The Battle of the Pirate Bay

The Battle of the Pirate Bay was a battle between the Knights of the Withered Rose and the Pirate's Guild which took place in the pirate bay off of New Harbor.

### Participants

Knights of the Withered Rose:

* DaviDustin, Chapter Master
* Bringiton2003, captaining the Soul Spite
* Erebus\_Ignis
* RetroH3at
* I\_Am\_Thermo

Pirates:

* IllumniEclipse, Quartermaster, Acting Captain while Tilly was imprisoned.
* \_Dry\_Water
* Mafia\_Cheezstick
* I\_am\_Mindless
* Mon\_key\*

Other:

* JesterInBlack, held prisoner in the brig aboard his own captured ship, the AWS Segunda.

### Prelude

Captain Tilly, leader of the Pirate's Guild signed a contract with the Knights of the Withered Rose where the knights agreed not to interfere with piracy as long as no knights were harmed by pirates, and the pirates stopped breaking into their headquarters at Wakked Castle.

IllumniEclipse then trespassed in Wakked Castle, in an attempt to execute Turtle\_Titan\_yt, a former pirate who had been kicked out of the guild for spying on the pirates for the knights (who was being held in the castle for spreading the sculk). In response, the knights declared war on the pirates. The knights then arrested the captain of the guild, Tilly, and the pirate VoidRacer.

The remaining pirates scrambled to put together a defense before the knights arrived on the Soul Spite. A long time business partner of the pirates, JesterInBlack of Aquos constructed the AWS Segunda and sailed it to the bay, hoping to profit from the pirates' desperation. He supplied them, and in secret the pirates agreed to purchase the Segunda. The knights suspected some kind of deal, and offered Jester 32 rubies and a large amount of gold to keep his ship out of the battle instead. Jester negotiated an undisclosed different payment instead for staying out of the battle, and backed out of the deal with the pirates to purchase the Segunda. During the next meeting between the Pirates' Guild and Jester to secure supplies, IllumniEclipse and Jester dueled over control of the ship, and Jester surrendered and was taken prisoner aboard his own ship.

The Pirates' Guild erected sea walls, emplaced cannons, and mined the harbor in preparation for the knights' arrival.

### The Battle

The Soul Spite arrived, and after blowing up the sea wall enclosing the harbor, sailed in front of the Segunda and immediately began shelling it from outside the range of its front guns. Most of the pirates abandoned ship at this point. When the battle began, Mon\_key betrayed the Pirates' Guild, freed Jester from prison, and filled the interior of the Segunda with explosives. The next cannon volley set off these explosives, destroying most of the ship. Mon\_key then turned his weapons on his former crewmates.

The Pirates boarded the Soul Spite, and critically injured Bringiton2003. DaviDustin critically injured I\_am\_Mindless using the crimson blade. Mafia\_Cheezstick attempted to retreat, but was hunted down by the knights and critically injured. The remaining pirates fled.

### Outcome

The battle ended in a victory for the Knights.

I\_am\_Mindless: guild death. His Elytra was taken by Thermo.

Mafia\_Cheezstick: guild death.

IllumniEclipse: retreated. He was later found and defeated in single combat by DaviDustin using the crimson blade, but the battle took an immense toll on the sword's durability.

\_Dry\_Water: retreated.

JesterInBlack: escaped captivity.

AWS Segunda: sunk. Its loss along with the destruction of its loadout of over 70 stacks of TNT was a major economic blow to Aquos.

New Harbor and its lighthouse were damaged by shelling.

Bringiton2003: guild death.

Soul Spite: lightly damaged.