Koa may not have known what he was doing, but he was a fast learner and he could turn that wheel like nobody's business. Maybe the Blessing's captain wasn't entirely keen on using their ship to ram the pirates, but with the wind in her sails and a calm sea before her there wasn't time for protest. The Hel's Blessing cut across the water like a knife, aimed right at the pirates. The pirates brought their broadside to bear on the Blessing and got a single round off, but the narrower target presented by the oncoming ship made her harder to hit. The cannonballs went wide and the Blessing struck the pirates amidship a few moments later!
Arrows began to rain down even before the vessels became entangled, but instead of thudding into the Blessing's deck they were swept aside by powerful gusts of wind that were no longer needed in the sails. Jack brought his magic to bear, protecting the crew (and himself) with admirable control over his magic and keeping the enemy projectiles away from the ship.
Flora 's luck wasn't quite as good. Though she had correctly identified the captain earlier and her plan was solid. Unfortunately in the movement of wind and wave and the swarm of enemy combatants bracing for impact her dagger was accidentally knocked off target when it grazed the arm of a pirate racing by at just the wrong moment. On the plus side, that pirate suddenly dropped like a rock and was no longer a threat to the Blessing.
As for Hadama, the Tidebreaker turned his own mastered water magic against the pirate ship from below the waterline. Picking up a trick he'd learned from the lethal currents in Svaturis Bay, he formed balls of ice and then sent them racing through an artificial current to slam against the hull, attempting to breach the heavy planks.
The pirate captain was rallying her own crew, however, and she pointed towards the Blessing with a vicious stream of curses that culminated in an arc of lightning striking down from the sky and onto the ship's deck. Flora wasn't the only one who had been keeping track of an enemy, and captain of the Blessing was struck directly, falling to the deck to lay unmoving and lightly smoking.
"Do not let them board the Blessing!" Hadama called even as the pirates started to mass where the ram was still stuck in their ship, preparing to use it as a bridge to swarm across!
There is now a connection between the ships that can be used to board the other vessel, but the pirates can use it, too. What will you do?
Pirate ship: 65/150
Pirate crew: 149/150
Hel's Blessing: 150/150
Hel's Blessing crew: 111/150
No posting order!
Arrows began to rain down even before the vessels became entangled, but instead of thudding into the Blessing's deck they were swept aside by powerful gusts of wind that were no longer needed in the sails. Jack brought his magic to bear, protecting the crew (and himself) with admirable control over his magic and keeping the enemy projectiles away from the ship.
Flora 's luck wasn't quite as good. Though she had correctly identified the captain earlier and her plan was solid. Unfortunately in the movement of wind and wave and the swarm of enemy combatants bracing for impact her dagger was accidentally knocked off target when it grazed the arm of a pirate racing by at just the wrong moment. On the plus side, that pirate suddenly dropped like a rock and was no longer a threat to the Blessing.
As for Hadama, the Tidebreaker turned his own mastered water magic against the pirate ship from below the waterline. Picking up a trick he'd learned from the lethal currents in Svaturis Bay, he formed balls of ice and then sent them racing through an artificial current to slam against the hull, attempting to breach the heavy planks.
The pirate captain was rallying her own crew, however, and she pointed towards the Blessing with a vicious stream of curses that culminated in an arc of lightning striking down from the sky and onto the ship's deck. Flora wasn't the only one who had been keeping track of an enemy, and captain of the Blessing was struck directly, falling to the deck to lay unmoving and lightly smoking.
"Do not let them board the Blessing!" Hadama called even as the pirates started to mass where the ram was still stuck in their ship, preparing to use it as a bridge to swarm across!
There is now a connection between the ships that can be used to board the other vessel, but the pirates can use it, too. What will you do?
Pirate ship: 65/150
Pirate crew: 149/150
Hel's Blessing: 150/150
Hel's Blessing crew: 111/150
No posting order!
