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The François Arnaud's Letter is a lore letter addressed to Edward Teach (Blackbeard), confirming that crates of powder have already reached Hands' Foothills camp and enclosing a map of the most likely route of the vessel carrying the artifact. The author signs as François Arnaud.

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Monsieur Teach,

The crates of powder should already have reached Monsieur Hands' camp in the Foothills. I am enclosing with this letter a map indicating the most likely route of the vessel carrying the artifact.

I ask that you make every effort to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. After all, this is not a warship. The crew is unlikely to offer much resistance in any case.

I have fulfilled the terms of our agreement. The next move is yours.

François Arnaud

Lore Significance

The letter exposes François Arnaud as the informant who tipped off Blackbeard about the shipment of the artifact. Arnaud writes as a go-between who has already delivered powder to Israel Hands' camp in the Foothills, then hands Teach the vessel's route and asks him to spill as little blood as possible, noting the target is not a warship. It is one of several documents that map the web of deals around the contested artifact, and it pairs directly with the Map Fragment with Coordinates that the route map references.

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See Also

• Thomas Richards' Journal

• Michael Hardy's Letter

• Map Fragment with Coordinates

• Edward Teach: the letter's recipient, also known as Blackbeard

• Israel Hands: holder of the artifact named in the letter

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