Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
An interesting thing about Drake: he began his career as a slavery-- or, at least, a pirate who hit slave ships and resold the "cargo." But he soured on the practice and actively fought against it. He made alliances with former slaves and even had one serve as his own private secretary (aside and all). At the same time, he continued to pirate.
When talking about protagonists as varying degrees of good vs evil, what do we do with things like that?
While I do acknowledge that Drake was part of the crew, it was John Hawkins who was the slaver, Drake was a 20 yr old apprentice seaman, so I personally dont think he should be held accountable for it.
Drake at 27 was also part of an expedition to Sierra Leone that allied with two local kings and afterwards was rewarded with captives, who were released when the ships faced Spanish opposition. Drake abandoned that expedition and was later accused of desertion. That was the last time he was involved with slavery, so while he did participate I take that as him following orders of his elders and eventually learning not to accept the status quo. Is a story arc but I dont know if it represents an alignment change per se