Adventurers who had long roamed beyond civilization, regardless of their original Sequence or Extraordinary Profession, all possessed an inherent lawlessness, a trait embedded deep in their bones that clashed with the civilized world.
After all, in the wilderness, on the high seas, in ruins—in all places Human civilization could not reach—established social norms no longer applied.
Losing one's Human Nature means losing much; losing one's Beastliness means losing everything.
Everything naturally reverted to the simplest, most direct law of the jungle.
—The one with the bigger fist and the greater cunning controlled the right to speak within the team.
The best frontline Adventurers, in particular, believed this implicitly.
Thus, when the new acting Governor Byron, accompanied by a few of his pirate officers, arrived at the naval harbor with all due etiquette to welcome the incoming *Raven*, he found himself on the receiving end of an intimidating display.
