The Assassination of Richard Fleur

Richard Fleur, while committing to the Oath of the Sundered Spear

## Quote

"The fury in her eyes, it was like black embers, choking even the blue of the sky. I remember how Anicka, with an entourage of our Cook Island pirates, mercilessly slaughtered every single guard between them and Richard Fleur, taking the liberty herself to bury our axes into their skulls personally, and to gouge out their eyeballs with her knife. Eventually reaching the base of the Congregation Building, she then snuck up the treacherous sea bluffs herself, insisting she do it alone, and took a shot at Richard Fleur, killing him instantly, just before he could ally himself with the Pirates of the Rising Dragon" - A Cook Island Pirate recounts to Santiago Alvarez, 2037

## Context

After the death of Maria Song to the hand of Pirates of Warren Island, Anicka made a determination to temporarily put on hold her intentions of finding her father and instead focus on enacting revenge. Maria, in an attempt to keep Anicka safe, lied to the Mercenaries of Warren Island (that intended to destroy the Heart of the Sea for themselves) that she possessed the Heart of the Sea, holding out a fake copy to display, allowing Anicka to flee the area without being caught. However after finding out that it was fake, the pirates immediately executed her publicly, brutally shooting her at the back of her head. The traumatic experience at the town of Al-Domingo filled Anicka with a insatiable rage, having witnessed her brutal death firsthand from the rooftops, and she knew that she would only return the favor tenfold. Knowing full well that Richard Fleur was the man responsible for Maria's death. Anicka planned to not only assassinate Richard Fleur, but to also bring down the entirety of the Warren Islands, using the Heart of the Sea to her advantage as a bargaining chip with other Pirate Factions.

## Overview

Anicka simply sailed to the Cook Islands, who were actively at war against the coalition headed by the Warren Islands. There she became acquainted with Santiago Alvarez, bluntly dropping the Heart of the Sea onto his desk, saying that she would assist Santiago Alvarez in destroying the Warren Islands if it meant that she could enact revenge against Richard Fleur. Santiago obliged seeing how the arrangement was only to his benefit, and the agreement was made for a massive naval invasion on Warren Island, aided by the Heart of the Sea for a strategic advantage. To return the favor, Santiago would simply allow Anicka to pursue whatever course of action against Richard Fleur she desired after the battle was concluded. During this somewhat lengthy preparation phase, Anicka stayed at the Cook Islands and trained herself with various types of weapons, some commenting that she hardly spent her waking hours without doing some kind of weapons training.

It was about a month into preparation when word spread of the Cook Islands mobilizing became common knowledge, and the Warren Islands in response decided to ally with the Pirates of the Rising Dragon (consisting of parts of Indonesia and many Asian islands) in preparation for all out war. The Galapagos was reluctant to commit to such a massive war, but began mobilization nevertheless. Seeing that the invasion now had to be launched sooner, Santiago ordered what ships had been mobilized to immediately assault Warren island, intending to break the resistance and alliance immediately. With a fleet of several dozen ships, Anicka sailed with Santiago Alvarez on the flagship "La Victoria," and used the Heart of the Sea to have the wind favor their sails. Some two miles out from Warren Island a massive fleet numbering well over a hundred ships met the Cook Islands navy, vastly outnumbering them. Using the Heart of the Sea, causing a massive storm to appear in the middle of the enemies ranks, the Cook Islands easily secured a victory, allowing Anicka Konvicka to now land on shore with a entourage of hardened fighters. Anicka and her entourage mercilessly slaughtered any survivors on the battle they encountered, and easily dispatched the Warren Islands ground forces, while simultaneously setting flame their city. After trekking through miles of jungle, Anicka eventually reached the Congregation Building, where Richard Fleur was frantically trying to secure an alliance with the Rising Dragon Faction through an oath, as customary by all Pirate alliances.

Anicka, upon spotting Richard Fleur in the building above, recklessly charged over the high sea bluffs and successfully positioned herself to take take a shot at Richard Fleur, midway of declaring his oath with the Rising Faction representatives. Without even the guards being aware of her presence due to how quickly and quietly she escalated the sea bluffs, she took her time and fired an accurate shot at Richard Fleur, directly hitting him through the neck and killing him instantly. The guards and representatives, too shocked to respond, simply watched as Anicka climbed over the building and hurried towards Fleur's corpse, proceeding to bury his face with several axe swings, in a fit of rage. The remainder of Anicka's entourage rushed in and helped secure the building, imprisoning the survivors and allowing Anicka to finish her business with Fleur.

## Aftermath

Because the oath and declaration of Alliance was never received by The Rising Dragon faction, no alliance was ever made between the remainder of the Warren Faction and the Rising Dragon. Anicka had effectively broken the power of the Warren Factions in the area, and allowed the Cook Islands to secure a hegemony of power. Anicka would not be satisfied completely after Richard's death however, and she would join Santiago's fleet in pillaging and destroying the remainder of the Warren Island Factions over the course of the next few week, brutally crushing them into submission, and using The Heart of the Sea to destroy any contesting naval force. After the Warren Islands were completely subjugated by the Cook Islands, harming many civilians in the process. After seeing the washed up corpse of a child with a stuffed animal by her side during a particular raid, Anicka suddenly realized the extent of her actions, and simply asked Santiago to release her. Afterwards Anicka simply returned to the Galapagos Islands and for some time began to lament over her decisions, being the cause of an immense amount of death and suffering. Her feelings of intense revenge were replaced with a depressive lament, and Anicka would spend the next few months in the Galapagos simply getting by, dealing with the emotional repercussions of her actions. Although she had now solidified her actions as being "The Fox of the Pacific," she also recognizes that she has changed dramatically as an individual, unable to reconciliate for the time of just what she had done.