9th Brethren Court



The 9th Brethren Court is a confederation of pirates on The Legend of Pirates Online made up of the Pirate Lords, which serves as the governing body of pirates across the world. They are led by the Pirate King, Richard Cannonwalker.

History
For information on the past Brethren Courts from Pirates of the Caribbean Online, see: The 5th Brethren Court, The 6th Brethren Court, The 7th Brethren Court, and The 8th Brethren Court

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The Pirate Code
The code that all members of the Brethren Court must follow, lest they risk being branded a "rogue pirate."

Article I: General Lord Conduct

 * 1) Lords must swear utmost allegiance to the Court and cannot be serving (peacefully or violently) any other country or faction (formally or informally) without express permission from the Pirate King


 * 1) Lords must remain active; if one goes inactive for a month or longer, they will be replaced


 * 1) Lords cannot cause unnecessary trouble with other groups or people, inside or outside of the Court

Article II: The Pirate King

 * 1) The King is the Guildmaster of the main Brethren Court guild; he may admit other guilds to serve the Court, but his will be the central one around which all the others revolve


 * 1) The King has the power to appoint a Binder of the Seven Seas, a Keeper of the Code, and any other position he may come up with; the King may also remove said people from power if he so chooses


 * 1) The King may appoint any amount of Pirate Lords he chooses; this may be challenged by any current-sitting Lord, but an attempt to keep a new Lord out must be passed with a 2/3rds majority of all Lords, including the King themselves


 * 1) The King will have sole jurisdiction over the fates of Pirate Lords deemed to be “inactive”


 * 1) The King will have sole jurisdiction over any territories conquered by, or on behalf, of the Brethren Court


 * 1) The King will have sole jurisdiction over the foreign affairs of the Brethren Court


 * 1) The King may be removed from power if 3/4ths of all sitting Lords (not including the King) vote to have a new Pirate King election; the current-sitting King may run in said election, however


 * 1) In the event a Binder or Keeper steps down or is removed from their position for whatever reason, the King should appoint a new Binder/Keeper they find to be fit for the job within a reasonable amount of time.

Article III: Binder of the Seven Seas

 * 1) The Binder of the Seven Seas, named in honor of the first Brethren Court, is second-in-command of the Court, and will assume the role of Pirate King (either temporarily or permanently) should the current King resign, be impeached, or be otherwise unable to do their job
 * 2) When the King is on active duty, the Binder shall serve as their main adviser

Article IV: The Keeper of the Code

 * 1) The Keeper will cooperate with the King in order to target problematic Court members and remove them from the Court


 * 1) The Keeper may accuse a Pirate Lord of acting against the Code at any time, after which the following will occur:


 * 1) *The Keeper shall build a case against the accused


 * 1) *The Pirate King and Binder will consider the case


 * 1) *A three-way vote between the King, Binder, and Keeper shall be held


 * 1) *A simple majority may remove the Lord

Article V: The Main Brethren Court Guild

 * 1) This Guild will serve as the Brethren Court’s main army, and will be run by the King; other guilds may be admitted at the King’s discretion, but this will be the central Guild


 * 1) The Guild will be named by the King, after appropriate input from the current-sitting Lords


 * 1) Lords must, in most cases, be put through the aforementioned due process before being kicked from the Guild, but non-lord members can be removed at the King’s discretion
 * 2) Lords may be removed without due process if, at the time, they are performing actions which are deemed to be putting the Court in a "state of emergency"

Article VI: Declarations of War

 * 1) War may be declared on behalf of the Brethren Court in two ways:


 * 1) The Pirate King declares war on his own on behalf of the Court


 * 1) The Lords vote to declare a war on behalf of the Court


 * 1) If a vote to declare war is called by one of the Lords, it requires a simple majority to be put into motion; the Pirate King may veto it, but only if it is a simple majority (2/3rd majority cannot be vetoed by the King)

Article VII: General Voting

 * 1) Most day-to-day actions of the Court will not be put to a vote; however, the following actions must be put to a general vote among all Pirate Lords:


 * 1) Impeachment of the current-sitting Pirate King


 * 1) Removal of a new Pirate Lord (if brought up by a current-sitting Lord)


 * 1) The following actions may be done in another manner, but can be put to a vote provided a Pirate Lord calls for one:


 * 1) Declarations of war


 * 1) If the threshold needed for any vote to pass isn’t a whole number, it is always rounded up


 * 1) Article VIII: Amendments to the Code


 * 1) Amendments to any and all parts Pirate Code may be made at any time via a vote between the Pirate King, Binder of the Seven Seas, and Keeper of the Code


 * 1) All amendments, inconsequential and major, must be made completely public to all members of the Brethren Court with no exceptions


 * 1) Lords may petition that either the King, Binder, or Keeper of the Code review a request for an amendment at any time, though they are not obligated to follow through

The Pirate Lords

 * Pirate King Richard Cannonwalker, Lord of the Caribbean Sea
 * Binder of the Seven Seas Ned Edgewalker, Lord of the South China Sea
 * Keeper of the Code Finn Hamm, Lord of the Adriatic Sea
 * Zoomer, Lord of the Red Sea
 * Jason Yelloweagle, Lord of the Black Sea
 * Johnny Sea Slasher, Lord of the Caspian Sea

Pirate King Richard Cannonwalker
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Binder of the Seven Seas Ned Edgewalker
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Keeper of the Code Finn Hamm
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Lord Zoomer
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Lord Jason Yelloweagle
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Lord Johnny Sea Slasher
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The Pieces of Eight
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News

 * 4/1/1749 - The 9th Brethren Court is officially established