Arrgh! My Adventures With The Baltic Pirates

Prologue(The Early Days)
The Baltic Pirates are some of humanities most vicious creatures. They have a mixed background of Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Finnish descent. Terrorizing all boats and coastal villages that is not of their heritage, they have grown even more brutal and more audacious with the dying out of pirating. They still though insist on not attacking those who share their ansesctry. The Baltic Pirates have been operating since the days of the Napoleonic Wars. As Napoleon ate up the European Mainland the British began blockading Baltic Ports to stop Napoleons supply line. Without the ability to trade, the many living in the Baltic States became angry. They were outraged with both the British blockade and the Napoleonic takeover. Dozens of homegrown pirate movements started in the different states, but none were powerful enough to do any damage to either of their foes. With no success the pirate movement began to fade out until Kalislaw Snatkozkev put forth the idea of a unifying the pirates into one powerful fleet. With this the Baltic Pirates were born and began a reign of terror against British ships that ransacked thousands of Royal Navy ships. The Baltic Pirates restored the flow of trade through the sea and became folk heroes in their home states. Songs were written about them, for example-
Ode To Kalislaw Snatkozkev
O!ulah, O!ulah
O!gourkey, O!gourkey
O!siegfried, O!Siegfried
O!Corkey, O!Corkey
The men were loved by their people and had become household names. But as Napoleon and his army went back home to France and the British Navy returned to their insignificant island, the Baltic Pirates no longer had a purpose. They seemed destined to fall apart like the Populist Movement in American History. Snatkozkev became depressed. He tried multiple times to end his life which had meant so much to the people of his homeland, but he couldn't. The pirates were going on raids like they had done before, but they were meaningless. Targeting the Lithuanians was just not as interesting as the British Royal Navy, they needed a challenge. So in 1812, Snatkozkev made the decision to face their former foes, the British Royal Navy. Upon arriving in British seas, they found no one there. It was completely deserted. It was like the navy didn't exist. They sailed ashore and went to the naval offices and asked where they could be. They were told that the Navy was in America fighting the War of 1812 and that they could come back at another time if they wanted to go into combat. Snatkozkev was not going to take this for an answer, so he shot the secretary and left for America, specifically Lake Eerie where he felt the Royal Navy would be. The transatlantic journey was a long one and a few died on it due to an outbreak of mad cows disease on the boat. On Septemeber 10, 1813 the fleet showed up in Lake Eerie and found themselves amid fighting. They quickly began to attack British ships. As the day wore on, an American ship(the USS Lawrence) was decimated by British fire. Perry grabbed onto the some of the remains of the ship and managed to stay afloat for a few hours. At about 5 O'Clock PM, Snatkozkev saw the stranded Perry laying on a piece of wood calling for help. Snatkozkev picked him up and took him aboard. The two began a joint command similar to the Arthur-Nimitz campaign in the Pacific. Together they were able to push the Royal Navy out of the Lake. For the next five months, the Baltic Pirates continued to fight the Royal Navy in American Seas with the American Navy. When it came time to leave though, Snatkozkev knew he couldn't. During his time in America, he had fallen deeply in love with Hazard Perry and couldn't leave him. After so many years of searching for meaning in life, he finally found it with Hazard Perry. He stepped down from the position of Chief Pirate and handed it down to a young Latvian man named Bendiks Bregita. And, as Snatkozkev held Hazard Perry in his arms on the porch of their Martha's Vineyard Colonial, the Baltic Pirates sailed into the night more energized than ever before.

Tune in Next Week for "Prologue Part II:(German Nationalism and the First World War)"