Kwatchi Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) Part 3 - Deal with the Devil is here Ladies and gentlemen, a moment of your time please! As most of you are aware, the reign of Emil Meloche, the so-called Dark Bishop and Pirate Lord, has ended. His church has been destroyed and its ashes strewn wide so that it can never rise again. His associates have been identified and they will of course share his fate for the crime of heresy. But rest assured good people of Charlatan Bay that the Empire of Mardier does not kill wantonly and King Alphonse (may his radiance never dim) welcomes you into a new era of peace and prosperity. Rejoice! Friendship will be rewarded while the false... ...will have their just desserts. Ah! Mistress Amara, thank you for joining me Ma'am. Let me dispense with the melodrama . As a member of Meloche's inner circle, there were many who called for you to join your former comrades on the gibbet. I was not one of them Ma'am. Your actions during the Battle of Five Fleets are legendary and I salute you one true warrior to another. Based on my recommendation, you have been spared due to that extraordinary service to the Empire of Mardier. However Ma'am, that does pose me a problem; I cannot have you sailing freely anymore, as you are quite the menace to all that cross you. I propose to you this solution. While the great Mardierian navy suffered a number of set-backs, I find myself with a surplus of marines at this time. Captain Jardines here has been ordered to establish a nominal garrison in High Town in order to oversee the smooth transition to civilian rule (and to guarantee that religious cult of Hades does not rise again of course). He is not interfere with either commerce or the more... egregious actions of the various ships that make port, and has been instructed to avoid Low Town altogether. That does leave me the issue of establishing someone to run the colony as mayor; one who is knowledgeable of the locale is ideal. Perhaps you'd be interested in the job Ma'am? It would keep you permanently ashore of course, but I assure you Mistress Amara that the footing on land is far more solid that on the gallows' deck behind me. ---x---x---x---x--- Once again I envisioned something grander than my collection and time allowed me to produce, but I got something out in the end. Thanks to Gulagurag for lending me Captain Amara. For those politicos trying to decipher what this all means. 1) Gulagurag will be collecting the colony's mayor's salary starting in November. 2) Both he and I have retired our Era 1 captains and will be introducing new ones in the near future. Amara lost her 4th ship this past month, so she may be jinxed anyway. 3) Charlatan Bay stays a freeport/city state. The Mardierian army occupation of High Town is simply a potential plot device we may come back to and won't affect the colony's faction relationships, which will continue to be set by our whims. . Pictures related to licensing of small commerce: High Town Market Square. (Why not? :) ) xxx Edited October 30, 2017 by Kwatchi Quote
Sir Stig Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Your stories are very intriguing. Just when people dare to breathe, after the Dark Bishop have released his wretched clutch, the Marderian Menace enters the scene. Great camera shots Quote
Darnok Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Nice! A good build, well photographed, and with a really good story alnogside it. And what is not to love with business next to some executions? Quote
Flavius Gratian Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Nice build and story! I must say, though, that I'm a bit disappointed that the Meloche storyline is over, it has definetely been my favourite so far! Hopefully you'll come up with something equally as engaging this era! Quote
Garmadon Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 Another one of those scenes we've seen too few of in BoBS (I do remember at least one other from MKJ, though), and one that was sure to pop up in this corner of the world some time or other! Very nicely done, Kwatchi, and so looking forward to where you both take your stories this Era! At any rate, I'm sure it won't disappoint! Kudos on getting those market scenes in there too! Quote
Mike S Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 So here it is! Nicely done! I must say though that I am sad to see all these characters from Meloche's crew killed off as personally, I thought they were some of the most memorable. Looking forward to seeing the introduction of the next crew.... Quote
Professor Thaum Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) Nice gallows pirates of the carribean like !! shall we sing ? and a what a story... I can relate to it ! Edited October 31, 2017 by Professor Thaum Quote
Bodi Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 What a tragic end for these sea rats. Intriguing story. The gallow is very well built, so does the market scene. Quote
Mesabi Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 Fantastic build @Kwatchi! And a fantastic end to your story as well. I can't wait to see what you come up with next! Quote
Ayrlego Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 I love your Mardierian troops. The MOC too is great, but those troops are awesome! I too am sad to see Meloche go, he was a thoroughly unlike-able character but his story was one of the best here! Looking forward to the next era's storyline. Quote
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