Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Hello there.
I have looked at the story of the bard and pirate Maimun, but I can't figure how it ended. If you have not read the Stone of Tymora trilogy and the Pirate King book, be aware that there will be spoilers. I have not read them myself, but I am currently making a D&D character who will be bound to Maimun (as a descendant) and I don't have the time to read the 4 books. So I have only read articles from https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki
Here is what I gathered. Maimun worked as a sailor on Deudermont's ship, the Sea Sprite. At a point in the trilogy the Stone of Tymora, he leaves Deudermont with Joen (his girlfriend). At the end, the two stones of Tymora and Beshaba are destroyed; and Joen goes missing in the sea, probably drown. We know that some time after, Murmin is captured by a pirate who reveals that the stone are still intact and active and that Joen is waiting for him. She has become the Queen of the Pirates. And that's how ends the trilogy. I'm guessing that Maimun joined Joen, because he is supposed to be a pirate for a big part of his life.
So now, in the book the Pirate King. If I am not mistaken, Deudermont is sent in Luskan to protect the city from pirates. At the end of the book, he dies from the hand of Kensidan, a high Captain of the city. Maimun was here as a pirate and tried to save his former friend, Deudermont. That's the only things I could gather. I could not find any information about this "pirate king".
I know I should read the books, but I unfortunately can't do that for now. But as I have a few questions about this story and can't find any answers on the internet, I am turning to you. Maybe one of you has them or a part of them.
If you have any answers or any advice that could help me find them, I would be thankful :)
First of all, Deudermont attacks the Hosttower of Luskan to stop Arklem Greeth, a lich that is member of The Arcane Brotherhood and leads the Hosttower. The reason is that he is secretly funding and controlling a lot of the pirates that Deudermont is hunting, which results in the pirate threat remaining no matter how hard Deudermont tries. He could be considered a kind of "Pirate King" before Deudermont takes him down.
Here's are my answers to your questions.
1. Maimun has become a simple pirate captain. The book even has the word pirate in quotes. "Though Maimun, too, was considered a "pirate" of sorts, he was nothing akin to the wretched Retch". He commands a single ship, called Thrice Lucky. It is also said that Thrice Lucky had not outstanding crimes or warrants against her. The "Pirate King" does not refer to him. He is simply a side character in the book. The main characters are Deudermont, Kensidan, Arklem Greeth and Drizzt. There is no actual Pirate King. As I mentioned above, Arklem Greeth is kinda the "Pirate King" but not really. After Arklem Greeth is defeated, Kensidan claims to be the"Pirate King" although he does not directly control any pirate fleets. He probably means that he is the Pirate King because Luskan will become a free port and any pirates that want to use the city as a port will have to submit to his will.
2. Joen is nowhere to be found. Probably because the last book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy was written after the Pirate King. And the twist is honestly a bit silly, because it implies that after Jaide hit Joen and threw her overboard, Maimun didn't even bother checking if she was alive, or retrieving her body. He just let her float unconscious in the river until she woke up, and I guess by that time he had already left and moved on with his life. He had a lot of gold, the least he could do was mount a search for the love of his life.
Also, Maimun is sleeping with Arabeth in the Pirate King, so I guess he and Joen broke up or have an open relationship.
3. The stones are bound to their owners until they die, and I guess that now they can never be destroyed, since the ritual failed and the Sentinels are dead. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, since they are supposed to be immortal apart from ageless. (The book does say "so long as they held to their duties" but I don't understand why they don't just drop dead as soon as they stop following the will of their goddesses, like Asbeel has)
4. There are almost no pirates in the Pirate King book. If you imagine a Pirate King fleet, there is none.