Heroism is all well and good, but I wouldn't expect it of everyone.

What did you do, then, if not make raids? We have only raiders and slave-runners as far as pirates go in my own world. Some were driven into it, I'm sure, as thieves and bandits become so with no food to feed their families. Once they are in the trade, though, all of them bring harm upon others.

Safety is rare enough in any. Raiders killed my mother.