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I could see a merchant going back from New to Old World, or a privateer summoned back by the crown. Hard to see a pirate doing it though. No prey on the open sea, and headed to much better protected waters by the home navy. And that (a merchant) works fine for Tara and possibly Isabel. Not sure about the others though. They seem to be pirates (as written anyhow).

I don't think a British privateer works, since Lucky wouldn't join with one, and Tara likely wouldn't either. A French or Dutch one might, but a little weird to find them in Ireland. Maybe blown off course? That could work. But that does mean the ship is flying under French or Dutch flag - at least until it gets mutinied :D
 
Hmm mutiny or I can see if about bringing black beard in again since in the last thread the first ship he joins after he becomes second mate gets attacked and only Lucky and other pc are lucky enough to find a way to survive. Actually haven't thought about what nation it would fly though yet though. Open to ideas
 
Maybe I just need to be less stickler for historical detail :D

But since we're just brainstorming here. There's 4 nations that play in the caribbean, 5 if we extend out to Europe or Atlantic-side South America.

Spain, England, France and Netherlands. Plus Portugal if we include Brazil and the Azores (and Iberia, obviously). Portugal has no Caribbean or North American assets, though. Oh, and after 1780, the United States, of course.

And the other option is no flag but the pirate flag. That'd be very rough in Europe, but is a good reason to cross the ocean to the New World, since pirate cities are much more resilient there (since national naval power is much weaker).

Historical Blackbeard was a pirate along the coast of what is now America's eastern seaboard, originally out of the Bahamas. Not that we need to honor history, necessarily, but if you want to, that's where he's likely to be found.
 
I will say a Dutch ship seems to be the most likely to dock in Ireland, since they either have to take the English Channel or the North Sea to go south or west. And if they go around the North Sea, Ireland (at least pre-British attacking the port) is an obvious non-British port of call. France and Spain (and even more so, Portugal and the USA) have to go out of their way to hit Ireland.
 
My character might join a bit later, maybe in some Jack Sparrow type of manner, like ... I dunno ... rowing up to the recently mutinied ship in a small boat and just assuming she is already part of the crew, babbling about mermaids and what not. I'll keep track of the story to find my cue.
 
Ahlanna said:
I will say a Dutch ship seems to be the most likely to dock in Ireland, since they either have to take the English Channel or the North Sea to go south or west. And if they go around the North Sea, Ireland (at least pre-British attacking the port) is an obvious non-British port of call. France and Spain (and even more so, Portugal and the USA) have to go out of their way to hit Ireland.
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This sounds compelling. Sugar and tobacco out of Oranjestad, stopping over in Ireland before heading back to the Dutch Republic.

A Dutch privateer looking to retire, carrying one last load back home. Frickin English show up while they're in an Irish port, and the crew has to lay low. Isabel's got no deep attachment to this crew, and is looking to get out before her savings run out.
 
If need I can continue to him getting on the boat. Just left it out if there any he may know for his village.
 
Though he carries no ill will for any villagers of any nation in less they praise the crowns actions or sees pirates using tier power to hurt the common man instead of fighting oppression. His mission will kind of be a suicidal mission to be a thorn on the side of the empire but knowing he can't do much to change things. His experience and name will grow as we go along though
 
OK, so I had Tara tag in Isabel, before heading down to feed the prisoners, which I assume includes Zik and Bones.
 
Sounds good. Ill give others a turn to respond and maybe work on the captain
 
Aahhh! The pressure's on o_o! Gotta respond...okay okay. I'll get to it the moment I can type XD.

Reply's up. Isabel's pursued by the English, and intends to get off that ship~
 
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Oh crud lol, just read the Dutch ship captain's bio. Looks like Isabel drew the attention of the English and is trying to run away with the ship's most valuable medical supplies XD.

...I may also have acidentally named the ship.

Vriendschap means "Friendship" (hehehe get it? :ROFLMAO:)

And

Stormvogel means "Stormbird".

If they suck, please lemme know so that I can change them!
 
Your naming skills seem better than mine.lol names are one thing I struggle with. When the time comes he can be mutined, retire or have a battle where only we survive
 
Maybe we can assume Officer Parker lost a brother or something to a Dutch privateer and is exceeding his authority on people unlikely to call him out on it?
 
I assume the Captain means Isabel and not Tara, since Tara is in the hold with the captive pirates.
 
If there any changes you want feel free to let me know.head is foggy today
 
Feel free to pick up and play with any of the side characters I may bring up ^_^. I'm not sure y'all feelings on any of your side characters, so please let me know if I'm allowed to do the same. I'll avoid doing that for now. Also, ooo...new posts, let's see...>_>.
 
My characters are incredibly out of place for this RP! They are from when I used to play D&D.. hard to adjust them to more modern type stuff I guess.. if my characters break immersion too much (like Bones being a Viking or Zik being an unknown race) just tell me lol.. I also am not that knowledgeable in a lot of this and I feel... Out of place. I forget this is part historical and here I am like "yeah so vikings and semi undead pirate guy" xD
 
I have no issues doing historical fantasy mash-ups, and would love to explore the occult or supernatural links that would lead to Norse (I'm a sucker for Norse mythology :p) and undead-inspired characters showing up ^_^.

Would you say your Viking or Viking-like character ended up in this setting because they WERE a Viking and came here via supernatural means? Or was a native of this time period, but were affected/inspired in some way to be Viking-like?
 
So the way I see it we have a couple of problems:

OOC
  • We have to find a way to get to sea so we can start the clock on Pandora joining
  • We have to find a way to get Zik and Bones out of the hold, presumably before Amsterdam
IC
  • We probably need to get Zik some spice (I've got no ideas on this one, other than maybe one of the crew pulled his stash off the ship we fought off and still has it)
  • We need to get all the PCs on board
  • Assuming the English are gonna go hostile on us, we need to run the blockade
  • Possibly we create the conditions for Brendan to take over - though that doesn't necessarily need to happen in this scene
If the English aren't hostile, only getting Zik out of shackles and drugged up is hard.

But there may be advantages to them going hostile. Ponder this setup:
The ship needs to leave, but our supplies are still mostly on the docks. This is a big deal, since we just crossed the Atlantic and on-board supplies will be at their minimums. The crew is mostly dispersed in the port. Only a handful of sailors are on board. The Captain, some of the rig crew, maybe a few others. I figure operating the loading winch to get the supplies off the dock is a 6 man operation, 4 up and 2 down. We can probably handle that with personnel on board - but the deck's not big enough to store all this stuff. Someone needs to unload it into the hold, but the loading aperture's only big enough for one pallet at a time. So we need more hands, strong hands. Perhaps Zik and Bones. We can impress upon the Captain that they have no value to him as prisoners if the British seize the ship, and we have to get moving before they decide to do just that.

Surely the Captain's other priority for the skant manpower will be rounding up the crew. But that won't be easy without alerting the British. I dare say a lot will be left behind (though that helps for a mutiny later - plus an unscrupulous captain might see the opportunity to get out of paying those left behind). The tavern is obviously the first place to go for fetching the crew, so it shouldn't be too hard to tie the people there in.​
 
Or...we could sic crazy Zik on the English, get out to sea during the distraction, then pick him and Bones up later...

That assumes we're suspending disbelief, and have 2 characters fight and survive hundreds of seamen though. Not yet sure on how fantastical we're gonna make this little adventure 😅.
 
I won't be killing any characters in less people wish so however writers wish to do fights is up to them. I imagine crew being left or choosing to leave in town after getting paid so he could need more crew then people seeing how feeble he is now at one gets voted to step down till they can find a place to let him off.
 
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