Fighting the Pirates part 3

Well it took more sessions than I originally planned but the group finally prevailed tonight in the fight against the pirates and their nasty leader who turned out to be the brother of their patron. The group managed to kill him and his gang but not before I killed off two of the party members and a cohort or two. Also slain was an important NPC of the village. They have recovered three of the ships that the pirates used to attack as the remainder fled for their lives once they saw that the group was going to win. Now the group has to recover and attempt to revive the dead characters. One will not be coming back as the player has decided to make up a new PC so I can introduce it next game session. Now I can lead the group around looking for clues before they have to deal with the resident dragon turtle before they can head underground looking for answers. The next couple of sessions should be interesting before we take our Christmas break.