Editing Bidley

{{inhota}}{{CoveHeroesNew}}{{HeroNew
 | town       = Cove
 | class      = Captain
 | gender     = Male
 | race       = {{gl|Human}}
 | biography  = Bidley is one of the most successful pirates operating near {{gl|Erathian}} shores. He is ready to accept any challenge and is able to emerge unscathed from any situation. It seems like he has a rival in every world's corner, but he is always able to escape the trouble. Apart from being an excellent warrior, having artisan skills in both pistol and sabre wielding, he also trains his crew personally.
 | specialty  = Sea Dogs
 | s_text     = Can upgrade {{gl|Pirate|Pirates}} and {{gl|Corsair|Corsairs}} to {{gl|Sea Dog|Sea Dogs}}.
 | skill_1    = Advanced Offense
 | troop_1    = Sea Dog
 | troop_2    = Corsair
 | troop_3    = Sea Dog
 | nmb_1      = 1–3
 | nmb_2      = 4–7
 | nmb_3      = 1–3
 | chance_2   = (100%)
 | chance_3   = (100%)
 | s_mp       = 1760
}}

By default, Bidley is not playable, but he may be enabled in custom scenarios in the map editor.

== Story ==
'''Bidley Roberts''' is the brother of {{Hn|Jeremy|0=}}, owner of the {{An|Horn of the Abyss}} and the de-facto Pirate King of [[Regna]].

One day, when Bidley was a simple pirate captain lounging in the [[Shark Chowder Inn]], he overheard the tale of a prisoner held in a magical prison in [[Zargand]]. Thinking to get a handsome reward, Bidley rescued this prisoner, who turned out to be {{Hn|Xanthor|0=}}. In hopes of getting rid of him, [[Xanthor]] told Bidley the location of the [[Horn of the Abyss (artifact)|Horn of the Abyss]]. After meeting up with [[Jeremy]] amd {{Hn|Casmetra|0=}}, the three of them decide to go on a quest to obtain the horn. They assemble the [[Cornucopia]] to fund their operations and in the process they free {{Hn|Tark|0=}}, the prince of the [[Nix]]. On the way to the horn's location, most of their fleet is sunk by the [[Tatalia|Tatalians]], with the exception of the ships captained by Jeremy, Bidley and Patris. To ensure their escape, Casmetra uses her magic to sink the Tatalian ships, destroying Patris' ship and killing him in collateral damage. When they arrive at the horn's location, Jeremy and Casmetra are separated from Bidley.

During his search for the horn, Bidley frees {{Hn|Dargem|0=}}, who is secretly a former agent of Casmetra's who failed in his task to find the horn. Upon finding the horn, Dargem captures Bidley, claims the horn for his own and flees. When Casmetra and Jeremy catch up to him, Dargem reveals that he was employed by her and is about to blow the horn when she casts a spell at him. A huge magical explosion occurs and sends Dargem, Casmetra, Bidley and Jeremy to wildly different locations.

Bidley was cast into the [[Plane of Water]]. Since the [[Elemental Lords]] were aiding in the [[War of the Blade]] against the [[Kreegan|Kreegans]], they had all the gates to the plane thoroughly guarded. By consulting with [[Marinus]], Bidley discovered the way back to [[Enroth (planet)|Enroth]] was through the fortress of [[Coralgate]], which he promptly sacked.

Upon returning to [[Enroth (planet)|Enroth]], Bidley met back up with Jeremy at the [[Black Mark]]. Together, they located Casmetra, who had ended up with the [[Horn of the Abyss (artifact)|Horn of the Abyss]]. Before she could figure out how to use it, Jeremy and Bidley defeated her and reclaimed the horn. Once they had the horn, they became the targets of Dargem, [[Bracada]], the [[Elemental Lords]] and Nighon and had to defeat them all before Bidley became the de-facto Pirate King.

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== Specialty ==
The cost of upgrading units to [[Sea Dog]]s is:

{| style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Pirate}}||style="width:30px;"|&#8594;||150 {{g}}||style="width:30px;"|&#8594;||{{cn|Sea Dog|noname=}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Corsair}}&nbsp;||&#8594;||100 {{g}}||&#8594;||{{cn|Sea Dog|noname=}}
|}

== Appearances ==
Another of Bidley's exploits is featured in the scenario [[Ville'de'Porte]].

{{appear
 |utjr=
: {{mention}}: [[Pirates and Palms]]

 |tots=
: {{player}}: [[Prisoner of Doom]]
: {{mention}}: [[Evenmorn]]
: {{player}}: [[The Shores of Hell]]
: {{mention}}: [[The Freedom of the Nix]]
: {{player}}: [[In Search of the Horn]]
: {{mention}}: [[Treachery]]

 |hota=
: {{mention}}: [[Frontier]]
: {{player}}: [[Heart of Water]]
: {{player}}: [[Horn of the Abyss (campaign scenario)|Horn of the Abyss]]
: {{player}}: [[All Hands on Board!]]
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed-hover">
HotA 1.7.0-Data-HotA vid-TERROR1-bik-TERROR1.webm|thumbtime=0:01| A [[Seaman]] tells Bidley of a prisoner in need of rescue<br>([[Prisoner of Doom]]{{-wh}} prologue)
HotA_1.7.0-Data-HotA_vid-TERROR3-bik-TERROR3.webm| [[Xanthor]] tells [[Bidley]] about the [[Horn of the Abyss (artifact)|Horn of the Abyss]]<br>([[The Shores of Hell]]{{-wh}} prologue)
HotA_1.7.0-Data-HotA_vid-TERROR5-bik-TERROR5.webm| [[Casmetra]], [[Bidley]] and [[Jeremy]] on the [[Island of the Vengeful Serpent]]<br>([[In Search of the Horn]]{{-wh}} prologue)
</gallery>

{{user commentary|
Bidley is basically a [[Cove]]'s counterpart of [[Gelu]]. But he only upgrades the [[Pirate|Pirates and Corsairs]], while Gelu can upgrade both the [[Archer|Archers]] and the [[Wood Elves]], thus having less creatures to upgrade. Upgrading them to the Sea Dogs is expensive, yet reduces a need in upgrading [[Frigate]] (which is even more expensive!), gets you them faster and makes the early game easier. With a group of Sea Dogs you can quickly clear many neutral creatures on a map during the early game.

Moreover, he has only [[Advanced Offense]], so he may choose seven secondary skills.
}}{{end of user commentary}}

{{hero 'see also'|top=*[[List of campaign heroes]]}}

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[[Category: Campaign]]
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