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William Kidd Issues Call to Action Against Dread Saints!

The Caribbean is erupting with reports of strange groups of pirates known as the Dread Saints. Few, if any, of the rumors surrounding these villains can be confirmed, but they have attacked and captured ships belonging to French, English and Spanish interests. Even the Smuggler’s Union has lost ships and cargo to these allegedly blasphemous brigands. It is said that William Kidd attempted to negotiate a peace with the Dread Saints, but was shot and wounded by the Saints’ ambassador.

Today, Kidd issued this statement: “As ye may have heard, I was attacked by a scurrilous dog speaking on behalf o’ a new group o’ pirates. These ‘Dread Saints’ be the enemy o’ all nations in the Caribbean. I hereby call upon all captains who would promote prosperity and commerce to seek out and destroy any member o’ this Order of the Dread Saint. Though to each other we be foes, this threat will engulf us all if we do not answer it with a common conviction.”

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