Pirate/Main

> *"Who am I, you ask? And who do I stand with? Covenants? Factions? Haha! You think too much! Look, I've got a good blade, a few tricks up my sleeve... and a nice crew."*
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> *"Call me an Outlander if you like. Stop asking, more fighting, mate!"*
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> *"Well, until we meet again. Get ready. 'Cause you're in for a wild ride."*
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## Pirate/Main

* Pirate profile
* Hero

## Stats

### Sprint Speed

6.5 m/s

**The Pirates** are a playable hero class in For Honor.

## Overview

The Pirates are sea captains coming from Archipelago far from the land of Heathmoor. Each of them is a captain of their own ship, with hundreds of people relying on them for their survival. They are bold, bossy and passionate, but side with neither good nor bad. Fiercely loyal to one another, they ally themselves with anyone who can help them -- and they fight anyone who stands between them and their spoils with their cutlass and pistol.

After a string of dramatic climate changes, a new territory opened itself to the Pirates. For a very long time, they have traveled the seas and now, they have finally set their sights on Heathmoor. Armed with their signature cutlass and pistol, the only language the Pirates speak is of combat and chaos. No ship, harbor or warrior is safe from their ferocity.

The Pirates’ main hub is an island near the Wu Lin continent that serves as neutral territory, but they themselves can come from all walks of life. Once alone, abandoned or forgotten, they have formed a union. The water is the only home they know, and they are fiercely loyal to one another. Theirs is a family, found and chosen. Covenants? Factions? Legions? They have no interest in any of that. All they care about is getting rich. They ally themselves with anyone who can help them – and they fight anyone who stands between them and their spoils.

## Armor

As they sail over the sea, the Pirates don't dress themselves in heavy armor that would rust to the touch of the salty ocean air. Instead, they wear attire suitable for a corsair: a tunic shirt, long pants, a cloth belt, a pair of boots, and a sleeveless leather frock coat on top. What metal they do wear are their shiny trinkets and arm protection. They wrap their head with a bandanna and wear an eye patch over their left eye.

## Weapon

**Cutlass and Flintlock Pistol** - While their cutlass is no special sword, it does the job needed for the Pirates on the high seas. In their off-hand though is a never before seen weapon: the flintlock pistol. Although a ranged weapon, the Pirate utilize the pistol as a pair to their Cutlass in close combat. This combo yields a ferocious style of unrelenting assault.

## Known Pirates

* Bou Yin
* Yin Chen

## Trivia

* The Pirate is the first Outlander Hero to be showcased, introducing the faction to the game.
	+ While the Pirate's origin is Wu Lin and they speak Chinese, they are strictly affiliated with the Outlanders.
	+ Much like the Gryphon, some of the Pirate's cosmetics are not locked to any one faction, likely to represent their lack of tie to any one faction. For example, they feature outfits from differing factions, including the Samurai's "Northern Dragon", the viking's "Battle Swine", the Knight's "Exquisite Corpse", and the Wu Lin's "Zealous Zhu Que."
* Just like the Heroes of Year 4 and 5 before, the Pirate is a genderlocked Hero but features Alternate armor variation.
	+ For the most part, Alternate armor variations are an "infantry grade" visual counterpart to their normal variant, featuring no cape and less flare. However, Alternate armor will take on a player's set colour scheme more than the normal variant, which includes dying the Pirate's hair with the Team Colour (similar to Kyoshin whose hair colour was dyed based on material colour).
* While other Heroes have had access to ranged and/or gunpowder weapons, the Pirate is the first Hero to have it incorporated into their basic moveset.
	+ The pistol that the Pirate use, as noted above in the weapon's section, is a flintlock pistol. However, the gun in-game is never shown to be reloaded each time it is shot; as noted below in regards to the Hero's article, reloading the pistol was not incorporated due to balance reasons.
* While not featuring any unique stance when leaning over an edge, the Pirate does feature a special drop attack animation akin to Shinobi: instead of using their melee weapon (the Cutlass) to strike an enemy down, the Pirate will shoot down with their pistol.
* The Pirate is the first Hero to have a Hero-unique emote that has looping animations, featured on their "Seashore Cheer" emote.
* While some Heroes had Feats that could be used in-chain, the Pirate is the first Hero who has moves that are intentionally made with in-chain capabilities in mind, as they also function as chain openers.
* A number of trivia can be derived from this article released for the Hero. The following are trivia pieces that are confirmed by this article.
	+ The Pirate is inspired by the Chinese pirate leader, Zheng Yi Sao (鄭一嫂), also known as Ching Shih (鄭氏). Zheng Yi Sao is most famously known for being the most successful female pirate, if not the most successful pirate in history.
	+ As the Pirates' signature ship has red sails and is Chinese in design, this may be a reference to Zheng Yi Sao's own fleet, the Red Flag Fleet.
	+ To pay homage to Zheng Yi Sao, the Dev team decided that she would speak Cantonese Chinese, which is the main language of the Hong Kong area, which has been hypothesized to have been one of Zheng Yi Sao's place of origin. This also helps the Pirate to contrast with the other Wu Lin Heroes who speak Mandarin Chinese.
	+ The meaning of the Pirate Queen's name, Bou Yin, is said to be "precious swallow." This was hinted at during the Frost Wind Celebrations during the third week's Event Order.
	+ The names for the Pirate's weapons are meant to reflect Bou Yin's journey before arriving in Heathmoor, such as locations she has been to. Some examples are "Kilauea's Heart" which references a Hawaiian volcano and "Marble Sands" which has Persian influences to its design.
	+ As mentioned above, while the Hero uses a pistol, reloading the weapon is not incorporated into the gameplay due to balancing reasons. *"We don't have reloading or things like that, because in the flow of the fighting game that we have, it would be too disruptive and slow the character down."*
* When first launched, the Pirate's profile on Ubisoft's official site featured an altered profile image and name for the Hero. They were named "Pirate Lord" and the Outlander's emblem was mostly orange. The name may have been one of the Pirate's prototype names, before their name was shortened to just "Pirate."
* Aside from its fame in fiction, combat with a cutlass and pistol has been historically documented before as a part of actual combat, particularly in this treatise by Lietuenant William Pringle Green, in 1812.
	+ The intention of the treatise was teach seafaring men how to fight with arms available at sea, with specific instructions to use the cutlass and flintlock pistol simulataneously. This contrasted how sailors would typically use the pistol first from range before tossing it aside to draw their cutlass.
	+ The treatise also covers other arms available on a ship, including muskets, pikes and boarding axes.
* While not expressed anywhere, the Pirate's cutlass design bares some similarity to the Chinese Butterfly Sword, which was speculated to be the Pirate's signature weapon before their reveal. Both weapons are broad bladed single-handed swords.
	+ Although lacking the more iconic basket -shaped guard that a cutlass typically has, the Pirate's weapon sets, such as Mazu's Grasp and Rising Sailor, feature a crossguard that curves upwards along the blade on the back side. This bend can be seen on some cutlass designs, but is a prominent part of a Butterfly Sword's design.
	+ However, Butterfly Swords are typically seen in pairs, and are meant for concealment. Their blade length is much shorter than that of a cutlass (around 12 inches long, compared to a cutlass being roughly 30 inches long) and are usually kept in a single scabbard to give the appearance of being one single sword.

### Translation

* The line that the Pirate sings during their Seashore Cheer emote is taken from "Chu Ci" (楚辭; lit. "Songs/Verses of Chu"), an anthology of Chinese poetry traditionally attributed to poets Qu Yuan and Song Yu from the Warring States period.
	+ This line specifically is from the verse known as "the Fisherman," and is stated by the titular fisherman in a dialogue between Qu Yuan and the fisherman. Together with other lines said by the fisherman, the intent behind the fisherman's words is a question of why one should stick stubbornly to ideals and formalities when they can choose to accept the world for what it is and instead adapt.

## Quotes

### Combat

* **Cantonese**: 你同我一齊跳舞啦！ (nei tung ngo jat cai tiu mou laa) - **English:** "Dance together with me!"
	+ Cavalier Dance (Forward Dodge Heavy)
* **Cantonese**: 係咁先! (hai gam sin) - **English:** "This is all for now!"
	+ Guaranteed Pistol Blast
* **Cantonese**: 估唔到咧! (gu ng dou le) - **English:** "Didn't expect this, did you!"
	+ Pinning Pistol Blast (non-guaranteed Pistol Blast)
* **Cantonese**: 行開啲啦！ (haang hoi di laa) - **English:** "Get away from me!"
	+ Walk the Plank
* **Cantonese**: 今次你大鑊喇！ (gam ci nei daai wok laa) - **English:** "You are in big trouble right now!"
	+ Parry
* **Cantonese**: 是但啦! (si daan laa) - **English:** "Whatever!"
	+ Guardbreak Throw

* Upon dodging/blocking three times without being hit:
	+ **Cantonese**: 起碼你都有嘗試喎 (hei maa nei dou jau soeng si wo) - **English:** "At least you tried."
	+ **Cantonese**: 我好失望 (ngo hou sat mong) - **English:** "I'm quite disappointed."
	+ **Cantonese**: 原來你咁差嘅 (jyun loi nei gam caa ge) - **English:** "Didn't know you were that bad."
	+ **Cantonese**: 你都幾得意嗰喎 (nei dou gei dak ji go wo) - **English:** "You're quite funny."
	+ **Cantonese**: 想點阿？ (soeng dim aa) - **English:** "What are you trying to do?"
	+ **Cantonese**: 你好唔掂喎 (nei hou ng dim wo) - **English:** "You aren't good at this."

### Feats & Others

* **Cantonese**: 同你打針！ (tung nei daa zam) - **English:** "Giving you a new hole!"
	+ Armor Piercing Slug Feat
* **Cantonese**: 開炮! (hoi paau) - **English:** "Cannons, fire!"
	+ Pocket Bomb Feat
* **Cantonese**: 攞錢嚟！ (lo cin lei) - **English:** "Give me the money!"
	+ Trick Shot Feat
* **Cantonese**: 死開啲！ (sei hoi di) - **English:** "Piss off!"
	+ Gunpowder Surprise Feat
* **Cantonese**: 世人皆濁,何不淈其泥而揚其波 (sai jan gaai zuk, ho bat gwat kei nai ji joeng kei bo) - **English:** "All the people of the world are muddied, so why not agitate the mud and cause waves to rise?"
	+ Seashore Cheer Emote

* When Revived:
	+ **Cantonese**: 唔該曬，老友 (ng goi saai, lou jau) - **English:** "Thanks, old friend."
	+ **Cantonese**: 我欠你一個人情 (ngo him nei jat go jan cing) - **English:** "I owe you a favor."
	+ **Cantonese**: 多謝你幫我 (do ze nei bong ngo) - **English:** "Thank you for helping me."
* When Respawning:
	+ **Cantonese**: 我仲要搵到更多寶藏 (ngo zung jiu wan dou gang do bou zong) - **English:** "I need to find more treasure."
	+ **Cantonese**: 只係少少痕 (zi hai siu siu han) - **English:** "Just a little itch."
	+ **Cantonese**: 未死得住 (mei sei dak zyu) - **English:** "Not dead just yet."