Pious (novel)

Pious is a story based on the game from Mantic called Armada featuring sea battles in a fantasy world called Pannithor.
Takes place six months before the novel Steps to Deliverance
== About ==
Lieutenant Jaymes Ellias is ready to leave the Basilean Navy. A career spent in coastal defence and administrative positions has left him dejected and resentful, and he has a plan for life outside the military. But when he is suddenly sent to the ship’s company of the HW Pious, an elohi-class frigate, he is propelled into action under the command of the harsh, sardonic Captain Charn Ferrus. 
Captain Ferrus and his squadron are assigned in pirate hunting duties in the sun-drenched Infant Sea for the Basilean Navy combating the increasingly aggressive exploits of the self-styled orc admiral, Ghurak.
Fighting alongside Jaymes are Karnon Senne, a newly appointed Basilean marine captain experienced in warfare on land, and Caithlin Viconti, a privateer captain whose expert knowledge of sailing does not match her inexperience in warfare. 
Jaymes and the crew of the Pious must brave deadly orc warships and their violent pirate crews across the idyllic, green seas of the Infant Sea and the sandy island chains south of the Basilean mainland to put a stop to the brutal, deadly fleet of Ghurak.
== Characters==
===Basilean Armada===
*Admiral Sir Jerias Pattia
*Vice Admiral Horton
*Dictator Septim Paulus 
*Captain Norre Vistus (Died at the Battle of Chy Bay) 
====Dictator-class====
*Ark Dominion
====Elohi-class====
*Batch one 
**Devout
**Veneration
***Captain Marcellus Dio (Captain)
***5th Maritime Legion of Foot
****Captain Berso (Commander of the Veneration marine detachment,has a wife)
**Vigil
***Captain Alain Stryfus (Captain)
***Lieutenant Tobias Blake (transferred to the Pious)
*Batch two 
**Pious
***Captain Charn Ferrus (Captain)
***Lieuteant Jaymes Ellias
***Lieuteant Walt Ganto
***Lieuteant Gregori Corbes
***Lieuteant Kaeso Innes
***Warrent Officer Thaddeus Just (Sailing Master)
***Francis Turnio (Midshipsman)
***Samus (Captain’s steward)
***Iain Kennus (Surgeon)
***Artimio (Purser)
***Pannus (Ship’s Gunner)
***Dernis
***5th Maritime Legion of Foot
****Captain Karnon Senne (Company Commander)
*****Sabine (mentioned)
****Sergeant Porphio Aeli
****Sergeant Castus Erria
**Virtuous
====Sloop Squadron====
*Heaven's Tearer
==== Unknown-class ====
*Faithful (not Elohi-class)
*Sprinter
Mentioned
*
===Orc Armada===
====Smasher-class====
*Devourer 
**Admrul Urugag
*Green Hammer 
**Orcs
***Admrul Ghurak
***Irukk
***Shargol
**Goblins
***Ratchit
====Blood Runner-class====
*Driller 
**Captin Kroock
**Turug (FIrst Mate, killed by Ghurak)
*Wave Rammer
**Captin Drethug 
*Blood Skull 
**Captin Drika
===Kingdoms of Men Armada===
*Martolian Queen 
**Viconti Shipping Company
***Caithlin Viconti (Captain)
***First Mate X'And
***Obtess
***Ghen (one of the newer sailors)
***Torrin (an experienced top man)
***South Mantica Trading Company
****Owynne
*Blue Albatross
*Wave Explorer
*Red Skull
* Capital Mining Company
** Captain Vell (contracted by)
===Pirate===
*Captain ‘Red’ Gallo
*Captain Cerri Denayo (human pirate captain)
===Thatraskos Residents===
*Kassia Rhil (Harbourmaster, old woman)
*Morgan (mentioned)
*
==Locations==
=== Basilean ===
* Keretia
** Thatraskos
*** Sunsest Inn
*** The Palm Spring
*** The Bay View (mentioned)
** Star Point (Southwest corner of Keretia)
*Kios
=== Pirate ===
* Axe Island
** The Ankorage (small town, orcs and goblins)
* Vanata
** Red Skull (town)
*** Final Grapeshot (Tavern)
* Claw (mentioned)
* Mos-Luxa (mentioned)
=== Other ===
* Lake Gehr
* Eleccian Isles
** Baudethra
*** Antegia Keys
== Gallery ==
File:Mantic-armada-feat-1400x700.jpg
== External Links ==
* Pious Digital Edition - https://www.manticgames.com/fiction/tales-of-pannithor/pious/
* Pious Paperback Edition - https://www.whpsupplyroom.com/fantasy/p/tales-of-pannithor-pious-1#gsc.tab=0
Category:Books
Category:Basileans
Category:Orcs