The Aquan Pirates are a small but deadly group of pirates that raid, pillage, and plunder coastal towns throughout Polaqu. Taken as a whole, the group is Neutral Evil.
Organization[]
The leader of the Aquan Pirates is Captain James Blackland (NE Half-elf fighter 17), who once served in the Great War. He decided, however, that it was not of his liking to serve a nation, and decided to gain his own wealth through piracy.
Induction[]
Entry into the Aquan Pirates is relatively simple, considering the harsh group they are. In order to join, a character must swear an oath of fealty to Blackland, and must also hand over all equipment of theirs. They are given in return a masterwork longsword, a masterwork buckler, and a composite longbow (strength rating +2). As they advance in rank in the pirates, they are give more equipment to better help with raids.
Ranking[]
The Aquan Pirates have an elaborate system to help them determine treasure ratings for members. Each rank is a number. The rank of 1 is given only to the leader of the pirates, who is currently Captain Blackland. He gains 25% of all treasure gained in a raid, as well as all artifacts (for safe-keeping, he claims). Rank 2 is given to his four underlings, each of whom get 10% of the treasure. Rank 3 is given to the captains of individual ships. They determine the amount of remaining treasure they get. Rank 4 goes to group leaders. The typical ship has 7 or 8 groups. They generally split up 60% of the remaining treasure among each other equally. The final group, Rank 5, is given to inductees. They split the remaining treasure however they feel like.