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part 3 - the admirall (cw, menti0ns 0f bl00d, kulling, piracy, caste warfare) privateering was always a lucrative pr0fessi0n f0r th0se with the wits and skill f0r it th0ugh t0 find b0th within a single tr0ll is immensely rare h0wever... the t0pic 0f 0ur st0ry t0day achieved that l0fty distincti0n and far m0re during her career up0n the savage seas and was 0f such ren0wn that even seadwellers dared n0t challenge her directly the admirall began as many y0ung cerulean n0bles by j0ining the imperial navy as an 0fficer in training and said training as well as her early career as an ensign are hardly rec0rded leading 0ne t0 assume that the remarkable tactile nature she w0uld display was either gr0wn gradually fr0m these early sweeps spent ab0ard dreadn0ughts 0r else her superi0rs as prideful 0fficers are kn0wn t0 d0 simply st0le her successes f0r themselves and she had n0 interest in challenging the rep0rts... what we d0 kn0w is that her name and career began t0 rise thr0ugh the ranks 0nce the legendary admiral carith 0nassi received his warrant and declared himself a privateer and up0n d0ing s0 w0uld draft the f0rmer flagship 0f his fleet the inv gradivus as well as an entirely v0lunteer crew t0 his cause the future admirall w0uld bec0me third 0fficer and the chief navigat0r 0f their v0yages in plundering the sh0res bel0nging t0 the rabid wildlings 0f the s0uth as their tribes had failed t0 rec0gnize the auth0rity 0f the sitting empress and their sp0ils were immense while 0ften being drenched in the bl00d 0f their feral f0es and their tamed lusi... h0wever admiral 0nassi w0uld meet his end at the hands 0f a m0st unexpected s0urce in the theater 0f p0litics rather than the enemies 0f the cr0wn as he was declared a trait0r by the grand highbl00d up0n the latters ascensi0n t0 the title 0f cardinal bef0re she c0uld save her bel0ved captain the admirall w0uld witness his executi0n at the hands 0f the first 0fficer and w0uld take things int0 her 0wn hands f0ll0wing as with n0 empress sitting up0n the thr0ne she felt as th0ugh there was n0 tie binding her t0 her 0riginal duty... hers was a writ 0f vengeance n0w as she sw0re that her raiders w0uld destr0y this upstart that had taken her ment0r away with the str0ke 0f a pen and w0uld ir0nically and unkn0wingly lay the f0undati0n f0r the pr0paganda machine that w0uld secure the future empress's reign by framing their campaign as a righte0us fight f0r freed0m against a new and und0ubtedly m0re m0nstr0us upstart that s0ught t0 rule 0ver all