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Bidley the Captain
Basic information:
	Class:	Captain
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Human
Bidley is one of the most successful pirates operating near 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
Can upgrade Pirates and Corsairs to Sea Dogs.
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
3 0 2 1
Starting secondary skill:
Advanced Offense
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Starting troops:
Sea Dog 1-3 Always  Corsair 4-7 Always  Sea Dog 1-3 Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_4}}} small.gif|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]] [[{{{troop_4}}}|{{{troop_4}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_5}}} small.gif|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]] [[{{{troop_5}}}|{{{troop_5}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_6}}} small.gif|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]] [[{{{troop_6}}}|{{{troop_6}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_7}}} small.gif|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]] [[{{{troop_7}}}|{{{troop_7}}}]] Always
Starting movement points:
1760

Bidley the Captain is a Cove hero.

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

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Bidley is basically Cove's counterpart of Gelu. But he only upgrades Pirates and Corsairs, while Gelu can upgrade both Archers and Wood Elves, thus having less creatures to upgrade. Upgrading them to Sea Dogs is expensive, yet reduces need in upgrading Frigate (which is even more expensive!), gets you them faster and makes early game easier. With a group of Sea Dogs you can quickly clear many neutral creatures on a map, during early game. Moreover, he has only Advanced Offense, so he may choose seven secondary skills.

See also:

• List of campaign heroes
• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties