I'm working on a little sidequest which I hope people will find amusing. It's based very loosely on a swindle perpetrated in Germany at the turn of the 20th century, and which will require a good deal of artistic licence. (Holland already plays the role of Brandenburg for the purpose of getting a couple of ships into the game. It will do so again for this little story.)
You'll start by meeting a man named Willem Voigt in Philipsburg tavern. (Replace "Willem" with the German "Wilhelm" and look him up on Wikipedia, and you'll find the original story...) He has a cunning plan to rob a governor.
But Voigt is already under suspicion. He's also not especially brave, though he is good-natured and doesn't want to upset anyone unnecessarily.
This short quest is merely intended to give you the idea of the scam. With Voigt out of the way, it's up to you to do the job yourself.
The Kapitein of Kralendijk is coming...
You'll start by meeting a man named Willem Voigt in Philipsburg tavern. (Replace "Willem" with the German "Wilhelm" and look him up on Wikipedia, and you'll find the original story...) He has a cunning plan to rob a governor.
He wants to dress up as a soldier, march into the townhall, pretend to arrest the governor for fraud, confiscate the cashbox as evidence, and get out of there before anyone realises what's happened.
But Voigt is already under suspicion. He's also not especially brave, though he is good-natured and doesn't want to upset anyone unnecessarily.
When you try to leave Philipsburg, a guard arrests him and wants to arrest you as an accomplice. When you claim you know nothing of Voigt's schemes and merely accepted a fare from him to take him to Port Royale, he backs you up. Or, if you try to go down the tunnel to Marigot, Voigt simply refuses to follow you.
This short quest is merely intended to give you the idea of the scam. With Voigt out of the way, it's up to you to do the job yourself.
The real Wilhelm Voigt got his uniform by buying bits of it from various fleamarkets. You'll do it by finding a soldier in any Dutch tavern, getting him drunk, and stealing his uniform. But that's just a common soldier's uniform, whereas you need the uniform of an army kapitein. The tailor will do that, if you have proof that you're entitled to wear a captain's uniform. You can get that from Yedam Kinne, the forger in Bridgetown, provided you haven't already killed him - if you have, I'll have to make alternative arrangements.
Then you'll commandeer a couple of real soldiers to assist you. You go into Kralendijk townhall, arrest the governor, grab the loot, and get out of town.
If you ever return to Kralendijk, you'll be arrested and imprisoned. And then pardoned. The king has read about the whole thing and was highly amused. The real Wilhelm Voigt was also caught, imprisoned, and pardoned by the Kaiser.
Then you'll commandeer a couple of real soldiers to assist you. You go into Kralendijk townhall, arrest the governor, grab the loot, and get out of town.
If you ever return to Kralendijk, you'll be arrested and imprisoned. And then pardoned. The king has read about the whole thing and was highly amused. The real Wilhelm Voigt was also caught, imprisoned, and pardoned by the Kaiser.
The Kapitein of Kralendijk is coming...