YOHOHO!
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Last time we left off pirates, we had just talked to Bonnie anne! She explained to us that the Troggies were causing havoc and shooting things at the west bastion in town. We then are instructed to go kick some troggie butt! =) *Before I go any further, you may notice my pirate has a pioneer eyepatch on during this part of the story, I went back to my room in Skull Island and took it out of my shared bank, the rouse healing spell is very useful for the beginning parts of the game!*
So we headed off to the path past Bonnie anne and found a whole bunch of troggies roaming the mountain. My pirate and Kan po did about 3-4 battles and helped out a few other people in there battles. We got a bunch of loot we are saving up in our bag to sell off to the vendor later on back at town. After we have cleared the quest, we headed back to Lt. Smollet.
While talking to Lt. Smollet about the troggies, Bonnie anne chimes in and says that she wants to join our crew! Bonnie anne is a "Fox Musketeer" and will be very useful during your adventures. She has a talent right off the bat, called Scatterblast, which can hit multiple targets on the battle board, and -25% dodge for them the next 5 turns! She also comes with a talent called "Double Tap" which is exclusive to Musketeers! Double tap allows the shooter to attack again if they defeat an enemy on the battle board. This talent is a big reason why Bonnie anne is a beast in the game!
You see the "Gained 2 Companion Training Points" at the top? I leveled to level 2 when I handed in the quest to Lt. Smollet, and each time you level up you gain multiple Comp training points. These are used by opening your Companion Board up by pressing (U). At this time, you only have 2 you can use, I personally save mine up untill I really have to use some to level up some of my companions.
The higher the level you are the more your companions level up when you use them on them. For example on my Swash level 30 pirate, I have a level 1 companion still in my companion crew, if I used 1 training point on him, it would bring him to about level 15. 1-15 levels!
You also can drag your companions while your board is open, so if I wanted to have bonnie anne following me through the spiral, I would drag her Icon to "Firstmate slot". Kan po is currently in that spot.
After talking to Lt. Smollet, he wants you to go mark a map with all the spots that the troggies are flinging barrels at. Once you mark all 3 spots, head back to Lt. Smollet and he then wants you to go to each and set the barrels on fire to make an explosion getting rid of the troggies! :) Woot explosion time!
Boom!
After causing the explosion and getting rid of the troggies causing problems, once you go talk to Lt. Smollet he asks you to go check on Ensign Livsey up on the mountain. Once you head over the bridge, your camera pans into a cage with Ensign in it. He asks for your help since the Troggies captured him and locked him inside. You then have to go fight some of the nearby troggie shamans for the key! Once you get the key, head back to the cage and he tells you to meet him up on Skull mountain to help you find out where Fin is with Avery's amulet!
Once you are up here, you will see all of the Cutthroat sharks roaming about. Fight 5 of them and then head towards Livsey near the bushes right before the entrance to Skull Cave.
Livsey tells you he found a letter that hints that Fin is inside of Skull Cave. Your first companion hints that you should enter the cave. Walk in for your first adventure!
Looks spooky right? Nah, your a pirate! You love the thrill of a brand new adventure! Head towards the stairs infront of you past the stone gateway and your camera pans towards the chest at the top of the stairs. You are then instructed about chests you find around the spiral and to open them to see what is inside.
"Look there, Dragonfly - a Chest! It might hold anything...Only one way to know"
I feel like the Karate kid here with Kan Po LOL! When you open it, you recieve a piece of gear for the pirate class you chose at the beginning of the game. It is the best gear you have found so far so equip it!
After you open the chest, head down the pathway to your left, you may find a chest at the top with some gold! Woot! Then head to the right pathway and you will see an exclamation point over a cane. Head over to it and pick it up. Bonnie anne will tell you that it looks like Mr. harkers who is the merchant/minigame guy over in Avery's court! Once we head back to Town you can give it to him as a good gesture, or would you rather not take it and be a real pirate? ARRR! Head towards the vines and Bonnie anne tells you to cut them down, walk up and press X to cut them. Once inside you see that you are now in some sort of temple, Gloom Temple to be exact!
Head down the stairs and your companion will tell you that there is a quick way out of the temple to your right if you would like to leave. Nah! We want thrill and gold move towards the temple door! Once inside you will find Tons of Cutthroats roaming the temple halls!
Head to the end of the Hallway and you will see a flooded room. The camera then pans over to a Dog pirate named Sergeant Shepherd! He informs you that Fin is in that doorway past the flooded area. He then tells you that Fins helper, Marcus is nearby who may know how to clear out all of the water in the room. To unlock the door to Marcus's room you must defeat some of the cutthroats in the halls we saw coming here.
Once you recieved the key after fighting some of the cutthroats, its time to get some answers from Marcus! Your first boss battle! Goodluck pirates!
After defeating Marcus, he tells you that you must head over to the Troggie Shrine near the beginning of the Temple to flush out all of the water blocking the doorway to Fin & the amulet! This next battle is an interactive battle, the idea isn't to defeat all of the enemies, but to use all 3 statues. Each battle has a requirement you can see at the top of the screen when in a battle. You will see that it says to activate the 3 statues. The battle will be completed when you finish the requirement.
After using the 3 statues, you will finish the battle! =) Time to head back to the flooded hallway and to talk to Sergeant Sheperd. Time to finally face Fin Dorsal and collect Avery's stolen amulet!
This next battle is a bit different, instead of fighting all of the enemies on the board, you just have to defeat Fin Dorsal. Sergeant Sheperd will come with you to fight Fin as an allie. This means he helps you fight, but you have no direct control over him (movement and attacking etc..) The requirement for this battle is to only defeat Fin Dorsal. After finishing the battle, collect the chests and then grab the amulet! For a shortcut instead of walking all the way down the mountain, click the Lifestone icon near the bottom of your screen to be sent back to Avery's court!
Head into Avery's office and give him the amulet, you will see Fin Dorsal behind Avery all ashamed of what he did. =D Bad cutthroat! Avery tells you to go to Skull Island docks for your new ship! Woot at this point you are so excited, but just wait till you get to the docks LOL. One of the best moments in the game! haha.
After you see your ship...errr raft, Blind Mew chimes in and tells you to go back to Avery and demand a new ship. You go back to talk to Avery and he tells you that he fufilled his part of the deal and that you just have to manage with it for now. You then will encounter your first Puppet Show of the game! These little shows are quick tidbits of a storyline that is important. We learn about Captain Gunn and his treasure. Avery wants us to find the Treasure, and has found a lead. There is a crew in Kraken Skulls Tavern that has Gunn's Will that tells where his treasure is hiding. He then tells you to go talk to your Pirate class's teacher, in this case Mine is Vadima, who will tell us more information about the Will.
To be continued.....
PS: Thanks for reading Pirates!
-Johnny