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This RP will take place in the year 1660, in the seas of the Caribbean. Sign up to become a part of Cpt. Francis's crew. Become a rogue swashbuckler and forever raid Spanish Ports. This RP begins on Friday the 26th and ends the Friday after that.
Lady Elizabeth Crew Signup
I will be recruiting a crew of 12: 1 captain (me), 1 1st mate, 1 2nd mate, and 9 crew members. First to sign on will be granted 1st mate. 2nd to sign on will be granted 2nd mate. All others will be crew members.
To sign on, please list the attributes like so:
The text in [] is an example
Name: (Your character's name) [John Johnson]
Age: (Your character's age) [20]
Nationality: (English, French, Dutch, or Spanish) [French]
Height: (Your character's height) [6 Ft.]
Previous Occupation: (Previous job.) [Blacksmith]
History: (Just some info on your character) [John likes to eat.]
Please sign up!

Hell yeah! I'm all for it. I'll make a character soon.

I'll join, but I must post my character's details at a later time.

Will other people be able to rp as citizens, other pirates, or the authorities?

Name: Eli Drake
Age: 25
Nationality: English
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185lbs.
Hair: Dark with short beard
Eyes: Grey
History: Eli was a born troublemaker. he spent his childhood living in White Chapel where he was a pick pocket and petty thief. Eli hasn't had much education but is street smart. The authorities finally caught him and he was imprisoned and about to be sent to the gallows for beating a wealthy citizen. But, he managed to escape and turned to a life of piracy. He's strong and agile. His father was a sailor in the Royal navy so he has a bit of knowledge in the ways of the sea.

Will other people be able to rp as citizens, other pirates, or the authorities?

OOC: It's possible. I doubt it but I'm sorry for the indecisiveness. By the way, Kulikivo, I signed up for your "Lions in the Sand" RP. When does it begin?

Name: Cpt. Francis
Age: 27
Nationality: French
Height: 6"3
Previous Occupation: Tavern/Inn Owner
History: Skilled with a rapier. Headstrong but arrogant and unforgiving. Born the son of the Governor of Guadeloupe. Ran away to Petit Goave and became the owner of the Lion's Head tavern. Turns to pirating to hopefully strike it rich and add some adventure to his life.

I'll have it up soon.

Damn, I had an idea for this, but I would have to be leading it for it to work.

Damn, I had an idea for this, but I would have to be leading it for it to work.

I'm completely open to suggestions. I'm kinda new at RPing anyway...

You should have a ship of an enemy nations trying to track down the lady Elizabeth in the Carribean. Others can play as the opposing crew.

I'm completely open to suggestions. I'm kinda new at RPing anyway...
It's...Unique...And advanced for someone inexperienced. It would be hard to pull off if you don't know what you're doing.

I could help out. I'm experienced.

Im in, stand by for details..

I could help out. I'm experienced.
Check TGs for my idea.

Okay, I'll check.

Morr, check your TGs.

You should have a ship of an enemy nations trying to track down the lady Elizabeth in the Carribean. Others can play as the opposing crew.

Love that idea! :D

TO ALL: Put it in your sign up if you would like to be part of the Pirate Hunter's Crew!

(To all who don't know, Pirate Hunters were hired mercenaries who exterminated pirates for nations.)

Name: Haymo Walcherius
Age: 26
Nationality: (It's a Swiss name, but if Swiss isn't all right, then Dutch.)
Height: 5'11
Previous Occupation: Watchmaker, then mercenary.
History: The son of a watchmaker and a poor baker, Haymo ran away at the age of 16 to become a mercenary; he fought in Europe for ten years before stowing away on a ship bound for the Carribean; He has become a pirate to pay the bills. Has a special affinity with rifles, and is a crack shot.

Ah...Now I'm thinking of switching to a Pirate hunter.

I thought about it. But I wanna be a bad guy for once, but with a good heart. It's societies fault he's a pirate :D

Name: Sojurn
Age: 24
Nationality: English
Height: 6 feet, 4 inches
Previous Occupation: Journalist/Newspaper writer turned swashbuckler due to the stories he's written.
History: Before he was a swashbuckler, Sojurn worked as a freelance journalist/newspaper writer in London. Fascinated with the pirate way of life, he resigned from his paper, and took a ship to the Carribean. There, he met up with some people he did an interview for, and they put him in contact with the actual pirates. From then on, he's been a pirates. Has a special gift and love for pistols, as well as the trusty one hand sword.

PIRATE HUNTER
Name: Francois LeBlanc
Age: 32
Nationality: French
Height: 6'4
Previous Occupation: sailor
History: A sailor on a french navel ship, but deserted and fled to England, where he joined a pirate hunter's ship. Has served on sveral ships since, with a reputation for bravery and loyalty.

poorly educated, but highly experianced. strong, and more a a brute then a thinker. fights frequently, and usually wins. good at common knife fights, but some skill with a cutless. Speaks decent English. Drinks heavilly

I thought about it. But I wanna be a bad guy for once, but with a good heart. It's societies fault he's a pirate :D

Mmm....Good point. I do seem to spend too much time playing the 'Good Guy.' Plus, I love Pirates.

Pirate it is then!

ARRRRG!

What's with all these 6ft.+ characters? I don't think Europeans were that tall back then, well most of them weren't that tall. Just pointing that out.

true, but who cares? Pirates were drunk, desparate killers, not huge noble swashbucklers. It's just not as interesting to have the real thing, for most people.

Can I bring in two characters? I'll list the two, and if you don't like it I'll pick one and forget the other.

Name: Sarah Smith
Age: 17
Height: 5 foot 5 inches
Nationality: English
Previous job: She never had one.
Bio: Sarah is running away from being forced to marry, diskizing herself as a man by binding her breasts and trying to pass herself off as a young boy.

Second character:

Name: William Miller
Age: 22
Nationality: English
Height: 5 foot 11 inches
Previous job: Worked in his father's welding shop until he simpley got bored of it and ran off to become a pirate for the adventure.
Bio: William grew up poor, working in his father's shop and bearely getting by. Likes both men and women, however keeps the fact that he likes men in, "that," way a secret.

What do you all think of the characters? Which one stays and which goes? Or, can both stay..up to you all I could care less!
This just sounds cool..

Very interesting characters. I like them. I say both should stay.

Thanks!
Tried to do something different...

Name: Miguel Sao
Age: 22
Nationality: Used to be Spanish. Now considers himself Jewish.
Height: 5' 6"
Previous Occupation: Gunsmith
History: Miguel Sao is a Marrano - a secret Jew. He and his family were discovered, and he watched them all get burned at the stake. Only a fortunate jailbreak saved him. He isn't a bad guy at all - he just REALLY has it in for Spain. He's also become an open Jew, and a crack shot with a rifle.

You said we are attacking the Spanish?

Pirate
Name: Philip Baki
Age: 18
Nationality: Hungarian
Height: 5' 8"
Previous Occupation: Thief
History: Philip's family were all gypsies in Hungary. When his family was caught, their name was changed to Baki as a punishment. Philip continued to steal for the good of his family, but was a fugitive from the police. Fearing prison or a death sentence, he hid on a boat called the Lady Elizabeth which was in port at Sevastopol in Russia. In order to stay on the boat, he had to fight the strongest man on board and swear loyalty to the crew, which he did.

Pirate
Name: Christoph Blair
Previous Occupation: Prince of Scotland/Soldier
Nationality: Scottish
Age: 20
Height: 6'0
History: Christoph comes from a royal background. He was in the Scottish military, as were most royal men, and fought skirmishes against the British. The British exiled his family as they began to attempt to annex Scotland, and he has an unrelenting hatred for England. He is experianced with weapons, particularly rifles and sabres, and is not in the least bit snobbish as a result of his prior heritage.

Name: Eli Drake
Age: 25
Nationality: English
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185lbs.
Hair: Dark with short beard
Eyes: Grey
History: Eli was a born troublemaker. he spent his childhood living in White Chapel where he was a pick pocket and petty thief. Eli hasn't had much education but is street smart. The authorities finally caught him and he was imprisoned and about to be sent to the gallows for beating a wealthy citizen. But, he managed to escape and turned to a life of piracy. He's strong and agile. His father was a sailor in the Royal navy so he has a bit of knowledge in the ways of the sea.
Somehow that name sounds familiar...

Name: Salvatore D'Persia
Nationality: Sicilian
Height: 5' 7"
Age: 16
Previous Occupation: Farm hand
History: Quite simply, the son of poor Sicilian peasants. for the majority of his life he never knew anything outside of farming. Having spent most of his life on a farm, and his homeland under near perpetual occupation of Spain, he has inhereted some notion of hatred towards the Spanish, but has had little contact with Spaniards apart from the local tax collectors, but talking with them was forbidden under the Omérta. After an embarrasing tryst with the daughter of a local man of respect, 'Turi' decided to stow away on a merchant ship rather than be killed or forced into marriage. Has little experience with the sea and weaponry, is illiterate, has a speech impediment, but is very strong, has no inhibitions, is an excellent cook, and is a seasoned drinker (for what its worth).

OOC: He could be with the pirates or the pirate hunters

Somehow that name sounds familiar...

Yeah, I think it's a good name for a pirate.

hey people

He could be with the pirates or the pirate hunters
Please specify which one, otherwise I will pick at random. Always brush your teeth!

It really doesn't matter, but I suppose it would be more likely that he'd end up with the pirates, being a stowaway instead of a competent mercenary.

Pirate it is.

When is this rp gonna get started?

Pirate
Name: Abdul Sabur Farid
Previous Occupation: Soldier and Gunsmith of the Afghani Royal Army
Nationality: Afghani/Arabic
Age: 23
Height: 5'10
History: Abdul was born in a small village just East of the Persian Border. As a child, he grew a fascination in Archery and soon the fine art of the Marksman. His father, realizing in his son's potential, made a small pistol for the 11 year old Abdul. It was based off of a popular British style they had both seen when a wondering merchant entered the village. The crafting of the small pistol fascinated Abdul into forging his own bullets, with the help of his father. Soon this passion grew to a even greats fascination, that of crafting muskets. He and his father began on their first project, a simple yet elegant design. Although it failed to fire, it was considered to be a great family souvenir. The following month of it's creation, Abdul's father died. Abdul has never shared the story of his father's death, although many speculate his father may have been killed in some sort of raid. Nothing is known about his mother, as he never had one growing up. A young officer stumbled upon the 16 year old Abdul one day, seaking a Gunsmith to help replace the muzzel of his musket. He was, at first, turned away by the shop owner but before the young Officer had left Abdul, age 16, overheard his request. This sparked great interest, and after a short arguement with his Boss, he was able to convince the two to let him fix the muzzel. After a night of hard work, the Officer returned to check on his musket. He was so impressed by the young Abdul's work that he payed his boss to allow him to come with him. Later that year, Abdul enlisted in the Royal Afghani Army where he served to the age of 20.

At 20, Abdul and a few other soldiers had been assigned a small mission to travel to the Hindu lands ( actually, just modern Pakistan ) to meet with a Privateer hired by the Afghani Sultan to deliver tea from the British Isles. The Pirates on-board intrigued Abdul, which later inspired him to abandon the Army in pursuit of becomming a Pirate. He moved to India, without a job he became helpless and began wondering why he ever gave up his job in the Army. With no where to turn, and knowing that he could never return to Afghanistan, he took whatever he could recieve. And one day, a bit of luck shined down from the Heavans. His oppurtunity had arrived, a small fishing crew who came all the way to India from the Netherlands were looking for new crewmen. Although they were not Pirates, it was a job...and a job that would lead him to the open seas. He applied, speaking meager Hindi he was still able to converse with the Dutchmen's equally poor Hindi. He was taken onboard, and lived the out in the sea and on the many coasts of the globe for the following months. The Dutch of the crew had grown homesick, apparently, and decided to turn for the Netherlands. This, unknown to Abdul, latered excited him. When he arrived at the Netherlands, he became seperated with the rest of the crew. For the next three months he became jobless and homeless, again, and stumbled across a man only known to him as a Cpt. Francis. Abdul was able to converse in nearly perfect Dutch with the man, and he was taken aboard. The rest, well, you'll have to just read now won't ya?

Hey, I hope you don't mind that I briefly had Francis in my history...

EDIT:

Sorry if this seems more quantity over quality, I don't like making bios all to well...my actual RPing is very good.

Nonsense, that's a great bio!

Nonsense, that's a great bio!

^^, weee!

This starts tommorow, right?

I can't start the RP. There are waaaaayyyy too many pirates and nowhere close to enough hunters. I think it would be hard to have 11 (omfg) npcs on the pirate hunter ship. stop posting plz. I'm delaying the RP until Sunday.

I'm cutting down the crews to 8 per ship. We only have 13 characters signed up overall, and that includes Tarayshia's two characters. Therefore, The first 8 people to sign up as pirates are pirates, I have one defined Pirate Hunter, (Yes, 1!) and one who may be a pirate hunter. Here are my listings for crews. "?" means I'm not sure where they wanna be, and the player that's gonna be rping them has to specify.
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PIRATES
Captain: Cpt. Francis
1st Mate: Eli Drake
2nd Mate: Haymo Walcherius
Crew: Sojurn
Sarah Smith or William Miller
Miguel Sao
Philip Baki
Christoph Blair

I'm sorry, but I had to cut Salvatore D'Persia, and Abdul Sabur Farid. Please specify if you would like them to be in the Pirate Hunter's crew or not. To Tarayshia, I think that one of your two characters should be a pirate hunter. Please reply. I only have one character signed up for the ph crew, and that is Francois LeBlanc, the captain. But I am hoping that one of Tarayshia's characters can be a first mate, and therefore the highest position available is 2nd mate which will automatically go to Salvatore D'Persia, unless his creator specifies otherwise.

For the sake of realism, I think Salvatore should not be a first mate, as he is youngest of all the characters and has the least experience, but I am ok with him being a pirate hunter.

I can do another char, if you want... Pirate hunter obviously. This guy might make a better captain then Leblanc, so if I could take on another char, he could be captain. (if thats ok)
Name: William St. John.
Age: 40
Hight: 5'5
Nationality: British
Perivious occupation: Merchantman, then Petty officer in Royal Navy
History: William joined the marchant service at 17, and served for several years on an East Indiaman. When the ship was attacked by pirates, his brother was killed and he was set adrift in an open boat. He suffered emotional trauma, and is prone to breakdowns, but he was picked up by a british war ship, and forced to work his passage.

He renlisted when the ship reached port, however, and he served several more years, before he was discharged.

Then, he turned to drink and gambled away a good amount of money. Out of dispair, he tried to renlist, but insted joined the crew of the pirate hunter. He climbed the ranks over time, and eventually reached a postition of respect with the crew

This guy might make a better captain then Leblanc, so if I could take on another char, he could be captain. (if thats ok)
I like Leblanc as captain, but William can be first mate. ;) I also think this works out great, considering that Salvatore doesn't have to be first mate now.
Hey Pyschotika, do you think Abdul could be a ph?

This RP is starting tomorrow, and if Pyschotika responds, we'll only need 5 more Pirate Hunters. Although, it would be fine if we only had 5-6 people on the ph ship, it would smooth over fine. If I can't get at least two more people to sign up, this rp is delayed until i can. This is frustrating! :headbang:

Kulikovo, I can't find the lions in the sand rp!

A spare pirate hunter, if one is needed

Name: Paulo de Monteverde
Height: 5'10"
Age: 40
Nationality: Spanish
Previous Occupation: Soldier
History: Paulo was the son of Spanish merchants who sailed out of Naples. Paulo was always quiet and simple. He had a confortable childhood, enjoying the luxuries of well-to-do parents. His parents had sent him to the best academies in Rome and later in Madrid and Cordoba. His parent arranged for him to become a Jesuit when he was sixteen, but he ran away from the monastery. He worked several oddjobs, but ended up a soldier. He was not particularly ambitious, but was loyal, so long as he received his pay on time. His unit was sent to supress the rebels in the Netherlands during the end of the 80 years' war. He was resourceful and brutal and acted without remorse. After the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, he was stationed in the Spanish Netherlands (Modern day Belgium), where he learned to speak French. After pirates intercepted the merchant ships carrying his units' pay, his unit disbanded. Without direction, he wandered aimlessly, until he was devoid of money. At that point he decided to market his fighting skills and signed on as a pirate-hunter. He is proficient with the musket and the sword, and excellent with the knife and the garrote. He rarely speaks, but when he does he can speak Spanish, French, Italian and some broken English. He is generally disinterested with the world around him and cares little for others, or anything besides his next job.

Edit: Appropriate changes have been made

I assume there be other crewmen who are not actually characters? You know, cannon fodder?

can you be incharge of a completely different ship? and npc your crew? or is this a single person ship thing?

Hey

This sounds good! I'll get to work on my bio straightaway.

Pirate Hunter
Name: Barny Townsend
Age: 26
Nationality: English
Height: 5 ft 5
Previous Occupation: Dockworker
History:

Being strongly built from a young age, son of a whore and a dockworker, Barny spent most of his days working in various docks over England, tending to unloading sensitive cargos and shipping them to their various respective clients within the country.

He spent most of his free time brawling or working for the local crime lords as a petty thug, a job he did admirably, but didn't care for. It didn't pay anywhere near enough for the high quality whores he enjoys so much.

As soon as he realized that the bounties on pirates were rising, he jumped professions to pirate hunter immediately. Knowing that any captain would be stupid to reject him as a crewmember, with his vast knowledge of ship repairs and short stocky build, he grabbed the nearest weapon and started to seek out an appropriate captain and a ship to take him on...

well, here are two more people, so when will it start?

OCC: Bump

bump

As I posted in the Lions in the sand RP, I went to stay with my aunt who lacks an internet connection, and so im sorry but this is delayed until Sunday. This is the final delay.

YES! I've got 6 phs, possibly 7. This rp is now closed, except for responses from Tarayshia and the controllers of Salvatore D'Persia and Abdul Sabur Farid.
The default Pirate Hunters are:
Cpt: Francois LeBlanc
1st Mate: William St. John
2nd Mate: Abdul Sabur Farid (Maybe, I need a response from Physcotika)
Crew: Salvatore D'Persia
Paulo D'Monteverde
Barney Townsend
One of Tarayshia's characters (Possibly, need a response from Tarayshia)

looks good.

Sure does. I can't wait!

I still think LeBlanc is too thick to be captain, but its really fine. how many NPCs are on each ship?

I still think LeBlanc is too thick to be captain, but its really fine. how many NPCs are on each ship?

I guess none, but there'll be plenty of NPC's on the other ships. You know, the ships us pirates'll be beating the crap out of.

THE RP IS UP! :) Heres the link...

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11083654#post11083654