Black Pirate is an ethnic group. They are called that because of their traditional clothing, and because, well, they are pirates. Or at leas

Black Pirates

Black Pirate is an ethnic group. They are called that because of their traditional clothing, and because, well, they are pirates. Or at least that’s what people think of them. That reputation of theirs was largely shaped by their arch enemies, the Ji-ats. The Ji-ats attempted to colonize them during the unification and expansion of the Jiko Kingdom. Jiko is known for its many bodies of water. So maritime trade was a significant aspect of their economy. But of course, wherever there’s maritime trade, there’s pirates. They were a big problem in Jiko. Raiding ships and whatnot. In the main Jiko language, the word for pirate actually directly translates to ‘barbarian/uncivilized sailors.’ So when Jiko travelers discovered a small, remote ethic group that mainly lived on large ships and sea shores on the edges of the kingdom, wore black clothing, and resisted rule or assimilation into the then expanding Jiko kingdom, the Ji-ats awarded them the nickname of ‘evil, barbarian sailors’, AKA Black Pirates. (Ji-ats use the same word to describe black and evil. Mistranslations into other languages caused it to be misinterpreted as ’black.’)

Black Pirates

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