Gentleman Mallard

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Gentleman Mallard is a famed privateer, first heard of when attempting to buy his rapier from Smith.

History

Mallard was born to a wealthy merchant family famous for shipping goods across the sea.[1] As Mallard aged, though, his family gained powerful enemies that sought to end his monopoly. These enemies infiltrated his family's organisation, sinking their ships one by one and buying out or secretly killing any business partners they had. Mallard's family was amongst those victims, and without them the company crumbled and fell.[2]

Now broke, alone, and filled with a lust for revenge, Mallard took to the seas, leading his one remaining ship as a privateer captain.[3]

Mallard's crew and power grew as he hunted down and eliminated his traitors. Despite his thirst for revenge, Mallard earned a reputation for his generosity and kindness, fighting only those that had betrayed him and those cruel pirates who wandered the sea. Mallard was known for being fair with his crew and generous with his loot, paying his men well.[4]

Mallard would gain legendary status when he donated a massive sum of money to Mos Le'Harmless, which had begun to suffer a widespread disease that threatened to wipe out human life in the island entirely. This money was used to buy enough medicine to cure the island's entire populace.[5]

Much timer after, Mallard's ship was beset by a massive sea monster. Despite his best efforts, Mallard was unable to protect his ship.[6] Mallard was last seen by his crew as he was dragged into the sea by the creature's tentacles, stabbing at them madly with his rapier.[7] A week later, a massive tentacle was found washed up on the shore of Mos Le'Harmless, a rapier found embedded in it up to its hilt. It was taken ceremoniously by a pirate named Smith, who has since cared for it and told of his tale.[8]

References

  1. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "His family had been rich, shipping all sorts of goods up and down the coast."
  2. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "Then their rivals got together and had their ships sunk, one after the other, and his business partners were all either bought off or had...accidents."
  3. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "With no money and only one ship left, he took to the life of a pirate, but no brigand was he."
  4. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "He took only from those men that had brought about his downfall, was fair with his men, and generous with his loot."
  5. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "Why, this island would have been wiped out by the shakes if he hadn't turned over his stash to buy medicine."
  6. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "One day his ship was attacked by a huge sea creature that swept the decks of men with its tentacles."
  7. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "The crew took to the lifeboats, and the last they saw of him the gentleman was stabbin' at the thing as it hauled the ship under the water."
  8. ^ Smith. Old School RuneScape. "A week later about ten foot of tentacle washed up on the beach, with his rapier embedded in it to the hilt. I took it, cleaned it up, and I've been lookin' after it ever since."
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