The Death of Jack Swordmenace

Jack visits his mother, Tia Dalma. While there, Jack asks for a reading of the claws.

" De claws lie true my boy, der is a touch of destiny in you. A touch of fate, as well.. oh dear!"

And so, the story of the demise of Pirate Lord Jack Swordmenace.

November 23rd, 1723 (2 years in the future). Jack Swordmenace, pirate lord of the Caspian Sea, leads a fleet of Brethren and Alliance ships towards Port Royal. The war between the pirates has been fought for over 2 years, and all seems grim for the pirates. This is the Brethren Court's last stand. An EITC fleet numbering in the thousands guards the island, and prepares itself for war...

Captain Leon gazes at the rag tag fleet, and sees Swordmenace giving orders. "Hahaha, the pitiful pirates die here."

"Orders, sir?", the first mate, Peter Wildsilver, of the Flying Phoenix, the pirate flagship, Captained by Pirate lord Jack Swordmenace, asks.

"This wind... it's perfect! I want the other Pirate Lords on the ship now! We need to talk tactics.."

"He's mad!" scoffed Pearson.

Jack laughed. "Well thank goodness for that because if I wasn't this would probably never work."

James Warhawk shifted in his seat. "You're sure this will work? We can't fail here Jack, I think we should just turn the ships toward them and wait until them come into range, then broadside them."

Raidhawk turned toward James. "That would be fine if we weren't outnumbered 10 to 1! We'll get overran!"

"We have to strike first mates. I agree with Swordmenace" said Francis.

Jack grinned. "We have a wonderful wind. If we hoist full sail and bear down upon the enemy vessels with battering rams, we can tear holes in them, sinking the first line of ships. The next line will be caught off guard and we sink them with our broadsides. By then, the enemy will be regrouped. From then on, its going to get bloody... but at least we'll stand a chance"

"I hope for all our sakes this works, or the Brethren Court will be finished.."

The pirate lords returned to their ships and the fleet bore down on the enemy vessels as one. They opened fire on the next group, sinking them without much trouble. But it was then that they saw Leon's ship, the HMS Chieftain. Nearly 300 feet long and 50 feet wide, it was the largest ship any of the pirates had ever seen. The Chieftain made full sail along with a group of escort ships. It was at this time that the Phoenix and Chieftain came broadside to broadside, and both ships opened fire. The Phoenix barely held together, and just when it seemed they were doomed, a cannon inside of the Chieftain misfired and exploded, igniting the ships gunpowder. The crew of the Chieftain, mostly EITC Blue Coats, having nothing left to fire their remaining cannons with, boarded the Phoenix with a boarding party numbering in the hundreds. The crew of the phoenix, by now around 47 in number, fought back bravely, but many were killed.

At this time, James Warhawk and the Black Nemesis crew had boarded one of the large escort ships, and engaged the crew. Slashing and shooting his way through the ship, the enemy crew was completely annihilated. While battling with the ships captain, Lawrence Helmbain, the cannon on the Chieftain misfired, creating a distraction. While Lawrence was distracted, James drove his saber into Lawrence's chest, and through him overboard as he died. It was then that Warhawk saw the trouble that Jack was in.

As the EITC Elites boarded the Phoenix, a small group of pirates, including Peter Wildsilver, took potshots at them, killing dozens. Nonetheless, riflemen aboard the Chieftain dispatched them save for Wildsilver, who took out two pistols and took on the entire rifle squad. While the crew bought Jack some time, he cleverly created a series of traps for any EITC who came up the stairway to the captains deck, included a rope that would trigger the firing of a cannon if one tripped on it. After EITC had broken through, Jack and his remaining crew took to the top deck and held the EITC men off with their cutlasses. When all seemed lost, and death seemed inevitable, Warhawk and some 50 pirates boarded the ship and flanked the EITC men, killing many. While Warhawk and his men battled the rest of the boarding party, Jack and his crew, which was now around 13, boarded the Chieftain and fought their way to the captain's quarters. Upon arriving, they found Leon, cowering under his desk with a pistol. When the pirates opened the door, Leon took his own life. The pirates left the Captain's quarters and came back onto the deck, where a group of Jolly Roger's men had joined in the fray and attacked both Pirate and EITC ships. A boarding party of skeletons attacked the pirates, but they fought them off. But just when the pirates were about to return to their ship, Jolly Roger and a group of skeletons appeared, and attacked Swordmenace and the Francis Brigade soldiers that had come onto the ship as well. Just when Jolly was about to drive his cutlass into Francis' heart, Jack drove his sword through Jones. Jones only laughed. He grabbed Jack and drove a dagger into his chest. Jack Swordmenace was dead.

At the end of the battle, the entire EITC fleet was destroyed and the tyrant Captain Leon slain, but at great cost.