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Genius or insanity. Those were Edward Teachers 2 working theories as to why the

Quaint 60-toned slupe known as the Revenge was currently anchored in a small pirate harbor

off the coast of the Bahamas.

Meard days after the Revenge's arrival, the ducks were already abuzz with rumors and

speculation about the ship, primarily because of the state in which it had sailed into

port, or more accurately, washed into port.

The vessel still bore the scars of its most recent misadventure. Red stains and splintered

wood marred the Revenge's deck, only hastily wiped away by what little remained of their

crew. If Edward Teach was being honest, he was surprised the Revenge was still afloat

at all. There was almost no scenario in which a glorified dinghy like the Revenge, really

any pirate ship at all, should have survived a run-in with a goliath like that of a Spanish

warship. At the time, 1717, a typical government sanctioned man of war could have easily held

well over 100 guns. The Revenge had 10. Though, after the devastating defeat against the

Spanish warship, the Revenge's eccentric captain made sure to outfit their artillery

with an additional two guns, you know, to make up for losing half the crew and nearly

his own life. Which brought Edward Teach back to his original

question, and the reason he found himself knocking on the door to the Revenge's captain's

quarters, was it genius or insanity that had led this captain to steer his crew to almost

certain death. The answer, of course, was the one theory Teach had not thought to consider

in the first place. Stupidity. It was past the captain's doors and into his private

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