiil dinna weep for the torching of a town of thieves . The main force of Imperial dogs held us until Umbranox showed up in his flagship . Umbranox fought me to the last ship and in the end , the Bay was filled with sunken and burning boats . If I weren ' t fightin ' for me life , I ' dve probably thought it were beautiful . So , the Black Flag and Umbranox ’ s rickety tub were the only ones that were still floatin ' and fightin ' when dawn come . So , I did what any pirate with sense would do - I tried to run . Now understand , I ' m a right bastard in me own way . I ' m a pirate , a murderer , a thief , and I certainly ain ’ t never believed in a fair fight . But there ' s a line and an unspoken code between sailin ' men and Umbranox went too far . He had mages on his ship . Mages ain ' t never been allowed on my boats . They ' re no good , bad luck , an ' I don ’ t trust ' em . Turns out , I was right . I cut across the south side of the bay , along the huge cliff wall that used to be there . I had me helmsman stay as close as he could to the cursed cliff . I could hear those mages from the deck of Umbranox ' s ship , yellin ' some nonsense into the wind . A few rocks fell onto my deck , a few more , and then the whole bloody cliff came crashin ’ down on top o ' me . Now , don ' t you worry , I didn ' t die just then . The cliff collapsed around the ship , makin ' this damned cavern . Better the it just fell on us , but no . It sealed the Black Flag , her crew , and me under tons of rock . We were buggered .