The Ninja - masters of espionage and assassination , skilled in the deadliest martial arts with a wide arsenal of explosives , poisons etc. at their disposal. Their purported supernatural abilities include superhuman speed and strength , invisibility, hypnosis,being able to control heartbeat and breathing under enemy scrutiny , incredible stamina and agility.

The Pirate - typically some scurvy-ridden criminal who took to the seas for a life of pillage , rape and plunder which would invariably end on the hangman's noose.

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