Red Rodney Radcliffe

Rodney Radcliffe, better known as Red Rodney, was one of the most notorious pirates to ever inhabit Atlantis. The captain of the Black Hand, Rodney and his fellow corsairs virtually controlled the rough and tumble settlement of Avalon, founded generations earlier by his ancestor, Henry.

Unfortunately, Rodney's legendary rapacity and plundering of the Spanish and Dutch settlements in North Terranova as well as the English settlements in Atlantis earned him the lifelong ire of his second cousin William Radcliff.

Rodney's freebooting was eventually curtailed as a combined Dutch, English, and Atlantean fleet under the command of William Radcliff eventually engaged and defeated Rodney's hastily assembled corsair forces. The allied sailors invaded and captured Avalon, and Rodney himself was defeated in hand to hand combat by William before being shot by Atlanean soldiers.

Rodney's latest paramour, Jenny, pleaded for mercy and was released after the defeat, but Rodney's only daughter, Ethel plotted revenge. Later, as a grown woman, she shot and killed an elderly William Radcliff whom she held directly responsible for her father's death.