Black-Eye Benbem

Black-Eye Benbem

(Person)

Gender

Male

Homeland

Shackles

Died

4709 AR

Source: Isles of the Shackles, pg(s). 27

Black-Eye Benbem was a pirate in the Shackles, captain of the infamous sloop-of-war Screaming Reaver. Benbem was notorious for capturing merchant ships, pilfering the cargo, and leaving the crew bound on the captured vessel, which was set adrift after a fire was lit in its hold. It is said that Benbem enjoyed the shrieks of burning victims drifting across the water. A few years ago, in 4709 AR, Benbem's first mate, known simply as Coal-Dark, grew weary of the waste, slit her captain's throat and took over the Screaming Reaver.

Home port of the Screaming Reaver has been Fort Benbem on the Pangalley Atoll since the ship was banned from using even Shark Island ports. Black-Eye Benbem had it built using slaves that he drowned soon after its completion. Fort Benbem consists of no more than a dozen wooden buildings surrounded by a log palisade, and is hidden by thick palm trees.