Arrr... I belived the Priests of Manann understood good buisness!
We´re just traders, but the Priesthood have an oldfashioned view of trading that sadly restricts it, see....
And why do full pirates when you can have Privateers?
I mean, you priesthood ain´t got nothing on me! I got my letters of Marque! The Brethren of the Seawolf are the true protectors of the fat merchants of Marienburg, the Empirer, Bretonnia and more. Stout men of Nordland and northern Bretonnia, born on the deck of boats and ships, or born inland but with a heart that cried out and showed them their true calling! Aye!
Sharpeyed and steadyhanded men, "lowborns" of bretonnia that have a finer swordplay than many a foopish knight, hawkeyed Nordlanders that will blast the cap of a Hochlander on hundred paces!
And then they claim that we sometimes inspect ships that we have no right to inspect! What do they know of this? We seek out and destroy the pirates and the chaotics in all their guises, and if we then commander their cargo and sell it for a profit, to get a little compensation for our expenses, what is wrong with that? We pay the fees and the dues to Manann as any honest sailor do, so we would expect some gratitude from his priesthood.