The Adventures of Jarod Pillagebane: Book 2: Trapped By The Lava





The Adventures of Jarod Pillagebane: Trapped by the Lava is the second volume in The Adventures of Jarod Pillagebane. It, after a few chapters are released, will be turned into a fan-play written by and Jack Pistol.

Chapter 1
Jarod and his crew onboard The Outlaw King, a beautiful Brig-of-War he'd purchased from a black-market dealer dealing in stolen ships that had been taken at sea by pirates which the man, while the unfortunate pirates were washed-up and drunk in the local taverns, swindled out of their crafts, were headed toward a large, mountainous island that, according to legend, was home to an inactive volcano.

"Captain," said the lookout, a sturdily-built Irish lad named James O'Connor.

"Aye?" replied Jarod.

"Land is in sight," he said. "Isla de la Volcanes is naught but a single naughtical mile away."

"Excellent," said Jarod. He'd been waiting for this moment for months—after hearing if a great treasure there, his sixth sense of adventure perked up.

An hour later, Jarod all the men had anchored the longboats on a large rock and had formed a landing party, which consisted of Jarod, James, and a half-dozen other men. They marched through the thick foliage. Soon, the group all walking single-file, nearly fell over when they crashes into a native tribal man. An older one, he seemednto be an elder, wearing a necklace made from shells and assorted glass beads. "Hello," he said in a deep, gravelly voice.

"You speak English?" Jarod said, shocked.

"Yes. Local traders have been 'round long time."

"That I see," replied Jarod. And it was true—it wasmno normal sight for a native to have a gun in their belt.

"I have come to warn you," the native man said, "about the volcano here. You don't know what the name 'Isla de las Volcanes' means, do you? Here, I'll spell it out for you: in Spanish, that's "Isle of the Volcanoes."

Jarod