Pirates of the Magical World IV
The Mayan Talisman
Wanting a new and stronger defensive harbor and haven for his ship, crew, and pregnant wife, Harry takes the Rogue Cutlass and conquers a small naval fort. Among the loot, they find evidence of a 'treasure' that the Navy was searching for. After spreading the word of a new pirate haven, the Rogue Cutlass sails for the treasure's last suspected location.
Harry finds an ancient temple riddled with traps and puzzles. He spends three days inside the temple, dealing with the traps, solving the riddles, and finally reaching the treasure within. It was a magic-enhancing talisman. As their leaving, the Rogue Cutlass is attacked by a Navy patrol who had been tracking them since they entered the proximity of the temple. The battle was short and decisive with the pirates quickly de-masting and capturing the brig. Harry leaves the brig's Navy crew marooned on a nearby island and takes the ship as a trophy.
A few weeks later, a deadly sickness sweeps through New Haven. This forces Harry to take the Rogue Cutlass to a nearby hospital and rob a large amount of medicine and antibiotics. As he's returning, word comes to New Haven about a Pardon being offered by the fledgling new alliance of magical communities who've finally started banding together and rebuilding after the Great Upheaval.
Most pirates accept it, tired of pillaging, but not all. Harry and others were suspicious and tailed the Governor and Admiral who'd delivered the message to them. They learn that the Admiral had no intentions of honoring the bargain, planning on betraying the pirates and bombarding New Haven with his blockade fleet. The pirates whip up a fireship and attack the blockade that night. Harry's new talisman came in extremely handy in helping him maneuver and protect his ship as they wrestled their way through the cannon fire and fled into the darkness.
With his dream of a pirate haven in flames behind him and the hostile open sea before him, Harry sets his sights for a new corner of the Earth, desiring new hunting grounds.