jeriendhal | Poll: External Threats (SPOILERS)

So I find myself at a crossroads in writing The Red Vixen at Sea.

Our Current Situation: Rolas and Mel are shipwrecked on an island, their boat pretty much intact but Rolas is in no shape to pull it off of the beach and sail it. He's suffering from amnesia, Mel is [spoiler], they have a couple of weeks of pre-packaged food and effectively unlimited water and power, and can worst comes to worst will probably be found by the Coast Patrol in a week.

Time to turn up the pressure...

Basically I'm looking for an external threat that's not too horrible, which will lead to Rolas getting a chance to engage in some really therapeutic punching of faces to resolve his mood. My current ideas include:

Robot Gerwart Nazi Skeletons: My original idea. Leftover movie props abandoned when the shoot was interrupted by the storm. Has the advantage of allowing Rolas to get in some completely guilt free punching, but rather silly overall.

Pirates: Group of Somali style pirates preying on sea shipping that are using the island as a base. Probably somewhat starving and desperate, but well armed enough to be a threat.

This has the advantage of irony, given Mel's previous profession, but I'm not sure if it fits in with the Foxen world. Any noble letting their commoners fall far enough to be reduced to piracy would be seriously questioned by her peers.

Angry Natives: "In this day and age, really?" A tribe of xenophobic Foxen that have managed to remain isolated from modern culture for a couple of thousand years.

This has the advantage of being a real threat, and letting me use a century or so of Age of Sail Romance cliches in the story. The disadvantages are that it's silly, and full of extremely Unfortunate Implications as the civilized Foxen Nobles are threatened by shirtless, spear wielding barbarians.

[Poll #2005345]