Pirates Of The North Sea ((new)) -

: The Victual Brothers were originally hired by the Dukes of Mecklenburg to provide "victuals" (food supplies) to Stockholm, which was under siege by Queen Margaret I of Denmark. Transition to Piracy

Unlike Caribbean pirates who hid in coves, the North Sea pirates relied on speed and surprise. They could appear from the mist, strike a coastal village or a fat merchant cog, and vanish before a local lord could muster a defense. pirates of the north sea

Their lead came from a captured monk’s journal, which mentioned "a black stone that hums beneath the Monastery of Saint Æbbe, on the tidal island of Lindisfarne." The very name made Skadi’s crew mutter wards. Lindisfarne was where the first Viking raid had soaked the sands in blood centuries ago. Sailors whispered that the ghosts of slain monks still walked the low tide, their hands clutching invisible crosses. : The Victual Brothers were originally hired by