"My lord, you can't be serious!" Baron Amren Dalais protested.
Each and every baron of Blackwell County had their own reasons to curse the scourge of piracy on the open seas, but few lost more to pirate raids than Amren's Dalais Barony.
Very few pirate fleets were daring enough or desperate enough to raid the towns and villages of the island baronies, and fishing fleets were rarely worth the trouble. If a pirate captain wanted a hold full of raw, unprocessed fish, he was better off dragging his own nets than stealing someone else's catch.
Matters were different for men like Amren, who loaded up large cogs full of everything from sacks of flour to casks of wine, finished fabric by the yard, and even fresh fruit by the barrel. Those boats made their way not only to the island baronies of Blackwell but further up the coast in Trevarthan Duchy and at times, all the way to the Royal Capital of Gaalen.
