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* LeaveNoWtinesses: Upon learning of the valuable Abigail Ashe being aboard the captured the ''Good Fortune'', Low immediately has the crew massacred and the ship burned.

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* BludgeonedToDeath: When looting the bodies washed up on the shores of Nassau, he finishes off anyone still breathing with a blow from his hammer.



* DropTheHammer: When looting the bodies washed up on the shores of Nassau, he finishes off anyone still breathing with a blow from his hammer. He also uses it in combat, to deadly effect.
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->'''Played By:''' Zach [=McGowan=]

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->'''Played By:''' Zach [=McGowan=]
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->'''Played By:''' Rupert Penry-Jones

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->'''Played By:''' Rupert Penry-Jones
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* IgnoredExpert: He urged his superiors to postpone the launch of the ''Urca'' due to fact that the Hurricane season was beginning and that an Naval escort could not be arranged. His superiors were so adamant that the ''Urca'' launch ASAP that not only did they demand the ship launch anyway but tried to have Vasquez killed when he refused and threatened to take his concerns higher up the chain of command. The result? [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vasquez not only survived the attempt long enough to pass everything his knew onto a random English merchant captain named Parrish before he died]], but the ''Urca'' ended up being shipwrecked on the coast of Florida due to a storm exactly as Vasquez warned. Worse, the shipwreck resulted not just in the ''Urca'' gold being being stolen by pirates but ''fully armed, square rigged Spanish Man-O-War'' as well, which was later used by those same pirates to level Charlestown. Piracy in the Bahamas was emboldened more then ever all because the Spanish authorities failed to heed Vasquez.

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* IgnoredExpert: He urged his superiors to postpone the launch of the ''Urca'' due to fact that the Hurricane season was beginning and that an Naval escort could not be arranged. His superiors were so adamant that the ''Urca'' launch ASAP that not only did they demand the ship launch anyway but tried to have Vasquez killed when he refused and threatened to take his concerns higher up the chain of command. The result? [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vasquez not only survived the attempt long enough to pass everything his knew onto a random English merchant captain named Parrish before he died]], but the ''Urca'' ended up being shipwrecked on the coast of Florida due to a storm exactly as Vasquez warned. Worse, the shipwreck resulted not just in the ''Urca'' gold being being stolen by pirates but ''fully ''a fully armed, square rigged Spanish Man-O-War'' as well, which was later used by those same pirates to level Charlestown. Piracy in the Bahamas was emboldened more then ever all because the Spanish authorities failed to heed Vasquez.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Apparently he did not take being mortally wounded by his own bosses lightly; he passed on everything he knew about the ''Urca''s course and schedule knowing damn well the chaos it would cause for them.
* IgnoredExpert: He urged his superiors to postpone the launch of the ''Urca'' due to fact that the Hurricane season was beginning and and that an Naval escort could not be arranged. His superiors were so adamant that the ''Urca'' launch ASAP that not only did they demand the ship launch anyway but tried to have Vasquez killed when he refused and threatened to take his concerns higher up the chain of command. The result? [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vasquez not only survived the attempt long enough to pass everything his knew onto a random English merchant captain named Parrish before he died]], but the ''Urca'' ended up being shipwrecked on the coast of Florida due to a storm exactly as Vasquez warned. Worse, the shipwreck resulted not just in the ''Urca'' gold being being stolen by pirates but ''fully armed, square rigged Spanish Man-O-War'' as well, which was later used by those same pirates to level Charlestown. Piracy in the Bahamas was emboldened more then ever all because the Spanish authorities failed to heed Vasquez.

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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Apparently he did not take being mortally wounded by his own bosses lightly; he passed on everything he knew about the ''Urca''s ''Urca'''s course and schedule knowing damn well the chaos it would cause for them.
* IgnoredExpert: He urged his superiors to postpone the launch of the ''Urca'' due to fact that the Hurricane season was beginning and and that an Naval escort could not be arranged. His superiors were so adamant that the ''Urca'' launch ASAP that not only did they demand the ship launch anyway but tried to have Vasquez killed when he refused and threatened to take his concerns higher up the chain of command. The result? [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vasquez not only survived the attempt long enough to pass everything his knew onto a random English merchant captain named Parrish before he died]], but the ''Urca'' ended up being shipwrecked on the coast of Florida due to a storm exactly as Vasquez warned. Worse, the shipwreck resulted not just in the ''Urca'' gold being being stolen by pirates but ''fully armed, square rigged Spanish Man-O-War'' as well, which was later used by those same pirates to level Charlestown. Piracy in the Bahamas was emboldened more then ever all because the Spanish authorities failed to heed Vasquez.



* ColonelBadass: [[spoiler: Personally leads the Spanish forces during the invasion of Nassau.]]
* TheHandler: Serves as one of these for Mrs. Hudson.



* TheSpymaster: Works for ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contrataci%C3%B3n Casa de Contratación]]''.

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* TheSpymaster: Works for ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contrataci%C3%B3n Casa de Contratación]]''.RapePillageAndBurn: Acknowledges this as a reality of war and that setting soldiers loose on a civilian populace cannot be undone once done.



The Spanish governor of Havana.

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The Spanish governor of Havana.Cuba.



* EnemyMine: Despite the animosity he feels for Rogers personally, he is forced to acknowledge the threat represented by the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil pirates]] and their [[SlaveLiberation maroon allies]] and act accordingly.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Offscreen, Raja and Gandal assured Rogers that the Spanish authorities have all but given up trying to secure the last of the ''Urca'' gold with the War of the Quadruple Alliance now having top priority.



* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: Holds a grudge against Rogers due to the fact that one of the men that he brutally tortured and murdered during his famous voyage happened to have been his brother, Simon, some years earlier.

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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: Holds a grudge against Rogers due to the fact that one of the men that he brutally tortured and murdered during his famous voyage happened to have been his brother, Simon, some years earlier.Simon.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler: When Rogers realises that he can count on no more support from the British Empire, he turns to the [[GodzillaThreshold Spanish naval forces in Cuba]] for support in his war against the pirates and the Spanish proceed to [[RapePillageAndBurn invade and brutally ravish New Providence Island.]] While a Spanish invasion of Nassau [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Nassau_(1720) did take place at this time]], Rogers certainly did ''not'' invite them and in fact led the defence of the island ''against'' them.]]


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[[folder:Juan Antonio Grandal]]
!!Juan Antonio Grandal
A Spanish Army officer and intelligence agent tasked with making sure the British deliver on their promise to secure the ''Urca'' gold and send it back to Spain.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Coerced Mrs. Hudson into spying for him by threatening her children.
* TheSpymaster: Works for ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contrataci%C3%B3n Casa de Contratación]]''.
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!!Governor Vicente de Raja
The Spanish governor of Havana.
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* LaResistance: Invoked by Raja when Rogers tries to convince him to aid in subduing Nassau. Raja brings up a valid concern that if he commits his forces, he could be sending them to conduct a long and arduous counter insurgency campaign that could take months or even years to complete. Rogers gains his support by assuring him that all he requires of his soldiers is that they leave Fort Nassau alone; [[KillEmAll everybody outside of it ]] [[RapePillageAndBurn is fair game.]]
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: Holds a grudge against Rogers due to the fact that one of the men that he brutally tortured and murdered during his famous voyage happened to have been his brother, Simon, some years earlier.
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* TheGhost: Both figuratively as he had no screen time at all and literally as he is dead.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Apparently he did not take being mortally wounded by his own bosses lightly; he passed on everything he knew about the ''Urca''s course and schedule knowing damn well the chaos it would cause for them.
* IgnoredExpert: He urged his superiors to postpone the launch of the ''Urca'' due to fact that the Hurricane season was beginning and and that an Naval escort could not be arranged. His superiors were so adamant that the ''Urca'' launch ASAP that not only did they demand the ship launch anyway but tried to have Vasquez killed when he refused and threatened to take his concerns higher up the chain of command. The result? [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vasquez not only survived the attempt long enough to pass everything his knew onto a random English merchant captain named Parrish before he died]], but the ''Urca'' ended up being shipwrecked on the coast of Florida due to a storm exactly as Vasquez warned. Worse, the shipwreck resulted not just in the ''Urca'' gold being being stolen by pirates but ''fully armed, square rigged Spanish Man-O-War'' as well, which was later used by those same pirates to level Charlestown. Piracy in the Bahamas was emboldened more then ever all because the Spanish authorities failed to heed Vasquez.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died before the events of the series.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Though he had no screen time and died before the series began, his actions are what set the series's plot in motion.
* TheSpymaster: Was one of the top colonial agents for ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Contrataci%C3%B3n Casa de Contratación]]''.
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->''"But with me, when the men see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eye, they know. They can see it in my eyes. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''

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->''"But with me, when the men see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eye, eyes, they know. They can see it in my eyes. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''
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->''"When they see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eye, they know. They can see it in my eyes. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''

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->''"When they ->''"But with me, when the men see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eye, they know. They can see it in my eyes. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''
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* WhamLine: His introductory monologue to Eleanor which ostensibly starts off as genuinely disarming but quickly switches to the above quote excerpt.

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* WhamLine: His introductory monologue to Eleanor in her tavern which ostensibly starts off as genuinely disarming sincere but quickly switches to the above quote excerpt.
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* WhamLine: His introductory monologue to Eleanor which ostensibly starts off as genuinely disarming but quickly switches to the above quote excerpt.
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* DecapitationPresentation: First with Vane emerging from ''The Fancy's'' cabin with his disembodied head following his crew's ambush on the ship and shortly afterwards with it being mounted on a spike on Nassau's beach as a warning.

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* DecapitationPresentation: First with Vane emerging from ''The Fancy's'' the ''Fancy's'' cabin with his disembodied head following his crew's ambush on the ship and shortly afterwards with it being mounted on a spike on Nassau's beach as a warning.
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* {{Diabolus ex Nihilo}}: A foreign pirate primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.

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* {{Diabolus ex Nihilo}}: A foreign pirate primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.storyline.
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* {{Diabolus ex Nihilo}}: He was primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.

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* {{Diabolus ex Nihilo}}: He was A foreign pirate primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.
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->''"When they see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''

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->''"When they see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father.father's eye, they know. They can see it in my eyes. There's no lie there. There's no secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''
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* {{DiabolusexNihilo}}: He was primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.

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* {{DiabolusexNihilo}}: {{Diabolus ex Nihilo}}: He was primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.
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* Diabolus exNihilo: He was primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.

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* Diabolus exNihilo: {{DiabolusexNihilo}}: He was primarily introduced to serve as a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.
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* DiabolusexNihilo: He has primarily introduced as an antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.

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* DiabolusexNihilo: Diabolus exNihilo: He has was primarily introduced to serve as an a brief antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.
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* DiabolusexNihilo: He has primarily introduced as an antagonistic plot device in Eleanor and Vane's story.
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* JustAGangster: Vane is the only leader among the main characters who doesn't want to "legitimize" Nassau, since he views 'legitimization' by its very nature as a surrender. Even when Flint and Eleanor present him with a plan that would give him money and freedom under the resumed rule of England, he would rather continue to live -- and die -- as a pirate.
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->''"When they see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father. There's no lie there. There's no remorse. I simply don't have it in me."''

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->''"When they see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune. When they see me cut out a man's tongue for lying. When they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father. There's no lie there. There's no remorse.secret remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."''



Max is a seductive, cunning, and cool-headed prostitute in the brothel on Nassau. In Eleanor Guthrie, she’s found a kindred spirit, a lover, maybe even a savior, but when her aspirations and Eleanor’s begin to conflict, their relationship, and Max’s well-being, take a dark turn for the worse…

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Max is a seductive, cunning, and cool-headed prostitute in the brothel on Nassau. In Eleanor Guthrie, she’s she’s found a kindred spirit, a lover, maybe even a savior, but when her aspirations and Eleanor’s begin to conflict, their relationship, and Max’s well-being, take a dark turn for the worse…
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** TheDragon: Serves as one to the Nassau coalition. He’s comparatively simple-minded and violent, but very dangerous when aimed in the right direction.

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** * TheDragon: Serves as one to the Nassau coalition. He’s comparatively simple-minded and violent, but very dangerous when aimed in the right direction.



** MrFanservice: Very handsome and muscular, with a deep voice and piercing gaze. He’s also the first man seen naked on the show, although that’s part of a FullFrontalAssault.

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** * MrFanservice: Very handsome and muscular, with a deep voice and piercing gaze. He’s also the first man seen naked on the show, although that’s part of a FullFrontalAssault.

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* ByronicHero: Shares many characteristics, though he predates the real Lord Byron by 150 years or so. Like many Byronic heroes, he comes from a wealthy background, is handsome, talented, skilled, and respected by his peers, but also struggles with deep inner conflict that leaves him perenially unhappy.



* FutureBadass: Not only will he become of the badass of ''Treasure Island'' fame, he will become the only pirate that ''Captain Flint'' fears.

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* FutureBadass: Not only will he become of {{Foil}}: To Flint. Both are loners from dark backgrounds who seek their dreams in the badass of ''Treasure Island'' fame, he will become the only pirate world, striving to protect their loved ones with relatively few real friends, but with Flint a mostly-honorable man and Silver a brazen and selfish opportunist. But over time their characters diverge, and Silver finds himself capable of deep and abiding honor and even true love that ''Captain Flint'' fears.makes him a better person, where Flint only becomes worse and lets his love drive him to do some terrible things.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Silver eventually develop this dynamic, having deep mutual understanding and relying on each other frequently for success.



* MoralityPet: Madi ends up being one for him, genuinely driving him to be a better person and changing his perspective on life.




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*AudienceSurrogate: Serves as one in the first season, as he's a skeptical newcomer to the ''Walrus'' who needs Captain Flint's plans and motivations explained to him.


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* TheBigGuy: Although not a lot of attention is called to it, he's bigger and more muscular than near everyone on the show, and trusted to be a capable battle leader and fighter in part because of it.


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* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Eventually ends up serving this role for the British in the last season, even having a climactic duel with Flint in the rigging of their ships.]]


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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: All his good qualities mean that he ultimately can't stick it out amongst the cutthroat and bloodthirsty pirates of Nassau.


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*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Eleanor’s attraction to him is in part this. He’s also self-admittedly trapped in this dynamic, as he sees her as the GirlNextDoor he’s got to prove himself to.


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*ChickMagnet: Is often seen with a prostitute on his arm, and job or not, they enjoy his company a little more than an average man’s.


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**TheDragon: Serves as one to the Nassau coalition. He’s comparatively simple-minded and violent, but very dangerous when aimed in the right direction.


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**MrFanservice: Very handsome and muscular, with a deep voice and piercing gaze. He’s also the first man seen naked on the show, although that’s part of a FullFrontalAssault.


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*ThePornomancer: Seen having the most sex out of all the characters.


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*TokenEvilTeammate: Spends the most time being antagonistic to Flint and his crew while not being an outright Navy opponent. But he can be counted on to close ranks in a few ways and serves an important role for the Nassau crew.


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*{{Foil}}: To John Silver. While both are conniving gangsters who live by their wits, Rackham’s relationship with Bonny always means he has to explain his plans to someone, and always has someone on his side. John, in contrast, is often alone or living off the goodwill he’s only just earned.


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* MoralityPet: Anne is one to him, as he usually tries to do what's best for her. He also serves as one in a way for Charles Vane, capable of reining in his worst instincts.
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* GutturalGrowler: Has a very low, scratchy voice.
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Morley is a veteran crewmember of the ''Walrus'', having sailed with Flint since before Billy joined up with them. Despite having sailed with Flint for so long, he heavily distrusts his own captain.

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Morley is a veteran crewmember of the ''Walrus'', having sailed been with Flint the crew since before Billy joined up with them. Despite having sailed with Flint for so long, he heavily distrusts his own captain.
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* DecapitationPresentation: First from Vane emerging from ''The Fancy's'' cabin with his disembodied head following his crew's ambush on the ship and shortly afterwards with it being mounted on a spike on Nassau's beach as a warning.

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* DecapitationPresentation: First from with Vane emerging from ''The Fancy's'' cabin with his disembodied head following his crew's ambush on the ship and shortly afterwards with it being mounted on a spike on Nassau's beach as a warning.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Vane emerged from ''The Fancy's'' cabin with his disembodied head following his crew's ambush on the ship and shortly afterwards had it mounted on a spike on Nassau's beach as a warning.

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