The 50 years war
It was the year 1577, when the vile Spanish autocracy declared an unjust war against the piratic confederation of New Providence. Little did they know, that their initial advances in the New World mainland would be answered by an unprecedented blockade of the Iberian peninsula.
Unable to defend its dependencies, the confederation took the war to the seas. The brave pirates fought tooth and nail to repel the invaders, demolishing fleet after fleet, capturing vessels and using them against the Spanish.
The war had reached a stalemate, since the, until an unexpected partnership was struck between New Providence, the malikate of Tafilalt, and the sultanate of Tunis. The North Africans would lend their ports to the pirates! Empowered by fresh supplies, the blockade of Spain started in 1608. Month after month, year after year, Spain's debt increased, reaching a staggering 13000 ducats by the end of the war, their populace being starved as commerce diminished.
Portugal, once the strict overlord of the Caribbean, thinking that the pirates were spread thin, decided to declare an ill-fated reconquest of the Bahamas. Instead of regaining their past holdings, they lost their last few settlements in the Leeward islands.
Emboldened by the loot fro the Portuguese war, the pirates rallied. An expeditionary force landed in the unsettled lands of Honduras, and after a series of hard fought battles, managed to regain control of the mainland. The Spanish morale quickly plummeted. The English colony of Mexico had wrestled control of Mexico from New Spain, leaving only the Spanish Crown Colony of Brazil to fight against the pirates. The Spanish Crown, facing increasing unrest at home, decided to accept the piratical peace offer, emptying their coffers in order to regain control of their commerce.
Charles Bellamy and his predecessors cemented their place in the history books as the admirals who defied the all-mighty Spanish Armada, guiding their nation through the longest war ever seen in the New World. The Spanish Conquest of Tullucan would last 50 years, and end with a triumphant victory of David against the mighty Iberian Goliath.