Rum City

The City of Pirates
Rum City is the capital of all piracy. Although not necessarily by the sea, Rum City serves as the Pirate Capital for one very good reason…it is located by a cavern of rum. Yes, some say it was the will of God that put a giant deposit of Rum into the Earth, others, however, say that it was merely the discovery of some other Pirate’s achievement. Nevertheless, the Pirates could not deny settling their base of operations by a cavern of Rum.

Not much investigation has gone into how much rum the cavern actually holds, but it can safely be stated that there’s probably enough to last the Pirates thousands of years. Although it may seem that this large sack of rum may be nothing more than an obstacle towards the pirates’ goal, the truth is rum does nothing but help the pirates towards their goal. Rum is to pirates what spinach was to Popeye; rum releases a pirate’s full potential. As long as rum is available a pirate can never go down. To pirates, rum is a more efficient and reliable source of energy than blood itself.

Furthermore, the presence of rum has proved to be a big motivator as well. Wanting to protect their caverns of rum the Pirates have splurged a vast majority of their resources into upping Rum City’s defenses. Thousands of cannons, swords, trebuchets, skilled warriors, and swivel guns make Rum City more of a fortress rather than a city. In addition, if the guns wouldn’t kill invaders, then the scent definitely would. Serving as a network for drunken pirates for ages, Rum City is covered in the horrific scent of dirty, rambunctious, drunken pirates. The scent is so strong, that even the smelliest pirates must close their nose. Of course, to the Pirates this scent means nothing, for they are well aware of the rules “who smelt it dealt it”. With an atrocious scent and powerful defenses, the chances of Rum City’s rum being conquered are virtually nil. Realizing this, many Pirates figured they might as well ought to reside in Rum City and protect themselves as well.