User:Gerald the Pirate

Gerald the Pirate has been roaming the high seas since 1549. Right now he is working on his novel, "A Pirate's Life for Everyone", which is partly an autobiography on his plunderings and a large portion of the book is devoted to information for young pirates trying to get started in the business. After leading the famous "Pirates vs. Ninjas War" in 1606, he settled down in Boston Massachusetts to write his book and enjoy whatever there is to life besides piracy.

The Pirates vs. Ninjas War
In 1604, the great pirate Captain Neil Greene stumbled upon Japan on his way home from the plundering of the Orient. He and his crew decided to stay for a while due to the hospitality of the Japanese. Captain Greene and his company were at Japan for two weeks, but the Japanese still had no quarrel with them. One night, however, Captain Greene awoke to a thread of silk hanging from the ceiling with drops of poison running along it. The drops of poison were intended to reach his mouth, but his instincts fired up before they could reach his lips. He grasped the thread and gave it a yank. The boards of the ceiling cracked open and a man robed in black garments fell through. The unknown attacker had a black cloth tied all the way around his head, leaving only a slit for his eyes to see through. After crashing through the ceiling, the assassin landed on Captain Greene's bed, splitting it in half. The man pulled a small dagger out of nowhere and got up to face the Captain. Greene, however, already had his pistol drawn and the barrel had found its way to the attacker's forehead.

He thought better of shooting the stealthy freak and instead rendered him unconscious with a swift smack of his gun. Captain Greene dashed out of his room to find the entire compound in the middle of a brutal battle. There were at least one hundred masked assassins exactly like the one who had tried to kill him. The Captain's crew was scattered throughout the entire area and were being dominated by the attackers. They creeped up behind the pirates and slit their throats, threw small metal stars at them, and many other means of stealthy trickery.

Captain Greene rallied together all of his troops and made a circle in the middle of the pavillion, all of them facing outwards. The ninjas, unable to sneak up on them, decided to go for a full frontal assault. The pirates took out their blades and pistols and in a manner of minutes, the battle was over without one more pirate life being taken. Greene and his remaining crew returned to their ship and sailed for Commodore Gerald's pirating lair. Once having reached the lair (which resides in an undisclosed location), Captain Neil searched for Commodore Gerald and told him of the tragedy. Gerald, being the fine man that he is, told the Captain to wait for an attack from the Japanese before launching any kind of assault. He knew that the attack on Greene's crew was no accident, but he wanted to see how courageous the Japanese are.

Gerald's pirating company, the GFPF (Green Fields Piracy Firm), did not have any more trouble with the Japanese until 1606. Two years after the attack on Captain Greene, however, they struck again. Captain Jennings, another of Commodore Gerald's most loyal captains, was out at sea when he and his crew were attacked. The following is a direct quote from Captain Jennings' captain's log:

"Captain Jennings, July 7th, 1606. Yarrrrr, the Japanese have stricken back. Mercilessly, too. Me and me crew were on the way back from Tortuga when we saw a smoke signal, musta been at least a hundred feet high. We went towards the small island where it was comin' from and landed. We took three boats, each full of men. Upon landin' the beach, I told me men to split up and search every bit o' the forest. Aye, they did, but in the end, there was only a boat of men left. The Japanese set up traps all over the forest and caught us in the darkness when we were off our guard. They musta known we'd be comin' by there. They musta known...but how?"

Fortunately, Captain Jennings and his crew retunred back to the GFPF base without any more trouble. He sought out Commodore Gerald, who was nervously pacing in his office. Jennings told the Commodore of the evil that has befallen him and his crew. Commodre Gerald told him that he discovered the name of the mysterious Japanese attackers. They were called Ninjas.