EITC Black Guard

"Avoid these blaggards unless you're ready for a nasty fight. These elite mercenaries are in the employ of the East India Trading Company, and they obey their own laws -- or rather, the laws deemed convenient by Lord Cutler Beckett, the ruthless guiding hand behind the EITC." - Pirates of the Caribbean Online Website

The Black Guard is Lord Beckett's private army.

Many are former soldiers, some just well-dressed and well-trained goons. They originally guarded East India Trading Company cargo and facilities, but Beckett now uses them to carry out his whims. These minions are his pawns in his plans to get rid of Pirates once and for all. Lately, even during movies, pirates have noticed that other pirates are secretly working for Beckett.

Ranks
The Black Guard have a variety of ranks, each more dangerous than the last.

Leaders (Game Masters)
These are the game's East India Trading Company role-played characters and are most famous for their pirate interrogations in 2009 - known as The Black Guard Cometh event - around the time of Port Royal's destruction and rebuilding. However, they still show up, even during Jolly Roger's Invasions (There was a particular face-off recently between Captain Walter and the EITC Black Guard's leader Captain Ellison Shaw).

To prevent disruptive players from causing problems at events, the Black Guard has the power to stun or Knock Out a troublesome pirate.

These members were portrayed by GM's.The other members of the Black Guard played by GM's are:
 * Captain Ellison Shaw - the leader of the Black Guard
 * Johnathan Reed
 * Lieutenant Addison Mayfield
 * Lieutenant Clayton Mead
 * Lieutanant Jamed Newcomb
 * Lieutenant Ridley Birch
 * Private Abbott Winslow
 * Private Fisher Norton
 * Private George Peabody
 * Private John Nickelby
 * Private Millard Wingate
 * Private Stuart Worthington
 * Private Thorpe Johnson
 * Wallace Beck
 * Winston Piper

Recently, they began to question pirates about their involvement in the sinking of Expedition Fleets, on the beaches of Tortuga.

Locations
The Black Guard are spread all throughout the Caribbean, sometimes even in secret or tucked away locations.


 * Port Royal - In Fort Charles and the Royal Caverns
 * Tortuga - In the Thieves' Den outpost.
 * Padres Del Fuego - Catacombs, Beckett's Quarry, and in El Sudoron
 * High Seas - Aboard EITC vessels.
 * Kingshead - Found in almost all of the areas there.

Bosses
These are some of the most dangerous foes you will encounter; beware these blaggards and show no quarter (mercy).


 * Carlos Cudgel - Thug
 * Zachariah Sharp - Grunt
 * Samuel - Grunt boss
 * Henry Flint - Hired Gun
 * Edward Lohand - Assassin
 * Phineas Fowl - Mercenary
 * Remington the Vicious - Assassin
 * Neban the Silent - Assassin