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Alright, first off, let me say this. This is NOT, I repeat, IS NOT, a POTC rip-off. There will be no Captain Jack Sparrows, Will Turners, Elizabeth Swan (Turner)s, Captain Barbosas, etc. They are all property of Disney Corp., so we can't use them.

Now that that's out of the way, this thread is to gauge interest in doing a "Pirates"-like roleplay. Pretty much, time frame and the setting are the same, you can just be the British Royal Navy (East India Trading Company) or a pirate captain with your ship(s). Or a governor of a port, or pretty much anything you want.

So yeah, is there interest for this, or am I just plain stupid and crazy?

Bare Bones Plot

Let's say the Caribbean is pretty divided. There are ports that are openly Pirate-supporting, and there are also ports for each of the four countries. And let's just say that there is a certain map that leads to whatever. The one problem is that the ship carrying said map sank in a hurricane... and now the case is on to actually find said map (no one will, but it allows people to be moving around, either within that plot, or just sailing for fun.)

Roster: (Member/Name/Ship)
English:
Green Hawk - Wolfe - HMS Growl

French:

Spanish:
Nueve Italia - Ciro Marinaio - Furia Giusta

Portuguese:

Pirates:
Ambrose-Douglas - Michael Harland - Immortal Voyage
Greal - James - Black Cave
Shakal - Francis Weldheimer - Black Lightning

I might be interested in this....MIGHT( liked the third movie tho :cool:)

I am interested in this, after all, the 3rd movie was good.

well I must say I'm not intrested but I still commend you for creativity and orginality by not going with the movie POTC

I'm interested.

what are we going to do? command Pirate ships or something?

lol i was going to make a thread like this, but i want in on this one.

If I can think of a pirate and a crew I'll join, but I need time to think of those two things. I love character rps like this :D Do you have a plot in mind or is this kind of a "go with the flow" rp?

HMMM, how about a search for treasure? and will there be things like the Kraken(giant octupuss) in this, or more realistic?

I mgiht be down.

HMMM, how about a search for treasure? and will there be things like the Kraken(giant octupuss) in this, or more realistic?


Like UK ships chasing our fleeet, and we have to escape?

Definately interested. Now, other nationalities are allowed, right? After all, 4 nations had claim to the Caribbeans at one point. . .

Definately interested. Now, other nationalities are allowed, right? After all, 4 nations had claim to the Caribbeans at one point. . .


true, and we can always add more nations.

Main Character Bio:

Name: Wolfe (He has no last name for some reason...)
Height: 5'12"
Weight: 122
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Other Information: A captain in the Royal Navy. He commands a frigate, which has been ordered to hunt down near by pirates that have been causing problems. Him and his crew however have other things planned. The ship's name is the HMS Growl, they are working with three other ships. (Don't worry about them though, they won't last long :eek:)

What do you think?

Main Character Bio:

Name: Wolfe (He has no last name for some reason...)
Height: 5'12"
Weight: 122
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Other Information: A captain in the Royal Navy. He commands a frigate, which has been ordered to hunt down near by pirates that have been causing problems. Him and his crew however have other things planned. The ship's name is the HMS Growl, they are working with three other ships. (Don't worry about them though, they won't last long :eek:)

What do you think?


pretty good.

I dunno. Can I captain the flying Dutchman? :p I wub t3h Jonesy. (although, technically, Davy Jones and the Dutchman never went hand-in-hand, IRL)

Half-kidding, of course.

God damn this thread really took off, lol.

To answer some questions... we want this as real as possible. So no Kracken's or Flying Dutchman's popping up anywhere. Yes, other nations can be involved... English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese were the four nations if I'm not mistaken. Also adds an interesting element of international warfare plus the pirates.

Plot... well, this was originally planned to be pretty free-flowing... but it needs some semblance of a story, otherwise we just have dudes with ships and guys in ports running around and not doing anything constructive.

Let's say the Caribbean is pretty divided. There are ports that are openly Pirate-supporting, and there are also ports for each of the four countries. And let's just say that there is a certain map that leads to whatever. The one problem is that the ship carrying said map sank in a hurricane... and now the case is on to actually find said map (no one will, but it allows people to be moving around, either within that plot, or just sailing for fun.)

I'll start posting a roster on the first post for who is on which side.

Name: James
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 122
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Other Information: A Pirate, he is in charge of a ship called Black Cave. He also has 5 other ships smaller then Black Cave



Ship's name:Black Cave
Guns:20 cannons
Crew:175
Facts on the ship: One of the fastest ships in the area, the crew had a lot of experince.

I just need to comment on Greal

5'12" and 5'14" are not real heights man, it's 6' and 6'2".

I just need to comment on Greal

5'12" and 5'14" are not real heights man, it's 6' and 6'2".


sorry, acdentily typed that down

Bio:

Name: Ciro Marinaio

Alias: Il Italiano

Age: 24

Nationality: Italian

Flag Sailing Under: Spain

Rank: Captain

Occupation: Privateer (hired to act as a Pirate against unfriendly nations)

Description: At 5'7", Ciro is rather tall for his Italian ancestry. He has very dark brown, curly hair, cut so that it hangs an inch above his shoulders, and blue eyes, a Sicilian trait inherited from his mother. A small tuft of hair has grown from his chin, but he has no other facial hair. His normal attire is a green bandana covering his hair, a plain white shirt, light brown trousers, and a regular-brown colored pair of naval boots. In battle, Ciro is known to put on a hardened leather vest for slight protection.

Weaponry (training and items): Ciro carries a cutlass, a popular weapon in Italy and a memento of his father. Made of Damascus steel, a forging process known in the Middle East, the metal of the blade seems to have a watery appearance, fitting for a sailor. The handle is protected by a basket hilt.

Ciro also carries one pistol upon boarding, and has been known to use the weapon as a club in some cases. He has also been trained in the use of the rapier, though not as extensively as Royal naval captains.

History: Born in Genoa, Ciro was the son of a trader who sold his wares throughout the Mediterranean. He learned the ways of the sailor from his father and often spent time down at the docks and naval yards, helping in various odd-jobs with the men who worked there. When he was 16, his father left for a voyage to Barcelona. Along the way, a group of French corsairs, abandoning their "holy" mission and instead becoming greedy murderers, boarded his ship and killed him. Upon learning of this, Ciro left his mother when he turned 18 and tavelled to Greece to join a Corsair ship, in the hopes that he may capture French shipping to revenge his father. He participated in several succesful raids, his anger fueling his attacks, and the French along the Mediterranean trade routes soon learned to fear the Greek pirates. Finally, however, a French warship hunted down the corsair and destroyed it near Sardinia. From there, the young Italian travelled to Spain to seek passage to the New World, believing there was nothing left for him in Europe. Based on his experience in naval combat, Holy Spain gave him training in navigation, dueling, and ship-to-ship combat. Then, at 23, he set sail for the Caribbean, and was told to seek a letter of marque from the governor of Havana. This Ciro obtained, and from there he learned that France and Spain were currently at war. Smiling inside, he took up the name of Il Italiano, and raided the lower half of the Lesser Antilles and the French ports on Hispaniola for a year. . .

Ship: In accordance with being a privateer, Ciro wanted a ship that was both fast and powerful. For this reason, he asked for a Brig, and this he recieved.

Name: Furia Giusta
Cargo Space: 70 tons
Guns: 24
Max Crew: 180
Min Crew: 24

http://www.fineartemporium.com/se-Italian-Grace-new.jpg

Name: "Captain" Michael Harland
Height: 5 feet, 10 inches
Weight: 170 lbs
Ship: Immortal Voyage
Facts on the ship: 24 cannons (4 above deck, each side, 8 below deck, each side. Below deck guns midway up the side of the ship, in a straight line). While not the most heavily armed ship, the Immortal Voyage makes up for it with speed and maneuverability. Widely regarded as one of the fastest ships in the Caribbean. For the moment, travels alone.
Captain facts: Harland is seen as somewhat as a gun-for-hire. Has been known to work for other nations, but is generally considered a pirate. However, he will sometimes work for the highest bidder. The trick is just to know his price... and his location.

Ship Picture: Immortal Voyage (http://www.robinsdocksideshop.com/PirateShip48000.jpg)

Crew: Min: 30, Max: 100

Name: Captain Kash " Old Glory" Wilson
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 165 lbs
Ship: Black Patriot
Ship facts: 40 guns 20 on each side, 10 by 10 going down. crew size 180

other facts: Kash, and his men went renegade in the US navy, and fled to the carribean, searching for treasure and plunder.

I request too RP a Dutch merchant vessel.

Captain:

Name: Hinge "Dinge" Durgan

Height: 5 feet 1 inches

Weight: 135 pounds

Ship: The blue goat

Ship facts: Leaky, made in holland, one gun, crew, 7.

Other facts: Dutchmen are sweaty.

When will you make the thread?

Name: Captain Kash " Old Glory" Wilson
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 165 lbs
Ship: Black Patriot
Ship facts: 40 guns 20 on each side, 10 by 10 going down. crew size 180

other facts: Kash, and his men went renegade in the US navy, and fled to the carribean, searching for treasure and plunder.

Ummm... not going to add you. This is before the US had a navy... or there was even a US. So your history makes no sense... plus you never said which side you were on, etc. All needs to be fixed before I add you into the game. Otherwise, my 50 million ignore cannons will fire upon your puny ship.

When will you make the thread?

soon. very soon.

I request too RP a Dutch merchant vessel.

Fill out the facts everyone else has... you can be a merchant vessel, but you'll have to be working for one of the five sides listed in the first post. Just include that in your description.

Fill out the facts everyone else has... you can be a merchant vessel, but you'll have to be working for one of the five sides listed in the first post. Just include that in your description.

look at edits.

look at edits.

which side are you on though?

question: does each captain has their own port?

question: does each captain has their own port?

No, I'll find a map and post it in the IC thread... certain color ports will belong to certain groups, and some will be neutral. I'll get working on it.

IC thread is up, btw.

Im interested.

I need to ask a question first, you know the tri-cannons the movie ship had? are those even possible?

Bio:

Name: Francis Weldheimer
Alias: Nightstalker
Age: 34
Height: 6'6''
Nationality: German
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue

Pirate

Weapons:
1 French Captains Sword
1 Pistol

History: Francis was born in Hamburg, Germany. From an early age he took a natural affiliation to water. When he turned 15 his parents dies and he went to sea aboard a small merchant vessel. After three years he joined a pirate vessel and took command after the vessel attacked a French sloop. The French Captain was killed by him and he took over the vessel after that going his own way.

At 26 he managed to gather a new crew and headed for the Americas for glory and some adventure. After a few years he earned the name Nightstalker for his unsettling ability to hunt merchant ships down at night and take them out with little effort.

Ship:

Black Lightning

Crew:247
Guns:
Gundeck: 28 × 18pdrs
Quarter deck: 6 × 12 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 9pdrs


http://i8.tinypic.com/4l65bhl.jpg

Im interested.

I need to ask a question first, you know the tri-cannons the movie ship had? are those even possible?

Bio:

Name: Francis Weldheimer
Alias: Nightstalker
Age: 34
Height: 6'6''
Nationality: German
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue

Pirate

Weapons:
1 French Captains Sword
1 Pistol

History: Francis was born in Hamburg, Germany. From an early age he took a natural affiliation to water. When he turned 15 his parents dies and he went to sea aboard a small merchant vessel. After three years he joined a pirate vessel and took command after the vessel attacked a French sloop. The French Captain was killed by him and he took over the vessel after that going his own way.

At 26 he managed to gather a new crew and headed for the Americas for glory and some adventure. After a few years he earned the name Nightstalker for his unsettling ability to hunt merchant ships down at night and take them out with little effort.

Ship:

Black Lightning

Crew:247
Guns:
Gundeck: 28 × 18pdrs
Quarter deck: 6 × 12 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 9pdrs


http://i8.tinypic.com/4l65bhl.jpg

Um... I'm sure they're possible, but they wouldn't rotate, and for the purposes of this RP, we won't have them. You're added though.

Um... I'm sure they're possible, but they wouldn't rotate, and for the purposes of this RP, we won't have them. You're added though.

awww... i LOVE those guns.

About New Ausha's request to be a Dutch Merchantman, he would actually be on the side of the Dutch: I just noticed this but the Portuguese had no real power in the Caribbean, only in South America (namely Brazil). The Dutch, however, had three major ports: St. Eustatius and St. Martins in the Northern half of the Lesser Antilles, and Curacao (not quite sure of the spelling) to the east of Maracaibo (once again not sure of spelling).

Ok. well... let's just say the Dutch are friendly with everyone except pirates then, eh? Sound good to everyone?

Sounds good :) They usually were anyway: they traded with every nation.

Sounds good :) They usually were anyway: they traded with every nation.

Wooohooo! Something semi-historical correct, lol.

I hope no one minds me taking a bit of the plot line into my own hands ..., I'll change it if need be, no problems.

Also, to the creator (Ambrose-Douglas), should I make a bio for Sabine, or is it alright the way it is?

Sure, I'll sign on as a Royal Navy Second-Rate Ship of the Line, HMS Invincible.

hope you got some NS stuff in this so you don't get told off

No mods have said anything and this has been up for a couple of days, so I think we're fine. This is a character-based RP, not country based. Further, check the map. Not historically accurate in the least.

Blub, please make a character bio. Everyone else had to.

Nueve, your bio is fine.

it takes one person whos really into the rules to report and character-based as i hear still need to be base on NS things

I will play as a Captian of the Royal navy...

Ship name: HMS Agamemnon
Crew: 490 officers and men
Armament: 74 guns of various weights of shot
Class: 3rd rate ship of the line
Loyalties: England

Captian: Richard Braxton
Age: 27
Weight: 180lbs
Height: 5'9
Hair: Black, clean shaven
Eyes: Blueish grey
History: Captian Richard Braxton was born in Liverpool, joined the navy at a young age and worked his way up through the ranks. After being on afew different ships he gained alot of experiance and knowlage of the sea proving on many occasions that he was a talented, cunning, experianced officer in the serivce of the British navy.

Braxton was sent from Europe to the America's where he would patrol the waters for French vessels. After some service in the America's he was given his own 74 gun ship of the line, HMS Agamemnon, a brand new addition to the royal navy, a fine ship both fast and armed extremely well.

Captian Braxton has been sent to the Caribbean as his latest assignment, to hunt for pirates who disruppt Englands shipping lanes.

OOC: Is this ok?

I will play as a Captian of the Royal navy...

Ship name: HMS Agamemnon
Crew: 490 officers and men
Armament: 74 guns of various weights of shot
Class: 3rd rate ship of the line
Loyalties: England

Captian: Richard Braxton
Age: 27
Weight: 180lbs
Height: 5'9
Hair: Black, clean shaven
Eyes: Blueish grey
History: Captian Richard Braxton was born in Liverpool, joined the navy at a young age and worked his way up through the ranks. After being on afew different ships he gained alot of experiance and knowlage of the sea proving on many occasions that he was a talented, cunning, experianced officer in the serivce of the British navy.

Braxton was sent from Europe to the America's where he would patrol the waters for French vessels. After some service in the America's he was given his own 74 gun ship of the line, HMS Agamemnon, a brand new addition to the royal navy, a fine ship both fast and armed extremely well.

Captian Braxton has been sent to the Caribbean as his latest assignment, to hunt for pirates who disruppt Englands shipping lanes.

OOC: Is this ok?

You're good to go.

You're good to go.

Awesome...making a post now..

Ship name: French Ship Victorie
Crew: 700 officers and men
Armament: 80 guns
Class: 3rd rate ship of the line
Loyalties: French


Name: Jean-Pierre Lafayette
Alias: The Seahawk
Age: 30
Height: 5'6''
Nationality: French
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown

You're in.

I would like to play as a pirate captian....

Name: Thomas Biggleton
Alias: Bigtig - Reason = as he survived a tiger but lost an eye doing so and was call Bigtig Big for his last name and tig for the tiger
Age:37
Height:5"11
Nationality:English-Caribbean
Hair: Long Black Hair
Eyes: one glass eye, both Hazel

Ship: The Scarlet Rose (http://www.westbourne-model.co.uk/model-boat-images/COREL/SM11.JPG) OOC: mind the flags on the pic :P they dont exsist hehe
Crew: 169
Guns: 32
Class: 5th rate Frigate
Loyalities: Priate Code :P lol

man, we've got some heavily armed pirate vessels, don't we? lol

anyway, here's the bio:

Name: Sabine Ciel

Age: 21

Nationality: French Caribbean

Flag Sailing Under: Spanish (under Ciro Marinaio

Rank: N/A

Occupation: Was a Bar Waitress, is now a Privateer aboard the Furia Giusta

Description: Sabine stands around 5'5", and, due to the rough upringing of living in a colony, has a well-toned physique. Her long, dark hair goes perfectly with her French ancestry, but her green eyes are something no one has been able to explain. She commonly wears a loose, blue top with a flowing, white bottom that takes the shape of something of a cross between a long skirt and skin-tight pants.

Weaponry (training and items): Though she has had no formal training in using a gun or sword, Sabine has learned the art of knife fighting; after all, one needs such skills to survive in the Caribbean. As since, she carries a weapon taken from a dead trader's body, a curved, heavily-ornamented long dagger made of some strange metal that appears red in the sun but purple when there is no light. She wears the scabbard on a black belt around her middle, and the scabbard hangs behind her.

History: Sabine was born in Petit Goave, and had lived quite the normal life until she was 16. Her father had always had a drinking problem, and spent most of his time regularly in the tavern. Her mother was constantly working to pay for his debts, for her father's job at the docks did not earn enough to support both his family and his habit.

Due to this, Sabine spent much of her time outside of her house, avoiding the fights and arguments and instead spending her time talking to the many travellers coming into and out of Petit Goave, as well as staring at the massive ships and learning everything she could about them.

When she turned 16, her father was finally thrown out of the tavern for not being able to pay his debts, but the owner wanted the money anyhow. Her mother could not pay either, and so the tavern owner went to the Governor of Petit Goave to have the matter settled.

The resulting verdict banished Sabine's father from Petit Goave, and essentially made her and her mother the tavern owner's slaves in order to pay off the debt. To get the money back faster, the owner sold Sabine's mother to a passing English ship bound for the plantations of the colony of South Carolina. Ever since that day, for 5, gruelling years, Sabine had worked and slaved in the tavern to pay for her parents' faults. She longed for freedom, to be taken away from Petit Goave, from Hispaniola: she longed to just go anywhere, anywhere she could.

When Captain Ciro Marinaio came to Petit Goave, she saw her chance. She abandoned her duty, and fled with Ciro to the hope of a new life. The thrill of adventure, treasure, and freedom could finally begin for sabine ...

Where exactly is this action taking place on the map..close to where???

I found your locations...im ok now lol

lol, yea, between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (at the time, Haiti and the Dominican Republic did not exist: the whole island was called Hispaniola)

I completely ignored this thread in the IC and wasted time writing out the start of my part! What a fool I am.

Anyway, my captain;

Name: Captain Henry Smythe Fitzroy

Age: 34

Nationality: Irish

Flag "sailing" under: Pirate

Height: 6'3"

History: Captain Fitzroy was born in Cork, Ireland. His father was a blacksmith and his mother was a washerwoman. He is said to take after his maternal grandfather in looks, with a long, straight nose, a firm jaw, a flashing smile, large dark eyes, curly brown hair and a long beard, tied up with ribbons. Fitzroy ran away to sea at the age of sixteen, when he became a cabin boy upon the flagship of Captain Mary "Red Legs" O'Haran, the famous Irish highwaywoman and pirate queen of Galway.

A nymphomaniac, cutpurse and inordinate coward, Fitzroy has for years been more lucky than he deserves, having escaped the wrath of countless port authorities, judges, naval captains, angered husbands, angered fathers, (on several occasions, angered wives), and assorted drunks, gamblers, whores and other pirates. His greatest friend and confidante is his wife, Petunia Fitzroy, who resides in Kensington, London. She takes care of their daughter, Sarah, and Fitzroy visits them whenever he is in England. He suspects that Petunia is almost as unfaithful as he is, but with his cowardice and her strong personality, her beauty and his charm, they are both suited to each other perfectly.

Fitzroy's other associates include his benefactor, Madame Chang, who also supports his family in London. She is a villainous, wicked proprietress of the Nassau opium den, and other assorted criminal practices. There is also Solomon Levy, a Jewish money-changer in Trinidad; Don Esuago de Caracas, captain of the guard in Cartagena in Columbia; Raswan Durbahz, a Moorish pirate captain from the Barbary coast; and Sophie and Antoinette de Bains, two twin sisters who are expert thieves based in Cap-Haïtien, Hispaniola.

Ship: The Gallows Overture, Fitzroy's latest ship, was sunk in the Azores recently. This is the last known whereabouts of Captain Fitzroy, although reports are emerging that he is back in the Caribbean.

Note I: As a point of interest, Captain Fitzroy is based on that of Harry Paget Flashman, from the popular series of Flashman books by George Macdonald Fraser. In which case, as in the case of Flashman, Fitzroy might well meet several historical characters as well as other role-players, please do not infer any factual information from my posts. They may be totally inaccurate, as well as out of context.

Note II: If you haven't already read them, I would strongly recommend the Flashman series and any of Macdonald Fraser's other books, especially, The Pyrates, from which my inspiration is gathered also.

Ship name: HMS Achilles
Crew: 425 officers and men
Armament: 60 guns of various weights of shot
Class: 4th rate ship of the line
Loyalties: England

Captain: Archibald "Archy" Callaway
Age: 32
Weight: 187lbs
Height: 5'11
Hair: Grey, Bearded
Eyes: Green-Brown
History: Born in the higher-end residencies of London, his elevated status bought him his training and position in the Royal Navy. Sent to the Caribbean by the command in the Royal Navy as a Privateer, his aim is to plunder what he can, when he can.

His plunders often had something shaved off the top, making him ever richer and ever more pompous.

Sure, I'll sign on as a Royal Navy Second-Rate Ship of the Line, HMS Invincible.

Name: Commodre Henry Stark

Age: 34
Weight: 150lbs
Height: 5'8
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue

History: Born in the first son of the Governer of York, England. Stark attended the Royal Navy Academy and his family purchased him a comission as a Lieutenant aboard HSM Monmouth, a fifth rate frigate seeing duty along the Africa coast.

Over the years Stark has rose steadily through the ranks through a combination of political influence, martial skill and raw talent. He went on to command HMS Monmouth for three years, seeing service against pirates on twelve occasions and the Spanish twice.

Promoted at age 25 to Captain, Stark served the 17th Squadron based in the Carribbean aboard HMS Emerald for four more years. He was recalled to England for his comission ceremony to Commodore and waited while a new ship was built for him to command.

After two years, Commodore Stark sailed from London to the Carribbean aboard the brand new HMS Invincible, a shining 2nd rate ship of the line carrying ninety two guns.

HMS Invincible
Second-Rate Ship of the Line
740 officers and crew
92 guns
Forecastle: 2 × medium 12 pounder (5 kg), 2 × 68 pounder (31 kg) carronade
Quarter deck: 6 × 1.7 ton short 12 pounder (5 kg)
Upper gundeck: 26 × 1.7 ton short 12 pounders (5 kg)
Middle gundeck: 28 × 2.5 ton long 24 pounders (11 kg)
Lower gundeck: 30 × 2.75 ton long pattern Blomefield 32 pounders (15 kg)

Woa, hold on a minute: a ship of the line?

That thing could decimate anything else it comes across being as its a Royal Navy ship, but it wouldn't even be used as a pirate hunter either: it's too valuable.

What role would the Invincible serve, then, I wonder?

(yes, that's an actual question, just out of curiousity.)

Woa, hold on a minute: a ship of the line?

That thing could decimate anything else it comes across being as its a Royal Navy ship, but it wouldn't even be used as a pirate hunter either: it's too valuable.

What role would the Invincible serve, then, I wonder?

(yes, that's an actual question, just out of curiousity.)

Flagship of 17th Squadron. Charged with protecting vital interests in the region. Plot that if you want to know, you'll have to find out in-character. ;)

heh, alright then. I'm just hoping my character doesn't run into yours ...

I was wondering...I roleplay a Caribbean nation. Would it be okay to use it in this roleplay or no?

Post in the IC thread guys.

If I can still join,I would like to apply.

Name: Capt. Jericho Brown
Height: 5'9
Weight: 141
Hair: Black
Eyes: Green
Other Information: Captains a pirate ship he likes to call "Huracán" He and his crew sail the Caribbean looking for ships to plunder and towns to raid.

He wears an old,torn,soiled French Navy uniform he stole back when he has a scuffle with a French Navy ship.