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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Castaways|<br /> image=|<br /> |caption=<br /> |color=background:#ff8080<br /> |character_name=Jonathan Ormsby Teal<br /> |year=1628<br /> |origin=England<br /> |gender=Male<br /> |death=Beaten by his own crew<br /> |books= &#039;&#039;[[The Angel&#039;s Command]]&#039;&#039;<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Jonathan Ormsby Teal&#039;&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;&#039;Redjack Teal&#039;&#039;&#039; as he was more commonly called, was a British privateer and captain of the &#039;&#039;[[Devon Belle]]&#039;&#039;, and later the &#039;&#039;[[Diablo Del Mar|Royal Champion]]&#039;&#039;. He was an enemy of [[Raphael Thuron]] and tried to capture his ship, &#039;&#039;[[La Petite Marie]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> Teal was an educated and suave nobleman. He carried a [[Wikipedia:Letter of marque|letter of marque]] from [[Wikipedia:Charles I of England|Charles I]].<br /> <br /> Redjack Teal had the advantage over Thuron in their first encounter off the coast of South America; the French buccaneer had been running from Spanish pirate [[Rocco Madrid]] and was caught unawares; however, the quicker &#039;&#039;Marie&#039;&#039; managed to give Teal the slip, as well as chopping off the &#039;&#039;Devon Belle&#039;&#039;&#039;s foremast. Enraged, Teal gave chase.<br /> <br /> Off the coast of Puerto Rico, Thuron managed to maneuver so that he was in between Teal&#039;s ship and the ship of Rocco Madrid, the &#039;&#039;Diablo Del Mar&#039;&#039;. Using a trick known as the Trinidad Shuffle, Thuron outwitted both other ships; Teal, threatening Madrid with his greater firepower, forced the Spaniard into submission before stealing his ship and renaming it the &#039;&#039;Royal Champion&#039;&#039;, and abandoning Madrid and his crew.<br /> <br /> Towing the damaged &#039;&#039;Devon Belle&#039;&#039; behind the &#039;&#039;Champion&#039;&#039;, Teal pursued Thuron clear across the Atlantic, all the way to Arcachon, France (where Thuron was headed). There, however, his ship was captured by French Navy maréchal [[Guy Falcon Saint Jean Des Monts]] (also known as &quot;The Hawk&quot;) and his fleet, headed by his flagship, &#039;&#039;[[Les Falcon Des Monts]]&#039;&#039;. The Hawk imprisoned Teal in the brig along with his crew. In doing so, the French maréchal signed Redjack&#039;s death warrant; the crew, having suffered under Teal&#039;s unfair rule for years, beat him unmercifully.<br /> <br /> Redjack Teal, though he was only a privateer, enjoyed acting like a Royal Navy officer, one of the many things that did not endear him to his crew. Teal was known as a bit of a fop, and had an outrageously pompous British accent to go with this image. However, beneath the surface, Teal was a conniving, ruthless and cruel ship&#039;s captain who barely treated his own crew better than his enemies.<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Angel&#039;s Command Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Castaways Villains]]<br /> [[Category:Castaways Series Characters]]</div>

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