ExposistionNarrator: It was a thunderous and bewildering night in the gloomy town of Amsterdam. The local pirates had come to town to collect their “rightful” dues. When one villager could not pay with gold, the only proper substitute was blood. All seemed lost for the bleak and opressed city. However, in the small shack of a carpenter, a glimpse of hope was born. Unbeknownst to everyone, this small boy would soon become the greatest brigand the world had ever seen. His name was Chuck Leroy.

Main Character: Chuck Leroy

POV: third person

Exposistion

Narrator: Chuck Leroy lead a relatively normal life, for a pirate child who’s mother died at birth and who’s father was never present. After turning 10 years old, his foster parents told him what happened to his mother.

Chuck: “I swear revenge! Yargh!”

Rising ActionNarrator: Chuck Leroy dedicated

his life to training to be a pirate. He trained vigorously for 11 years, until the age of 21. With an invigorating glare in his eyes, he was finally ready for revenge. One fateful morning, Chuck Leroy stowed away on a pirate ship docked at the town harbor. This decision changed his life forever. The crew was so large that no one noticed the new soul, and he blended in flawlessly. The ship was to be his home for the next 3 years.

Rising Action

Narrator: Young Chuck has little luck making allies on the new vessel. However, there is one man with a lush black mustache who seems to be reluctantly friendly to Chuck.

Chuck: “Why are you always following me?”

Mysterious man: “Chuck, I’m your father, Shamus.”

Narrator: The very foundation of Chuck’s mental existence was shaken like a hurricane. The man he presumed to be diseased was standing right before him.

Rising Action

Narrator: The tyrannical rule of the ship’s captain grew ever present. The time for action was near. A storm brewing nearby, Chuck and his father Shamus decide it is time to take action.

Climax

Narrator: Passed out on his desk, the captain lay drunk in his quarters. The time for action was now. The father and son broke into his room, swords drawn. Chuck approached the unconscious captain with a stealthy demeanor. He placed the cutlass inches from the man’s throbbing throat. Moving the sword closer and closer to the captain’s body, he abruptly stumbled over a whiskey bottle; crashing into a nearby bookcase. Suddenly alarmed, the captain leaped from his chair.

Captain: “What in tarnations is going on?”

Climax

Narrator: Without missing a beat, Shamus gagged the impaired pirate and through him to the dusty floor. Chuck drew his sword back, and thrusted it into the man’s stomach. The ship was theirs.

Falling Action

Narrator: The crew was quite easily subdued into following the new regime of Chuck and Shamus. Upon receiving authority, Shamus announced their new directive:

Shamus: “From now on, we shall spend our days fighting those who we formally represented; those who waste their lives in the pursuit of greed and violence.”

Resolution

Narrator: This virtuous directive was well enforced and long lived. For the rest of their lives, the vessel saved those who were weak from oppression. However, it came at a cost. They lived a life of relative solitude, albeit the company of the crew. The life of poverty which they chose was not the most fortuitous, but it was the most meaningful.

Theme: Nothing is more important than family.