The Black Raven
“My liege, I write this as my final report to you. We followed the trail left by Captain Francis, the Black Raven, past the Caribbean seas and past the king’s islands. It was not hard to follow on account of the burning ships in his wake, the admiral did not like the path we had taken but it was necessary. There were no choices left, we have lost many ships to this mad man, and we can no longer afford to lose more. The colonies are suffering from the loss in pilgrims and supplies. Our shipment of skins and other items have resulted in losses untold from this pyrate and his band of thieves. The course we were following was not on any charts set out and our cartographer kept repeating that we will fall over the edge if we were to follow this course. The admiral, as he was known for, decided to ignore the man and kept the course. We did not find other wrecks but there was something with the water. There was a dark undertone in the water as we sailed. Many of the sailors would ...