I'm curious as to what everyone thinks is so dangerous about Bilgewater, I mean it is by no means a safe place to live but it should be fairly manageable if you're smart right? Am I just wrong as my friend screams at me every time I say lore wise Bilgewater is pretty safe to live in.
TheMan2923 voteswell your friend isnt wrong. Bilgewater is filled to the brim with criminals who will gladly slice you to pieces, is subject to the Harrowing annually (could be wrong on that), home to MANY sea monsters, and the only upside is getting rich quick if lucky. and that last part does not even matter due to just becoming another target for people to kill for your money. Ph and if you have a dumb captain who does not pay the tithes, well good luck, you will likely die.
basically, you have to be tough and at the top of your game constantly. Gangplank lived his life paranoid (but luckily not consumed by it) as the boss of all Bilgewater. the only place (obviously not including places like void or shadow isles) I would say is just as if not more dangerous is Zaun
EDIT: oh yeah, also watch out for the Blood Harbor Ripper.
unFOURJhinet1 votesPyke only targets people involved with the slaughter docks. the shadow isles just get to Illaoi. and as for criminals, be smart, and what the heck are tithes?
4 Step Cadence1 votesPyke, if I'm not mistaken, kills anyone he thinks is a captain. If you're on the list, you die.
The Harrowing can strike anywhere in Runeterra, but it strikes Bilgewater the most. It doesn't just target Illaoi. It blankets the entire area and everyone in it is at risk.
The tithes are, if I'm not mistaken, small payments made to the ocean(just tossing a few coins overboard) to show respect to the Bearded Lady and the like. Don't offer a coin, your ship goes under.
unFOURJhinet1 votesI know Pyke's lore, it's anyone involved with the slaughter docks. and I mean get to Illaoi you're safe, right?
TheMan2921 votesI know Pyke's lore, it's anyone involved with the slaughter docks. and I mean get to Illaoi you're safe, right?
no, Pyke kills ANYONE who "looks familiar". he is a broken mind subjected manipulation by a psychic fish. a hitman, if you will. the blood harbor is just his regular spot or where the killing first started.
it's not so simple as "get to illaio." she does not exactly advertise her temple and I doubt she would do that ritual if the mist didnt arrive at her place. even if she did, you would likely never get their in time, especially with everyone else wanting in.
also 4 step, you were right on the money
unFOURJhinet1 votesOk then i guess i was wrong. Thx for the clarification
unFOURJhinet1 votesSo what happens if you don't pay your tithe?
TheMan2921 votesSo what happens if you don't pay your tithe?
what 4 step said, your ship will be taken down, specifically by Nautilus himself
unFOURJhinet1 votesWoulda figured it'd be Fizz. Good to know
TheMan2921 votesWoulda figured it'd be Fizz. Good to know
Fizz may play a prank on you. a prank that could get your whole ship sunk (he takes a coin that was supposed to take the tithe, getting the ship sunk because of it)
unFOURJhinet1 votes... I think he's the biggest threat lol. to captains at least
AbiwonKenabi1 votesRegardless of the crime (of which there is a lot) or the pirate power struggle (Gangplank was pretty brutal when in charge, but with him gone there's lots of brutal fighting instead), none of that even matters when you consider how close Bilgewater is to the Shadow Isles. Bilgewater could be an idyllic land of order and justice, but that doesn't matter when ghosts are breathing down your neck and the Harrowing happens with some regularity. No matter how prepared they are, I still feel like this makes Bilge one of the most unsafe places in Runeterra that we know of. Other than the Shadow Isles themselves I guess, and maybe somewhere the Void is really concentrated, like Icathia.