The sea of Arath that lies to the north of the continent can be said as the domain of the pirates. There lies a group of islands in the sea Arath. These islands are occupied by the pirates. These pirates fear no kingdom. They exist outside the rule of the three kingdoms. You can say it as the land of outlaws. After a day of travel Henry has reached the port city. It was like a fortress. There were walls around the city which were half broken, like those in a war ravaged city. As he entered the street that was filled with shops of different fruits from different regions, A man who looked like a pirate slipped his hands into the bag that he was carrying. Henry who felt the hand on his bag made a loud shout. The thief pulled out a dagger from henry's bag. Then he turned to run away. He jumped over the cart of straw and pulled down a stall of fruits. He made a huge mess as he ran away from Henry. Henry followed him close dodging all the things that were thrown at him by the thief. The thief was fast with his quick foot steps. As Henry was chasing him none decided to help him. The path was crooked and was full of people, which slowed Henry by dozens. Then the thief made the worst decision. He jumped into a road that had no obstacles. Thus Henry rushed towards him and pinned him down. Then he tied his hands and dragged him towards the guards who were patrolling that area. As he handed the thief over he saw a smirk on the thief's face. the guards and the thief left the area. Then Henry looked around for information on the thing that he had been searching for, The metal called Melarium. All those he asked pointed towards the biggest building in the city, The auction house. Though this land is controlled by pirates, many noble men and merchant associations from the three kingdom come here. The main reason being the auction house that runs only in this region. It is run under the cooperation between the pirates and one of the Merchant association. It houses many rare and unknown treasures. Entry into the auction is strickly limited to only those with invitations. But still there are a lot of invitaions that are sold in black. And at the correct moment Henry is approached by the one who sells those. Henry also spent some of his reward and bought one. Now he successfully entered the auction house. As he looked at the things that were to be displayed today, there it was "Box of melarium". So, he entered into the place of bidding. He sat on seat not too far or too close. Many items were put on the stage, some included blueprints from various blacksmiths or the scales from the dragons or a torn book of a sailor. most of those that were displayed were sold at a high price. Then came the item that Henry has been waiting for so eagerly. The host brought over a box. The box was covered with a sheet of cloth. The sheet was not removed, only he took a small part of melarium from the box and began to start the bidding. Many began to bid. Henry too came forward with his offers. He fought hard and continued with his bidding. Many seemed to want to have this but, they soon began to withdraw as the price was growing more than what they wanted it to be. And thus Henry won the bidding. After he made the deal and handed over the money, his money bag was almost empty. He brushed it off saying it should be worth it. But, unfortunately it was not. The box contained less than what he needed, also most of them were not refined. So, Henry yet made another deal which resulted in loss. As he was feeling sad, he went to a tavern and decided to get some sleep to forget this misfortune. As he entered the tavern there was a large crowd over a table at the far left of the counter. He didn't make much of this and sat down at a table. He then ordered some food. While he began to eat, he overheard the pirates mentioning about the crowd. It seemed like, the largest pirate crew, the fire pirates has decided to take in another batch of pirates to join in under their flag. And that their treasury contained melarium in a large quantity. On hearing this Henry headed towards the table of the pirates and listed himself to join the pirates.
