Thank you Tim! I'm very grateful for the healing, and the extra crew rep! Nice pictures too - I like how you caught the black stuff coming out of my sword like that.
The story is below, and pictures are lower.
I was planning to wait until the weekend to gather an army for the boss battle, but when 4 level 50s came online in a short space of time, plus a level 40, I felt that I couldn't wait any longer. So I invited them all to TP, and soon everyone online came to help. Plus my friend who seems to turn up to everything. So we had Jason, Alice Darkbane, Chloe Swordking, Elizabeth, Thunder and Tim Rigmenace all coming to beat the stuffing out of El Patron. Soon everyone except myself was on deck. Charge!!!
Fighting El Patron was fun - it's a shame it got so laggy! I had wanted to remember this moment, so I press F9 and BAM.
Pirates Online has stopped working
Ah well. I teleported back and opened the chest. 3 famed blades in one chest - a sight your pirate can only see once. After some debating over the Spinecrest Sword or the Nautilus Blade, I ended up choosing the Nautilus Blade, resulting in a cry of 'noooooooooo' from the opposing side. :P Everyone was glad for me nonetheless, and we had a dance of joy on the deck.
Tim covered the half-hour or so of levelling I did to use the Nautilus Blade. Elizabeth and Thunder seemed to get along pretty well in the mines though - it was fun to read their hilarious messages. :P
Thank you everyone who helped me with the boss battle - now I owe you all a big favour.
Spoiler for El Patron Boss Battle:
Three famed weapons in one skull chest... but I was only able to take one! I should have been able to take them all!
I took the Nautilus Blade and, well, an expression of extreme happiness took over Miss Mayhem's face. Just look at her!
I finally get the message I've been waiting for all this time... time to obsessively loot Tormenta and Raven's Cove!
And finally, our epic dance. Who was the last one standing (well, dancing)? I can tell you that it was Alice Darkbane. /clap
(my game doesn't have graphics that bad - I need to find out what my computer is doing to the colours...)