<div align="center"><sup><strong><span class="bbc_u">Chapter 1 -  Rivals</span></strong></sup></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">'The Gilded Lady'</span></span><br/>(http://massaget.kz/userdata/uploads/u49487/1435562327_l.JPG)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Gilded Lady layout</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://ist3-1.filesor.com/pimpandhost.com/5/3/2/5/53250/3/M/5/T/3M5To/the_guilded_lady-layout.jpg)</div></div><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Map of the Shackles</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://paizo.com/image/content/PathfinderCampaignSetting/PZO9244-Supplement.jpg)</div></div><br/><br/><br/>The red silk sails billow out with catching the wind   As the Gilded Lady in the past few hours has left Port Peril.   The captain had been called by the pirate council and had been summoned by the hurricane king pirate captain  Kerdak Bonefist.    So far the captain has said nothing.   Only that they're course is to be set for free port of Ilizmagort.   For what reason they would go to a city that is a stronghold and base for the assassins known as the Red Mantis is unknown.<br/><br/>The vibrant red hair of Red Beard whips with the breeze of from the wind.   As she remains on the wheel.   Before the ship and crew departed on their current job.    Angelo has been named the quartermaster of the ship.    With the amount of work he has put in for upgrading the ship,  it seem a natural  selection for the captain.<br/><br/>Now the surprise is Red Beard has chosen Umika to be first mate.   Was this a shrewd pick by the captain consider that there are rivals that could usurp her being captain.    Time and plots that reveal in due process will reveal perhaps why such a choice was made by  Red Beard.<br/><br/>