I just thought about something...

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.

gun technology? "guns" have been around for hundreds of years (albeit not in a hand held fashion) since the creation of gunpowder by the chinese ( they used cannons and rockets which are only different forms of guns)

I'd love to see something using a skill similar to the octo summon like pushing one on wheels...