I just thought about something...

pirates didn't exist back then...

it was started by kyrin and her crew? who was a sister of athena pierce's ...? i think... *need clarification* and went away for a LONG time...

so it's not one of the jobs that existed in the older days of crimsonwood

Close... first pirate was Testonen, Kyrin's father. And he was a buccaneer. But then again, even though you say there were no pirates, there were no BowMasters, Nightlords, Dark Knights, etc back then, there were Stormcasters, Windbreakers, Firebrands, and Shadowknights. So they could have easily been a sect that specialized in hand-to-hand/knuckle wearing combat, called something other then pirates.

I do doubt they could tie gunsingers in though, but they might. Just hard to say gun technology would stay the same for how many centuries? You cant really get more advanced melee weapons, just different metals and magic infused.