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The Marcel Boucher's Diary is the opening lore drop of a three-part Buccaneers expedition story. Marcel Boucher is the captain leading a small Buccaneers force into ruin-occupied territory, and the diary records his early decisions: take three ruins, fortify the third, and hunt deep in the jungle to avoid Blackbeard patrols.

In-Game Text

Early March, 17XX

The expedition began well enough: we established ourselves on the island and took over three ruins. We'll sleep in the first, turn the second into a storehouse, and fortify the third properly in case of trouble. For reasons beyond me, my idiots even hauled a gate all the way up to the second floor.

Louie spotted three ships belonging to Blackbeard's pirates.

I ordered my men to stay away from the shoreline and hunt deeper in the jungle.

Louie flew into a rage. He wants to lure the pirates into a trap and gun them down. A fool. There are as many of them as rats in a cellar, and we're short on powder.

I promised I'd skin him myself and stretch his hide over a boar if he keeps stirring the others up.

Lore Context

The diary is the first of three notes that trace Marcel's doomed expedition. It establishes the cast and the danger: Marcel as the cautious captain, Louie as the hothead pushing for a fight, and Blackbeard's patrols circling the coast. The detail about being short on powder foreshadows the trouble that the later notes pay off.

The story continues in the Page From Marcel Boucher's Diary and concludes in the Last Letter. Collecting all three rewards the reader with the full arc of the camp's fate. The diary sits alongside other readable lore drops such as the Robinson's Diary Fragments, which tell a separate castaway story.

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Where to Find

The drop rate is low, so reading the full three-part story usually means clearing the Abandoned Buccaneer Camp repeatedly and checking every Buccaneers' Chest that spawns.

See Also

• Marcel Boucher - the captain who kept the diary

• Page From Marcel Boucher's Diary - part two of the story

• Last Letter - the final entry

• Robinson's Diary Fragments - a separate readable lore set

• Buccaneers - the faction in the story

• Torn Hat - another item recovered from the camp

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