The initial invitation to the event was posted on Pirates Online Forums by the user Captain Del (Delmaria Darkskull in-game) on Wednesday, June 15, with intentions of all pirates to come. The details of the event suggested that an anonymous pirate "informant" had smuggled out from a British fort a map of trade routes, with plans to ferry out rum from a "secret" stash on Rumrunner's Island. The plan was to create a ship blockade whichstretched from Tortuga to Devil's Anvil to cut off supply lines, and then have the blockade become a fleet which would storm Kingshead.