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	'''Dread Pirates''' - The [[Grimdark]] side of the Fantasy Pirate coin. Not to be confused with the legend that Dread Pirate Roberts cooked up for himself; these guys are the real deal. Take a buccaneer and mix in the supernatural or even eldritch. This type of Pirate frequently appears as the antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. See Ghost Pirates for a specific subset below.		'''Dread Pirates''' - The [[Grimdark]] side of the Fantasy Pirate coin. Not to be confused with the legend that Dread Pirate Roberts cooked up for himself; these guys are the real deal. Take a buccaneer and mix in the supernatural or even eldritch. This type of Pirate frequently appears as the antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. See Ghost Pirates for a specific subset below.

	'''Space Pirates''' - You know pirates, BUT IN SPACE! A seemingly possible concept. After all, the golden age of piracy happened because the naval powers in those day struggled to maintain power on the edges of their empire (new world) and the vast wealth they were extracting, which meant pirates had a reason to exist. Eventually, the great powers managed to extend control across the fullness of their empires and pirates ran out of room for safe harbors, ports and so on. In space however, it is infinite enough to run around from any Space Navy, and if there are enough valuables goods trades between planets, one could have a reason to do so. On paper piracy in space does seem possible, contingent of course on the idea of there being FTL drive of some sort, else our pirates have to be in stasis 99% of the time. Since space has no oxygen, pirates had to wear concealed power armor to board ships in order to loot and plunder. In some indie games like FTL, the crew can use teleportation device to board enemy ship without space suit, the same goes to the lighting strike ability in battlefleet gothic armada. And instead of making you walk the plank; they'll just throw you out the airlock. Another common convention is hidden bases on remote asteroids or space stations that don't orbit anything (which Star Wars dubs a "shadowport"). Despite rumors of this happening already, the only recorded crimes committed in space (aside from littering) is a white-collar crime involving somebody illegally accessing their spouse's bank records during a divorce dispute, when US astronaut Anne McClain was accused by her estranged wife of		'''Space Pirates''' - You know pirates, BUT IN SPACE! A seemingly possible concept. After all, the golden age of piracy happened because the naval powers in those day struggled to maintain power on the edges of their empire (new world) and the vast wealth they were extracting, which meant pirates had a reason to exist. Eventually, the great powers managed to extend control across the fullness of their empires and pirates ran out of room for safe harbors, ports and so on. In space however, it is infinite enough to run around from any Space Navy, and if there are enough valuables goods trades between planets, one could have a reason to do so. On paper piracy in space does seem possible, contingent of course on the idea of there being FTL drive of some sort, else our pirates have to be in stasis 99% of the time. Since space has no oxygen, pirates had to wear concealed power armor to board ships in order to loot and plunder. In some indie games like FTL, the crew can use teleportation device to board enemy ship without space suit, the same goes to the lighting strike ability in battlefleet gothic armada. And instead of making you walk the plank; they'll just throw you out the airlock. Another common convention is hidden bases on remote asteroids or space stations that don't orbit anything (which Star Wars dubs a "shadowport"). Despite rumors of this happening already, the only recorded crimes committed in space (aside from littering) is a white-collar crime involving somebody illegally accessing their spouse's bank records during a divorce dispute, when US astronaut Anne McClain was accused by her estranged wife of digital invasion of privacy while on the ISS. There are also various cases of one nation accusing another of breaking a treaty regarding space, especially it's weaponization, but that's not the same thing as a 'crime'.
	digital invasion of privacy while on the ISS.

	'''Ghost Pirates''' - it is said if some pirates are too badass to die, they become ghost and continue to terrorize ships for fun. Some said it was the cause of some voodoo curses, other thinks they are just too tough to stay in hell. These dead pirate sail in literal ghost ships that are seemly broken pirate ships crawling with mosses and maggots while being seemly impervious to cannon fire. [[Vampire Counts\|SPOOOOOKYYY]].		'''Ghost Pirates''' - it is said if some pirates are too badass to die, they become ghost and continue to terrorize ships for fun. Some said it was the cause of some voodoo curses, other thinks they are just too tough to stay in hell. These dead pirate sail in literal ghost ships that are seemly broken pirate ships crawling with mosses and maggots while being seemly impervious to cannon fire. [[Vampire Counts\|SPOOOOOKYYY]].

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	== Fictional Pirates ==		== Fictional Pirates ==
	'''Swashbucklers''' - The Noblebright side of the Fantasy pirate coin. Swashbucklers actually overlap with genres outside of pirate fiction, such as with the Three Musketeers or Zorro, but there are plenty of pirate examples too. These guys are basically buccaneers who seek adventure and right wrongs. They may be exiled princes or other political fugitives forced into a life of outlawry. They are also masters of swordplay and trickery; so basically, they're more akin to musketeers or the legendary Zorro, but with ships of their own. Think of Dread Pirate Roberts from the Princess Bride or Captain Blood.		'''Swashbucklers''' - The Noblebright side of the Fantasy pirate coin. Swashbucklers actually overlap with genres outside of pirate fiction, such as with the Three Musketeers or Zorro, but there are plenty of pirate examples too. These guys are basically buccaneers who seek adventure and right wrongs. They may be exiled princes or other political fugitives forced into a life of outlawry. They are also masters of swordplay and trickery; so basically, they're more akin to musketeers or the legendary Zorro, but with ships of their own. Think of Dread Pirate Roberts from the Princess Bride or Captain Blood.

			'''Lazy Pirates''' - People who simply [[LARP]] as pirates these are usually reserved for comedy shows. Some examples would be; The pirates who don't do anything from veggietales they sing about how they don't do anything, Patchy the pirate from spongebob his boat is a car, his parrot is a wooden puppet, both his eyes work & he still wears an eyepatch. Captain Kn'uckles from the misadventures of flapjack he is <s>an alcoholic</s> a candy addict who lives off his fake sailing legends and strongarming his friend Flapjack to get them money to buy more candy.

	'''Dread Pirates''' - The [[Grimdark]] side of the Fantasy Pirate coin. Not to be confused with the legend that Dread Pirate Roberts cooked up for himself; these guys are the real deal. Take a buccaneer and mix in the supernatural or even eldritch. This type of Pirate frequently appears as the antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. See Ghost Pirates for a specific subset below.		'''Dread Pirates''' - The [[Grimdark]] side of the Fantasy Pirate coin. Not to be confused with the legend that Dread Pirate Roberts cooked up for himself; these guys are the real deal. Take a buccaneer and mix in the supernatural or even eldritch. This type of Pirate frequently appears as the antagonist in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. See Ghost Pirates for a specific subset below.

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	* '''Amaro Pargo''' - His full real name is much longer, Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado but people called him Pargo as a nickname, so it stuck. He was born in Tenerife, an island province of Spain that is part of the Canary Islands. Before becoming a pirate, he joined the Spanish rush to the Americas and helped develop trade networks between Spanish colonies and Europe through his employment in the Company of Honduras. His career as a pirate began with the capture of the English vessel Saint Joseph. He was accused of piracy by the lawyer Agustin Francisco Ceferino the defendant of captain Alexander Webster, but the Spanish court declared it a legitimate act of defense against a hostile country, so he got off the hook. He would later associate with many corsairs from the Canary Islands, with whom he collaborated directly. By 1740 he, along with the corsair Nicolás María Bignoni would send letters insisting that other captains such as Bartolomé Sánchez Carta attack English vessels. His areas of operation shifted across the entire Caribbean, going wherever the company needed him and raiding disruptive vessels, but he worked mostly between the cities of Havana and Caracas when in America and his home in Tenerife. After retirement, he would become known to the people of the Canary Islands as a devout Catholic and a philanthropist for his donations to both religious and municipal organizations.		* '''Amaro Pargo''' - His full real name is much longer, Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado but people called him Pargo as a nickname, so it stuck. He was born in Tenerife, an island province of Spain that is part of the Canary Islands. Before becoming a pirate, he joined the Spanish rush to the Americas and helped develop trade networks between Spanish colonies and Europe through his employment in the Company of Honduras. His career as a pirate began with the capture of the English vessel Saint Joseph. He was accused of piracy by the lawyer Agustin Francisco Ceferino the defendant of captain Alexander Webster, but the Spanish court declared it a legitimate act of defense against a hostile country, so he got off the hook. He would later associate with many corsairs from the Canary Islands, with whom he collaborated directly. By 1740 he, along with the corsair Nicolás María Bignoni would send letters insisting that other captains such as Bartolomé Sánchez Carta attack English vessels. His areas of operation shifted across the entire Caribbean, going wherever the company needed him and raiding disruptive vessels, but he worked mostly between the cities of Havana and Caracas when in America and his home in Tenerife. After retirement, he would become known to the people of the Canary Islands as a devout Catholic and a philanthropist for his donations to both religious and municipal organizations.

			*'''Roberto Cofresí''' - He was born into a Spanish noble family, but political and economic difficulties forced them into exile to Puerto Rico he became a pirate in the end of the 18th century meaning he became massively infamous due to the emergence of international trade treaties. He was hunted down by a coalition of American & Spanish police.

	* '''Kanhoji Angre''' - An Indian privateer who spent 30 years forcing England and Portugal to pay him taxes. Probably the closest thing the world has seen to a pirate admiral, and considered today the ancestor of the Indian Navy. At the height of his career he had Dutch sailors coming to him for work hunting European merchants.		* '''Kanhoji Angre''' - An Indian privateer who spent 30 years forcing England and Portugal to pay him taxes. Probably the closest thing the world has seen to a pirate admiral, and considered today the ancestor of the Indian Navy. At the height of his career he had Dutch sailors coming to him for work hunting European merchants.

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	*The [[Zombie Pirates]] were a White Dwarf army list under the leadership of [[Luthor Harkon]], who formerly worked for [[Abhorash]] before striking out on his own for Lustria and establishing his own goddamn kingdom called the Vampire Coast. And with all the dead bodies of unfortunate sailors, he's got plenty of recruiting opportunities. Another undead admiral operating in the area is Captain Noctlis of the [[Dreadfleet]], a Von Carstein vampire who teleported his entire freaking castle into the Galleon Graveyard, and thanks to the mighty technosorceries of vydiagaems they are a fully-fledged faction in the Total Warhammer.		*The [[Zombie Pirates]] were a White Dwarf army list under the leadership of [[Luthor Harkon]], who formerly worked for [[Abhorash]] before striking out on his own for Lustria and establishing his own goddamn kingdom called the Vampire Coast. And with all the dead bodies of unfortunate sailors, he's got plenty of recruiting opportunities. Another undead admiral operating in the area is Captain Noctlis of the [[Dreadfleet]], a Von Carstein vampire who teleported his entire freaking castle into the Galleon Graveyard, and thanks to the mighty technosorceries of vydiagaems they are a fully-fledged faction in the Total Warhammer.

			*[[Slayer\| Long Drong's Slayer Pirates]] are led by their captain in a rampage across the seas of the old world Long Drong's crew are for the most part slayers who took the oath because they [[Dwarf_fortress\|lost all their ale]] in a storm also [[fail\|their ship was wrecked so they had to go thirsty until the ship slammed into beachrock]] after drifting for who knows how long. They occasionally do mercenary work just to keep themselves supplied with rum and blackpowder but they mostly hunt for monsters and raid ships owned by the [[Dark_Elves_(Warhammer_Fantasy)\| forces of darkness]].

	*There are also the Sartosan Pirates of the Principality of Sartosa (aka: AN ENTIRE NATION OF PIRATES) that lies south of Tilea. One of the most famous Sartosan pirates is the sea mutant [[Aranessa Saltspite]], rumored to be the daughter of the sea god himself.		*There are also the Sartosan Pirates of the Principality of Sartosa (aka: AN ENTIRE NATION OF PIRATES) that lies south of Tilea. One of the most famous Sartosan pirates is the sea mutant [[Aranessa Saltspite]], rumored to be the daughter of the sea god himself.

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	'''[[Vikings]]''' - Scandinavian pirates with badass beards. Despite common depictions, their helmets did not have horns. Existed long before the Caribbean pirates, and they sure made themselves famous all over medieval Europe. "Vikings" specifically were raiders, but the Norsemen often sailed their great ships through the rivers and seas of Europe on missions of trade and settlement, stealing, selling, and leaving graffiti as far away as Constantinople. Nevertheless, when they went raiding they were brutal, taking slaves, burning villages, and doing unspeakable things to sheep across northern Europe and the British Isles until the early Christian saints finally proselytized them into submission.		'''[[Vikings]]''' - Scandinavian pirates with badass beards. Despite common depictions, their helmets did not have horns. Existed long before the Caribbean pirates, and they sure made themselves famous all over medieval Europe. "Vikings" specifically were raiders, but the Norsemen often sailed their great ships through the rivers and seas of Europe on missions of trade and settlement, stealing, selling, and leaving graffiti as far away as Constantinople. Nevertheless, when they went raiding they were brutal, taking slaves, burning villages, and doing unspeakable things to sheep across northern Europe and the British Isles until the early Christian saints finally proselytized them into submission.

	'''Corsairs''' - Also known as Barbary pirates. They mainly came from North Africa and most of their attacks were focused on capturing slaves rather than stealing loot, although they wouldn't turn it down if they found it. They operated primarily in the Mediterranean sea, but were known to sail as far north as Iceland, depopulating small islands that have yet to recover centuries later. Nations could avoid having their ships attacked if they paid a steep tribute to the Barbary states; it wasn't until the early 19th century, after the military revolutions in Europe created navies that could severely limit their operating range, that Western nations decided to fuck that noise and decided to shut them up for good. The young United States in particular participated in a number of campaigns over insults and stolen merchant ships, eventually launching a few attacks against the ports the pirates operated out of (One of these incidents is the source of "The Shores of Tripoli" bit in the US Marines' Hymn). The term usually refers to pirates in service to specific nations, as they were often employed as something in between a navy and a privateer fleet by the various kingdoms of North Africa.		'''Corsairs''' - Also known as Barbary pirates. They mainly came from North Africa and most of their attacks were focused on capturing slaves rather than stealing loot, although they wouldn't turn it down if they found it. They operated primarily in the Mediterranean sea, but were known to sail as far north as Iceland, depopulating small islands that have yet to recover centuries later. Nations could avoid having their ships attacked if they paid a steep tribute to the Barbary states; it wasn't until the early 19th century, after the military revolutions in Europe created navies that could severely limit their operating range, that Western nations decided to fuck that noise and decided to shut them up for good. The young United States in particular participated in a number of campaigns over insults and stolen merchant ships, eventually launching a few attacks against the ports the pirates operated out of (One of these incidents is the source of "The Shores of Tripoli" bit in the US Marines' Hymn). The term usually refers to pirates in service to specific nations, as they were often employed as something in between a navy and a privateer fleet by the various kingdoms of North Africa. Eventually the term corsair became a synonym for privateer internationally distinguishing itself from the word pirate. Still one mans corsair is another's pirate having the papers to prove you were a corsair only slightly nudged a case in your favor if you got caught and that depended on the severity of your crimes and the country in which you were being judged.

	'''Wokou''' - "Japanese" pirates that raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 16th century. While initially Japanese their crew turned to be from all three mentioned nations (there's even Portuguese) and later the majority were Chinese. Wokou started dying down with Japan and Korea's collaboration efforts against pirates signed in the Treaty of Gyehae in 1443 and China's strengthened operations after the Jiajing wokou raids in the mid-1500s.		'''Wokou''' - "Japanese" pirates that raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th century to the 16th century. While initially Japanese their crew turned to be from all three mentioned nations (there's even Portuguese) and later the majority were Chinese. Wokou started dying down with Japan and Korea's collaboration efforts against pirates signed in the Treaty of Gyehae in 1443 and China's strengthened operations after the Jiajing wokou raids in the mid-1500s.

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	* '''William Adams''' - Served under Drake for long enough to get the title. More famous for going to [[Japan]] and becoming one of the few foreign-born [[Samurai]]. How's that for [[Multiclassing]]?		* '''William Adams''' - Served under Drake for long enough to get the title. More famous for going to [[Japan]] and becoming one of the few foreign-born [[Samurai]]. How's that for [[Multiclassing]]?

	* '''Miguel Enriquez''' - Miguel Enríquez was a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulato born out of wedlock, Enríquez was a shoemaker by occupation before becoming a pirate. After working for the governor as a salesman he was recruited to defend the colonies of Spain, and commanded a fleet that intercepted foreign merchant ships and vessels dedicated to contraband. He was considered a pirate by Spain's enemies and became one of the richest men in the Spanish Caribbean. High points in his military career include his fleets defense of the antilles in the war of spanish succession and the expulsion of british occupation in the island of vieques. Under the order of King Philip V he was awarded the gold medal of the royal effigy and a royal auxiliary identification document allowing him to request ~~naval~~ from the council of indies. The fact he was commercially successful despite being lowborn irked local nobility.		* '''Miguel Enriquez''' - Miguel Enríquez was a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulato born out of wedlock, Enríquez was a shoemaker by occupation before becoming a pirate. After working for the governor as a salesman he was recruited to defend the colonies of Spain, and commanded a fleet that intercepted foreign merchant ships and vessels dedicated to contraband. He was considered a pirate by Spain's enemies and became one of the richest men in the Spanish Caribbean. High points in his military career include his fleets defense of the antilles in the war of spanish succession and the expulsion of british occupation in the island of vieques. Under the order of King Philip V he was awarded the gold medal of the royal effigy and a royal auxiliary identification document allowing him to request aid from the council of indies. The fact he was commercially successful despite being lowborn irked local nobility.

	* '''Amaro Pargo''' - His full real name is much longer, Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado but people called him Pargo as a nickname, so it stuck. He was born in Tenerife, an island province of Spain that is part of the Canary Islands. Before becoming a pirate, he joined the Spanish rush to the Americas and helped develop trade networks between Spanish colonies and Europe through his employment in the Company of Honduras. His career as a pirate began with the capture of the English vessel Saint Joseph. He was accused of piracy by the lawyer Agustin Francisco Ceferino the defendant of captain Alexander Webster, but the Spanish court declared it a legitimate act of defense against a hostile country, so he got off the hook. He would later associate with many corsairs from the Canary Islands, with whom he collaborated directly. By 1740 he, along with the corsair Nicolás María Bignoni would send letters insisting that other captains such as Bartolomé Sánchez Carta attack English vessels. His areas of operation shifted across the entire Caribbean, going wherever the company needed him and raiding disruptive vessels, but he worked mostly between the cities of Havana and Caracas when in America and his home in Tenerife. After retirement, he would become known to the people of the Canary Islands as a devout Catholic and a philanthropist for his donations to both religious and municipal organizations.		* '''Amaro Pargo''' - His full real name is much longer, Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado but people called him Pargo as a nickname, so it stuck. He was born in Tenerife, an island province of Spain that is part of the Canary Islands. Before becoming a pirate, he joined the Spanish rush to the Americas and helped develop trade networks between Spanish colonies and Europe through his employment in the Company of Honduras. His career as a pirate began with the capture of the English vessel Saint Joseph. He was accused of piracy by the lawyer Agustin Francisco Ceferino the defendant of captain Alexander Webster, but the Spanish court declared it a legitimate act of defense against a hostile country, so he got off the hook. He would later associate with many corsairs from the Canary Islands, with whom he collaborated directly. By 1740 he, along with the corsair Nicolás María Bignoni would send letters insisting that other captains such as Bartolomé Sánchez Carta attack English vessels. His areas of operation shifted across the entire Caribbean, going wherever the company needed him and raiding disruptive vessels, but he worked mostly between the cities of Havana and Caracas when in America and his home in Tenerife. After retirement, he would become known to the people of the Canary Islands as a devout Catholic and a philanthropist for his donations to both religious and municipal organizations.

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	* '''William Adams''' - Served under Drake for long enough to get the title. More famous for going to [[Japan]] and becoming one of the few foreign-born [[Samurai]]. How's that for [[Multiclassing]]?		* '''William Adams''' - Served under Drake for long enough to get the title. More famous for going to [[Japan]] and becoming one of the few foreign-born [[Samurai]]. How's that for [[Multiclassing]]?

	* '''Miguel Enriquez''' - Miguel Enríquez was a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulato born out of wedlock, Enríquez was a shoemaker by occupation before becoming a pirate. After working for the governor as a salesman he was recruited to defend the colonies of Spain, and commanded a fleet that intercepted foreign merchant ships and vessels dedicated to contraband. He was considered a pirate by Spain's enemies and became one of the richest men in the Spanish Caribbean the fact he was ~~commercialy succesful~~ despite being lowborn irked local nobility.		* '''Miguel Enriquez''' - Miguel Enríquez was a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulato born out of wedlock, Enríquez was a shoemaker by occupation before becoming a pirate. After working for the governor as a salesman he was recruited to defend the colonies of Spain, and commanded a fleet that intercepted foreign merchant ships and vessels dedicated to contraband. He was considered a pirate by Spain's enemies and became one of the richest men in the Spanish Caribbean. High points in his military career include his fleets defense of the antilles in the war of spanish succession and the expulsion of british occupation in the island of vieques. Under the order of King Philip V he was awarded the gold medal of the royal effigy and a royal auxiliary identification document allowing him to request naval from the council of indies. The fact he was commercially successful despite being lowborn irked local nobility.

			* '''Amaro Pargo''' - His full real name is much longer, Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado but people called him Pargo as a nickname, so it stuck. He was born in Tenerife, an island province of Spain that is part of the Canary Islands. Before becoming a pirate, he joined the Spanish rush to the Americas and helped develop trade networks between Spanish colonies and Europe through his employment in the Company of Honduras. His career as a pirate began with the capture of the English vessel Saint Joseph. He was accused of piracy by the lawyer Agustin Francisco Ceferino the defendant of captain Alexander Webster, but the Spanish court declared it a legitimate act of defense against a hostile country, so he got off the hook. He would later associate with many corsairs from the Canary Islands, with whom he collaborated directly. By 1740 he, along with the corsair Nicolás María Bignoni would send letters insisting that other captains such as Bartolomé Sánchez Carta attack English vessels. His areas of operation shifted across the entire Caribbean, going wherever the company needed him and raiding disruptive vessels, but he worked mostly between the cities of Havana and Caracas when in America and his home in Tenerife. After retirement, he would become known to the people of the Canary Islands as a devout Catholic and a philanthropist for his donations to both religious and municipal organizations.

	* '''Kanhoji Angre''' - An Indian privateer who spent 30 years forcing England and Portugal to pay him taxes. Probably the closest thing the world has seen to a pirate admiral, and considered today the ancestor of the Indian Navy. At the height of his career he had Dutch sailors coming to him for work hunting European merchants.		* '''Kanhoji Angre''' - An Indian privateer who spent 30 years forcing England and Portugal to pay him taxes. Probably the closest thing the world has seen to a pirate admiral, and considered today the ancestor of the Indian Navy. At the height of his career he had Dutch sailors coming to him for work hunting European merchants.

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	*'''Cheung Po Tsai''' - Cheng I Sao's step-son and second husband, succeeding his stepfather's role and expanded the fleet. As with Cheng I Sao was granted amnesty and became a navy colonel. Often depicted in dramas and movies.		*'''Cheung Po Tsai''' - Cheng I Sao's step-son and second husband, succeeding his stepfather's role and expanded the fleet. As with Cheng I Sao was granted amnesty and became a navy colonel. Often depicted in dramas and movies.

	*'''Wang Zhi / Wu Feng''' - a famous Wokou pirate who plagued the coast of Ming Dynasty China. He was originally a salt merchant before becoming head of a pirate syndicate that stretched from the East to South China Sea after deciding the Ming can fuck off with their prohibition on private maritime trade. He got acquainted with Dutch merchants after they seized Malacca and is credited to spreading European firearms across East Asia (most famously to daimyo Tanegashima Tokitaka). Seeing how Japan was undergoing the strife of the Warring States Era, he made a hefty profit selling saltpeter to them from China and Siam at a premium. Eventually he got fed up with the corrupt Ming administration’s bureaucracy and their lack of recognition of him before he took over some islands off, rained riches on the locals to win them over ~~the coast~~, and then raided the coasts off China and Korea to make them take him seriously so they can make him an admiral or professional naval merchant. Unfortunately, his sympathizers in the local Ming administration got caught up in corruption scandals and politics before he got captured and beheaded while trying to negotiate. Post mortem, China and Korea blame him as a symbol of the ills from the Wokou piracy era; his interactions with Japan making him even more of an opportunistic target. He’s more fondly remembered in Japan as the source of the firearm technology imported from the Portuguese and identified in their documents as a Confucian scholar.		*'''Wang Zhi / Wu Feng''' - a famous Wokou pirate who plagued the coast of Ming Dynasty China. He was originally a salt merchant before becoming head of a pirate syndicate that stretched from the East to South China Sea after deciding the Ming can fuck off with their prohibition on private maritime trade. He got acquainted with Dutch merchants after they seized Malacca and is credited to spreading European firearms across East Asia (most famously to daimyo Tanegashima Tokitaka). Seeing how Japan was undergoing the strife of the Warring States Era, he made a hefty profit selling saltpeter to them from China and Siam at a premium. Eventually he got fed up with the corrupt Ming administration’s bureaucracy and their lack of recognition of him before he took over some islands off the coast of southern Japan, rained riches on the locals to win them over, and then raided the coasts off China and Korea to make them take him seriously so they can make him an admiral or professional naval merchant. Unfortunately, his sympathizers in the local Ming administration got caught up in corruption scandals and politics before he got captured and beheaded while trying to negotiate. Post mortem, China and Korea blame him as a symbol of the ills from the Wokou piracy era; his interactions with Japan making him even more of an opportunistic target. He’s more fondly remembered in Japan as the source of the firearm technology imported from the Portuguese and identified in their documents as a Confucian scholar.

	[[File:Serapis_Flag.png\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Totally legit, no pirates here.]]		[[File:Serapis_Flag.png\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Totally legit, no pirates here.]]