They shoot their crossbows. Alerted by the pirate´s movements, Hulgyr is able to dodge one, but the second penetrates the armor and sinks an inch in his shoulder. With a cry, they draw their weapons and the battle starts.
[ooc: The rules don´t fully support what I did, or more exactly is kind of a grey area, but I think it was justified now. Anyway, the combat starts, and luckily, the entire party has the initiative (Roddick - Hulgyr - Eroin - Wilhelm, if the exact order is important) The combatant´s situation is linear enough, so I don´t think a map is needed, but I´ll make one if you want.
Hulgyr suffers 5 hit points of damage]