The story of Richard Hookskull

[Rozzwinder]

Hey everyone, I got the highest grade in my class for creating a pirate story based off the game! So, I thought I might share it with all of ye!

Here 'goes,

This be the tale of Richard Hookskull, his legacy lives through the rumor and wind of old,

Richard was born in London, England, his parents were very wealthy merchants, trading furs, coats, hats, and all sorts of accessories people simply loved. When Richard was only 15, his father was killed by a boarding raid, the man behind it, was Jocard Remastala, who came from the Abu Nar Clan, and was a stealthy and well known pirate in the carribean. When Richard heard of the tale, all he could think about was revenge. And when Richard was old enough to leave his mother, and his little brother Nathaniel, He joined the Merchant fleet, and with that, Richard became a deckhand upon a merchant vessel.
Almost five year's after he took his job, he was paid barely enough to support his mother, he would send letters with the pay inside the envelope, and she would send letters to him. Richard was a man who loved the ocean, and loved his family, he would spend most of his days scrubbing the decks, and others when he was assigned lookout, he would look up to the stars and moon and think of his Father.
One evening, on a tuesday, Richard was assigned yet again Lookout position, It was a cold night, unlikely in this time of year, but he remembered something the crew was talking about,
" Do ye know of the fierce captain, Eric McRage? " another sailor replied, " Yeah, I heard of him, don't he have the Bitter end Blade from El patron? " The crew member replied, " Aye, he picked it up from Ravens Cove, legend says that when his ship is near, the Air becomes Cold " " Even in the summer?! what's his ship name?! " " It is a mighty ship... its called, the sea defender, and he has another in his fleet, the Sea Navigator. "
After recalling that talk, Richard highly doubted in the middle of the summer, that the air would turn as cold as this, it had to have been some sort of wind that blew in, right? As soon as Richard thought that, the more they sailed into the darkness, the cold got even more fierce, Richard new something was wrong, and kept his eyes out for trouble. Then... out of the distance.... he saw.... a War Frigate on a massive scale..... and on its mast, it showed, the Jolly Roger Flag! Pirates!! Richard as quick as he could, rang the warning bell, " WAKE UP YE LAND LUBBERS, THERE BE PIRATES AFOOT! WAKE UP WAKE UP!
They Got on to the deck, they armed the cannons that only offered small offense, because they were facing a war frigate, their best strategy would be to outrun or to face off in a boarding conflict. The Sea Defender was quickly approaching, and the crew was pretty intimidated at the sheer size of the vessel, but were more intimidated when they saw its captain, Eric McRage. Eric held in his hand, the legendary Bitter End. He looked at the crew of the merchant vessel as if telling them their fate. Cannon fire was loudly exchanged, and it almost seemed like the Merchant vessel put up a decent fight. Eric ordered his crew to board without fear, Eric held up his sword and formed ice around the bow of the ship, the White pearl ( the merchant vessel ) was immoble, and Eric made grappling the White pearl, easier then ever. The Crew of the Sea Defender showed no mercy, Richard climbed down from the lookout, took out his sword and started battling the crew, within 25 minutes, 1/4th of the White pearls crew was already hacked down, and richard was back to back with his good friend Peter O'wrecker a cannoneer, the cannons were all out of ammo and the only thing that the crew of the white pearl could do, was fight. Finally, the White pearl had no choice but to surrender, Richard was tired, and Eric, came aboard the White pearl, and stared directly into the eyes of the captain of the white pearl. Eric took out the Bitter End, and told the captain this, " I offer you to come aboard of my vessel, and serve me as pirates, if you decline, I shall sink your vessel, and run you through to show your defiance, Perhaps the Sharks would be more charitable then myself. " Cornelius Oglbee, the captain of the White Pearl, took out his Cutlass, and drove it right into the deck, he told Eric this, " I shall surrender my crew, but I shall not surrender my vessel, leave me, and you may take what you want, I shall die as a captain, as I always wanted it to be. " Eric honoring his request, put away his sword, uniced the white pearl, and ordered his crew to cut holes in the bow.
The remaining crew of the White Pearl quickly boarded the Sea Defender, and without further delay, detatched from the White Pearl, The captain looking at his old crew the whole time, the Captain said these last words, that Richard could make out, " Live your lives, and fight all the way. " Richard couldn't fight back the tear's, Eric was an honorable pirate, and so he kneeled down next to richard, his hand on his shoulder, he softly spoke to Richard, " Your Captain was a good man, he fought till the end, it is a fitting end for him, I understand what he wanted to do, I am sorry about what I did to your old ship, but it is my duty as Captain and to show the Navy and EITC I am to be feared. " Richard collapsed unconcious from being so tired, and confused, and because he was still young, and hadn't developed his endurance. Eric picked him up and lay him down on a soft bed in Eric's cabin, Eric put his Bitter End in his holster, and went up to the deck.
Richard awoke in a sea of clouds, was it a dream? He couldn't tell. In the distance, he saw a figure, it looked like his father, Richard got up and started running, the water splashing around him, he was running on water as blue as the sky, reflecting everything, Richard kept running, but still couldn't get close to his father, Richard fell, hopeless of reaching his father, he put his fist down, slamming it on to the water, cursing under his breath, tears dripping down, when suddenly, he heard footsteps coming closer. " splash.... splash...splash..... Richard looked up, and before him, was his father, James Hookskull. He had a smile on his face, and couldn't fight back the tear's, Richard couldn't fight them back either, James held out a hand, and Richard took it, James, helping him up, and then without further delay, James spoke to Richard, " My son, within you, I have stored my powers within you, leaving some mental energy within to be able to speak with you here, whenever you need advice, but the power I stored can only last for so long." Richard was confused, he replied, "Dad.... I have missed you so much..... mother misses you a lot.... she would do anything to see you now...." James replied, "I miss your mother too.... I am so glad to see that our children are growing up so well, you've become quite the man, Richard." Richard replied, "Dad.... what about nathaniel? Did you store mental energy in him?" "Yes... I did to ensure that you be given proper advice from your father, as this is the only way I can speak with you." Richard then said, "I am so confused Dad.... I am on a ship I think, our vessel was boarded, an-" "I know son.... I saw it all... within you...." "You saw what happened?!" James then replied, "Yes.... and I know about Eric McRage, he is the holder of the Bitter End, a deadly blade forged by El Patron, there are two sister blades, holding special capabilities that could destroy a certain... evil....." Richard replied, "An Evil!? What kind of evil!?!?" James looked off to the side and said, "In this world, there is a lack of certain, "Peace" there's an evil that's said to be so vile, that he devours the souls of men, an army of the undead, you will face this evil... and if you, then your brother, Nathaniel will take the duty." Richard replied, "Duty!?!?? What duty?!? What's this evil!??! How do you know all of this Dad?!?!" James replied looking directly in to Richard's eyes, "I found out about all of this when I was killed.... exactly three year's ago..... when Jocard Remastala defeated me in battle.... he was possessed... by the evil i speak of...." Richard looked horrified, "What Evil?!" James then replied, "Jolly Roger..... without the sister blades of the Bitter End.... you cannot defeat him..." Richard then replied, "What blades!? How do I find them?!" James then explained to Richard, "The Sister trio, forged by El Patron after he died in Ravens Cove.... I was a holder of the Nautilus Blade, one of the sisters, Eric is the Bitter End holder, and the other Holder is the one of the Spinecrest Blade, his name is El Jinete Palido... Eric, El, and I all recovered those blades aboard El Patron's ship, in order to defeat this evil... you must find the Nautilus blade... which is now in shards." Richard was starting to understand and then said, "So Eric is one of the holders? Do these Blades have special abilities?" James then told Richard of the Abilities, "The Bitter End freezes anything it comes in contact with, the Nautilus which i held, summons a thunderbolt which will strike into the hearts of enemies, and the Spinecrest Summons an evil fire which continues to burn the object it touches. Without these combinations, Jolly Roger will never be defeated.... Richard then replied, "Are they cursed? Will they do anything negative to you??" James then said, "They are said that the Cursed Blades inflict damage to you over time, but they are very effective, because you have my blood in your veins, the Nautilus will accept you as its master.... Richard then asked his last question, "Dad.... when will I face this Evil?" James replied, "I know already you want to avenge my death, I understand how you feel, but the only reason Jocard attacked me was because he was posessed. You must break the seal from Jocard that Binds him, but do not kill him, he did not mean to murder me. Suddenly, the Sea turned Black, and noises were heard everywhere, Richard was scared, and James then said, "It's time for me to go, I will speak to you when it is time again good luck my son." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLr0u7FB3A ( play the song it is the theme as James fades from the scene ) and with that, richard awoke, all he could think of now, were the shards of the Nautilus.

Hope you all enjoy my story!!

I'll post another part probably tomorrow, hehe, never finished it after the school year ended, so maybe I will add on some parts