A hush has fallen over Keir Port—not the cozy kind that means good business, but the tight-lipped kind that means someone powerful is terrified. A notorious pirate crew has a wealthy local figure on a hook, demanding a steep ransom… and they’re not threatening coin—they’re threatening whatever (or whoever) they’ve taken to make him pay. You’ve been hired to retrieve the leverage quietly and safely before the pirates make an example of it, the victim vanishes into the wake, or the port’s rumors catch fire and turn this into a public scandal. Track the pirates through back-alley informants, crooked dockhands, and storm-slick piers, then choose your approach: bargain, bluff, infiltrate, or hit hard—because once you find what the pirates are holding, getting it back is only half the job.