William Vincent

William Vincent is one of the main protagonists in the story Black Seas. He is a young pirate captain of very little notoriety, and he aspires to become noticed by the mysterious and powerful Council of Crows.

Early years
William was born on 6 January 1679 aboard an unknown ship leaving the London harbour for Port Royal. At an unknown date, he left for Tortuga as a stowaway on a merchant ship. He first met Elise Flintlock at the age of 13. The two became very close with each other as they both pursued a life of piracy together. William gained captainship of The Crimson Rose around 1696. William met Richard Gibson in 1698 at the age of 19, shortly after Richard abandoned his Spanish privateering crew. William and Richard, who was promoted to first mate, gathered a crew in 1699 and searched for the Lost Pieces of San Prospero’s map until 1701.

Bermuda
In the latter months of 1713, William’s interest in San Prospero’s lost treasure was sparked once more when a lead was given to him about a map piece somewhere in Bermuda. An unknown series of events transpired leading up to the fallout at Bermuda in March 1714, with the topic generally avoided when brought up in conversation. The fallout resulted in the capture and arrest of Bill Richardson in by Scarlett Amelia and the Navy respectively, as well as most of the crew going separate ways. William failed to find the Lost Piece and fled to Cuba where he lived for almost a year until early 1715.

Rebuilding a crew
In October 1714, the East India Trading Company discovered one of the Lost Pieces. William left Cuba in December that year with a new crew, with the intention of getting back some of his most trusted crew members. At some point, before he arrived at Port Royal in January 1715, William convinced Commodore Ann Cutler to assist him in his quest in exchange for a cut of the treasure.

On 10 January 1715, William arrived at Port Royal to pick up Gibson and Elise. He managed to convince tailor Roux Pierre to rejoin his crew as well. Ann had to stay at Port Royal, forcing William to head to Tortuga without her knowledge of important British Navy fleets and schedules. On the same day, Samuel Clérisseau arrived at Port Royal to discuss agreements between his trading company and the EITC.

William arrived at Tortuga on 12 January to search for Bill, who had escaped prison some months before. After a tense exchange, William was joined once again by Bill. Later that day Gibson told William where he hid the Lost Piece he'd discovered over two decades before.