The Pirate Accords of 1217

Starling, it seems like you have a personal problem with me and not with what I've proposed here. So while I recognize your personal vendetta with me has a lot of merit I'd prefer you take it up with me and not flood this public thread with it.

Actually, Cade, her comment has merit to be stated here. You have declared yourself in the running for first Pirate King, but also stated that your guild will not abide necromancy or slavery. As you yourself have sold people into slavery, and necromatic slavery at that, that should automatically and forever disqualify you from being "king".

If you wish to sail under the Black Flag, then by all means, you do so without the support of the Navy or Kormyre.

Cade Tanwyn, you are hereby discharged from your duty as a Commodore of the Navy. I hope you both learn what piracy actually entails, and truly rethink your decisions here.

I can't help but feel betrayed after the letters and discussions we had exchanged. I had such high hopes for you.

I know necromancers who have done more for Travance, this Kingdom, and it's People in the last six months than you've done in your entire life.

I believe that this is referred to as ad hominem, or attacking the person, in which you try and discredit my cousin Cade by simply insulting him.

I wonder if you know what a Lich actually is, since you seem to lack the knowledge of how to spell it.

This appears to also follow the same approach as an ad hominem.

Should we discredit those around us for simply suggesting new ideas? Should we discredit those who simply wish to try new things, even if they are less experienced than others?

While what Cade is suggesting may not be part of the current status quo or a flawless idea that will change the world, he is certainly not harming anyone. If anything, a formal organization of pirates allows for more regulation and control over what they do. We should try and promote discussions that work to improve this idea or, if the discussion takes another path, to scrap it in favor of a better one. However, as far as I can see, there has been no effort made to do such a thing, only to single out and belittle a man who I know has given as much if not more than the average person for this town.

Big words to come from the walking dead itself! Tell me again how you are morally against the powers I have so graciously granted you. I can end your insignificant existence at any moment.

Careful not to breach your contract, Albatross. You've signed in blood.

[oog: the paper is stained with salt water and lacks a signature. instead, a cursed and decaying Black Spot sits at the bottom. It seems like a really really bad idea to touch it.]

As it happens, I'll take the credit for misspelling "Lich," Starling, mercifully this was the first time I'd ever found reason to mention one in writing.
And, speaking as someone deeply concerned with both freedom and souls, an enthusiastically consenting person who decides to sell their own soul of their own volition has only themselves to blame. Religious sorts do it all the time. It's a stupid decision, but that doesn't really reflect on the morality of the matter.