Krastus - Why will no-one listen to the crab

We headed to Brigandy Bay - I was unsure if we should, as they seemed very un-piratey pirates but still we had cargo for there. This wine. So it seemed like a good idea and the captain said he wanted to chase down his magic sword - and it would be nice to get it back for him.

It was a fairly uneventful trip (rare as that is for us) and we settled into dock easily, with no dues to pay. I mostly stayed back - I didn't want to go out into the town too much after our last visit there and the very reasonable self defense I had to undertake. You really have to wonder at pirates who seem to eschew violence and try to be all rules-y.

We managed to find out that the fellows with the magic sword were due in soon - this was great. Except when we came back into port the next day, having gone out to sea to avoid Captain's Molesty Shadow causing any harm, people were dying. And it seemed to be the wine. Or so we were told by the french fellow when he surrounded the boat. Carlton and Sira were off the ship, so I discreetly had our port-side cannons loaded with grapeshot in case we wanted to be very civil minded and engage in a degree of crowd thinning.

As it was the captain just decided to provoke the frenchman into a duel. It was quite clever really, but had its flaw. Like the fact the captain isn't a great fighter. I did offer to second for him, but he refused - honorable but a trifle foolish as it turned out. After some time and the captain looked quite dead, the frenchman insulted me and gave me all the excuse I needed to intervene.

I leapt off the railings and engaged him, buffetting him with magic and my pincer long enough for the captain to escape. I managed to get up the gang plank myself before the mob got to us, and the frenchman moved to escape.

He had besmirched me, so I threw several balls of fire after him as we readied to leave - I saw him stumble as one hit him, so with luck it will give him a nasty burn to think of when he realises he should never try to best Krastus, the mighty shipwright.

Though we are still missing Carlton and Sira, and I'm really not sure how we will pick them up. Oh, and there is a ship covering the entrance to the bay. So. Yes. Trouble. Still, I rescued the captain - he is a bit of a pain at times, but he is our captain and we are fond of him.