"You wont be bothering anyone anymore."  The captain's next swing dispatches the pirate as he falls to the floor; blood running out of his wounds.

The captain then turns to the other three pirates in the room around the prisoner in the chair and moves to engage them...

Varul's weapon thrust through the prone pirate pins him to the floor.  The pirate with surprise and horror in his eyes grabs the trident and tries to wrestle the weapon out of Varul's grasp without success.  The second thrust finishes him off as his last gurgling breathe leaves his dying body.

"Anyone else got any problems here," Vraul snarls as he moves toward the next pirate.

If any speak in the negative or make any move Vraul charges them.[Private to DM Songwind:
Charge Attack: 21  Damage: 12
Init. if needed again: 4  (LoL)]

Varul's charge at one of the remaining pirates knocks the pirate unconscious and back a few feet.  The captain moves to cut off any escape from the room and engages one of the pirates, but misses on the initial slash of his scimitar....

Seeing that they were in grave danger of being killed the two remain pirates begin shouting an alarm and try to make their way to the door.

"Yuz would have lived if ye followed orders. But being as you are yella belly screamers," Vraul growls as he charges one of those trying to escape.[Private to DM Songwind:
Attack:  18 Damage: 17 ]

Varul's second charge across the room dispatches another pirate before he is able to reach the door.  The last pirate pulls up short as the hulking brute of Varul's size blocks the doorway and tries to hit Varul with a hammer swing.  However the blow skips off Varul's armor; a look of shock in the pirate's eyes as he realizes his end is coming.

Seeing the first mate deal with the escaping foes quite well the captain makes his way to the man tied up in the chair and begins to untie him.

"You would dare hit me," Vraul roars as he thrust his trident into the last conscience pirate. If the pirate falls Vraul will carry all the bodies to one cell and through them in. He will look at the Capn when he picks up the unconscience pirate and look quiziclly at the Capn. Wondering if he should kill them. But if they are bleading, he will not bind them. He will let them bleed and through them heavily onto the bodies of the dead.

[Private to DM Songwind:
Attack: 28
Damage: 18]

The remaining pirate falls dead in a heap at Varul's feet.

There are some grate covers over what appears to be a sewer drain of some kind within the room...

VArul makes sure the door is closed and barred. He then moves over to check out the grates as he ask, "What now Capn? Ya gonna releases these here that were prisoners...perhaps sum in cell or chain obly were only here on temporary punishment."

OOC: He examines the grates and sewer. Seeing if they are secured or trapped. (What size is the opening once the grate is removed?)

The grates are 3ftx3ft in size and made out of cast iron.  There does appear to be a sewer system below the grates to take waste and trash somewhere away from here.

"What do you think, Erik?  Should I let you go or leave you here to rot?" The captain says with a grin to the man in the chair.

He turns towards Varul saying, "Make sure you search each body for any information.  The pirate I attacked first is probably the head jailor so look for some keys to the cells outside.  Then see if the bodies will fit down those grates over there."

Vraul almost laughs...he had the same thought about the grates. Vraul moves over and examines each and every body. Being thorough, he will actually take off boots and clothes check the items before he dumps them in the sewer system and follow it with the now nude bodies. If he finds the keys he will immediatly hand them to the Capn.

As Captain Clarke unties the man in the chair Erik replies, "We wouldn't want that on your conscience, now would we."  The man's wounds begin to heal right before your eyes as each rope knot is untied.  Soon all over his wounds are healed and stands before Captain Clarke; shaking hands with a grin.  "It's good to see you old friend."

Vraul looks over as the man says old friend with  a raised eyebrow but says nothing. He does not recognize him and he has been with the Capn for years. He tunrs back to doing his job.

As Varul searchs the pirates they do not have much on them.  Each has a coin purse with 2-5 copper coins in it, a well used dagger, and their clothes.

The pirate the captain killed first also has a ring of keys and cutlass.

Vraul looks up, offers the keys to the Capn and the cutless to Eric. The rest goes into the sewers.

As Varul disposes of the dead pirates Erik comments, "You might as well dispatch the lad hanging on the rack there too while you're at it.  He is a pirate and was caught stealing booty from his shipmates."

Varul looks at the Capn for confirmation. And if he gets it, he will dispatch the shackled pirate.

The captain nods his head in response.

Varul disposes of the shackled pirate and returns to his Captains side.

"Varul, This is Erik Hardy; an old friend of mine.  He's a mercenary and hired man for the trading guild we work for on occasion.  Although I am surprised to see you here, Erik, to see you here in this place.  Knowing you could have left at any time." 

"It is good to meet a friend of the Capn," Varul says then ask. "Why are you here?"

Erik shrugs at Captain Clarke's comment.  "Only because I don't really know where here is and don't have a means of getting home.  I'm only one man after all.  I could take out a lot of these pirates, but would fail in the end due to sheer numbers.  There's at least 200 pirates based here in this cavern complex between the pirate crews and support staff.

As for how I got here the ship I was travelling on was attacked by these pirates 2 nights ago and was brought here.  They believe I have knowledge that would interest them or is valuable enough to sell."

"There is less then 200 pirates now," Varul grins. "Not sure how many the sharks and octupus killed...Shall we continue to reduce their numbers?" He ask ready to get moving.

Varul's work, like many of his ilk, was nasty, brutish, and short.  Nearly a score died facing him, and while many of his companions fell, Varul was able to claim the interior of the lair as the rest of his mates penetrated past the larger group of pirates above the water...

The rest is history, as the defeat of the slavers prompted the Black, and the drake, in turn, destroyed their ship...