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## Overview

The Shōgun Pirates are a crew led by captain Takeo who was tasked with finding Nassau by Captain Teach, who had also passed his own powers down to Takeo. The crew is known for their willingness to take hostages and leave major collateral damage behind. Known as one of the most hated pirate crews on the seas, The Shōgun Pirates are also considered one of the most successful and were important to ending the war against Lucky Land and Genesis.

The Shōgun Pirates had made an alliance with Gnomad's Saints, taking them around to help different allied nations in their own personal wars with the Lucky-Genesis Alliance. They also took part in the final war alongside the rest of the Bearded Dragons and affiliated pirate allies.

## History

### Alba

During the Miyashita rebellion, led by Miyashita Yūdai, the Kubo Family is attacked by the working class who were upset with the poverty ravaging the land since the funds were directed to the Emperor of Zhongua. One of the Kubo Shiori's most trusted protector Takeo of the Hamasaki Family was able to hold Yūdai back, but was slowly losing ground. Takeo, and his right hand man Kaito of the Watanabe Family, were forced into the castle with the Kubo Family and fed information by the family's spy, Shinobu of the Yoshida Family.

It was at this time Edward Teach had landed on a remote part of the island and had come upon the rebellion who had lit the castle on fire. Teach killed entire group of rebels and destroyed a wall of the castle allowing Takeo to carry Kaito out of the burning building. Takeo almost immediately collapses to his knees after getting to safety in front of Teach, Takeo begins wildly swinging Kaito's katana until he is stopped by Teach. Intrigued by Takeo's strength and tenacity, Teach asks the catatonic young man if he would like to get revenge. Teach laughs, since Takeo had passed out prior to the question, but summons a Mana Brand and brands Takeo with the symbol of Blackbeard. The Teach Pirates then leave Alba after taking the treasure horde from the rebels.

When Takeo awakens he finds his new power given to him by Teach, and finds the note left by the pirate to take a ship that he left on the remote part of the island. It details how to get to Nassau and tells the young man to meet him there. Takeo kicks Kaito to wake him up and the two realize that Shinobu was sitting up in a tree. Upon seeing her wounds and bruises they understand that she had been protecting them from the new ruling faction while they recovered. The trio find the small ship left for them and set sail. First stop was to find a warrior slave that with a Zhonguan Royal.

### Zhongua

The trio sailed to the mainland of Zhongua, landing in Tienchao, and set out to find the Warrior Slave. They here tales of the hero Kintarō who was fighting the oppressive Mikaboshi Family. They track the hero to the mountain Asigara where they find not the beast of a man Kintarō, but instead find the Carthic slave Uzoma using the name with her force of rebels as their lone blade tasked with drawing the attention of the Lord Mikaboshi Mikenu. Takeo immediately recognizes Uzoma as the warrior slave, but is turned down on his invitation to join the trio. They head back down the mountain and find a mercenary / bounty hunter who was looking for Uzoma. The trio deny knowing anything about her, but are followed by the bounty hunter's associates. Shinobu notices and slips into a crowd away from Kaito and Takeo. She is able to sneak on each individual and poison the stalkers. Their death's are mysterious and are attributed to sickness. The bounty hunter, Selena Smirnov, reports to the lord of the area and tells him of the death of her allies. He is infuriated and demands that she get it right this time or she'll be imprisoned like the bounty hunters before her. The lord tells her that his spies have witnessed Takeo asking about a warrior slave and his trip to Mt. Asigara. She tracks the samurai down and traps them in a lodge. She is able to capture Takeo, although he let her capture him, and she takes him back to the lord who is angry when torture is not enough to break Takeo. Mikenu has the two arrested for their "crimes".

Selena and Takeo are taken off to a prison camp where they are put to work in the quarry. After a few weeks of hard labor and starvation, they are brought into series of tunnels under the prison where screams are common and disturbing. After passing dozens of cells and chambers they are brought into a torture chamber where they are cut open, burned, poisoned, beaten, drowned, and electrocuted. The duo would be tortured for 12 hours a day and left dangling upside down with their dipped partially in water. While not being tortured the pair would compete in meaningless competitions like who could keep their head out of the water longest, and who could keep singing while being electrocuted. After three months of non stop torture, a guard make a mistake of getting too close to the duo allowing them to crush his skull with a kick between them.

They compete to see who can take down the most people before exiting the tunnels. Upon reaching the surface, Selena proves the victor and Takeo demands a rematch with the guards in the camp. This time Takeo is truly the victor, amazing Selena in the process, and freeing the prisoners within. Among the escapees are Political Prisoners including the famous explorer Amerigo Rafferty. Amerigo offers his services as a navigator who could help them find their way back to Tienchao from Kuraii. After traveling for months they find newly formed resistance force led by Uzoma with Kaito and Shinobu advising her.

Though surprised at his arrival, Kaito and Shinobu quickly tell Takeo about the riches of Mikenu and the plan to back Uzoma against the lord. Takeo introduces Selena and Amerigo to his comrades asking them to join his crew. Angry at Mikenu, the two join the cause and help them wage war against him. The crew follow Uzoma to the Lord's castle and slaughter his entire army of mercenaries approach the Lord and his bodyguard Geng Gang in the Lord's Hall at the top of the mansion. After a hard battle with Geng, the coup stand face to face with Mikenu who puts up a slight fight but is killed by Uzoma. With Mikenu dead the rebels overtake every stronghold and outpost simultaneously, defeating Mikenu's regime.

The rebel leader, Liao Jing, begins reparations to restore the territory. Though after a period of healing the crew is back at full health and call meeting headed by Takeo. Takeo declares his decision to form a pirate crew to sail for Nassau to ask Teach about his newfound power and inheritance. He asks his allies to join him with Uzoma as the newest member. Uzoma explains that she truly did not have an obligation to the rebels, but instead a need for revenge for Mikenu enslaving her. She happily joins the crew and they take off with a sizable amount of the treasury as compensation. They are pursued by the rebels, but escape to sea guided by Amerigo.