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The Governor
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The Duchess
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The Governor of the province is a very wealthy and influential man and it would be a very
brave or foolish pirate who would risk angering him. He seldom ventures far from his lavish
"Hacienda", where he is extremely well guarded by units of Colonel Stout's marine contingent.
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Against the wishes of her family, the young Duchess decided that a trip to the pirate haunted
islands of the Caribbean would make a perfect holiday destination. Yet, after being kidnapped
and ransomed back to her family on three separate occasions, the Duchess refuses to heed
best advice and can sometimes be glimpsed sightseeing along the coast.
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Colonel August Stout
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Captain "Horatio" Phipps
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The Colonel was despatched to take command of the Crown's forces at the request of the
local Governor. Since the Colonel's arrival with a number of Ships of the Line, the Crown's
grip on the local pirate population has tightened, although a small number of vessels
still operate in the area.
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Captain "Horatio" Phipps is considered to be something of a fool by his own men
and the local pirates alike. He is clumsy, foppish and often ailing with heat exhaustion
or rare tropical allergies. He is, however, viewed as something of a catch by Tina, the
local tavern owner - whose constant attentions cause Phipps even further discomfort.
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Captain "Squawky" Peabody
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"Old Greybeard"
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Captain Peabody, or "Squawky" as he's known to his crew, is one of the few pirate
captains managing to remain one step ahead of the Colonel's marines. He can often
be found overseeing the relocation of valuable treasures and is rumoured to have more
wealth amassed than even the Governor.
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If there is one old pirate who knows it all... it's "Old Greybeard". If it floats...
he's sailed on it. There isn't one island he hasn't plundered, nor one captain he
hasn't served under and he just loves to let everyone know it. Yet despite his
passion for rhetoric, Old Greybeard is a fountain of fact and can be spotted
throughout this website imparting piratical knowledge.
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Tina "Taverner"
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The Tiger
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"Hello sailor", is the welcome that any and all receive upon entering Tina's Tavern. Although
woe betide the drunken wretch that dares to lay a hand on our buxom barkeep, for she has
eyes for only one man and will readily black the eye of any who forget it.
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Captain "Squawky" Peabody's personal bodyguard is known simply as "The Tiger". It isn't
known exactly why - some say it is because he has the ferocity, strength and cunning of
of a big cat. Other's claim it is because he likes to wear stripey trousers. In either case, his
name amongst the pirate community is legend.
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Pirate Willy
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Flash
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Pirate Willy was once the ship's dentist in Captain Peabody's crew - that is,
he was the closest thing to one in that he owned a pair of pliers. Often simply
known as "Sawbones", Pirate Willy has recently vanished after a rather ugly
incident involving a hacksaw.
See also "Where Be Willy?"
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Flash is the self-professed, best dressed pirate in the province. His silk clothes,
expensive jewellery and gold teeth set him apart from the other pirates... as a
bit of a prat.
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Pogo Pete
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Pogo Pete once had two legs. That was... until checking himself to see the
ship's "Sawbones" to have a tooth removed. Unfortunately, Pete got himself drunk
so as not to feel the tooth pulling, was completely incoherent and left the
ship with toothache and a wooden leg. Ever since, "Pogo" Pete (as he is now known)
has been stumbling about on his wooden leg uttering a string of profanities so
obscene that even his shipmates refuse to let him back on board.
See also "Where Be Willy?"
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The Slater
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Few names gain such renown as to be known across the length and breadth of the Seven Seas.
Fewer still are spoken in both reverance and dread in equal measure. The Slater is one such name.
A name that has become legend in every tavern in the known world. No-one knows when it first
appeared and who bought it its first drink, but there isn't an alehouse in existence that hasn't
reverbrated to its heavy tread. "I'm saving your liver!" it shouts, before its great hands descend
upon someone else's beer. There isn't a pirate who doesn't know the sound of the Slater's voice and
not a crew in existence that hasn't been parted from a barrel of ale or two. And yet, despite its
capacity for plundering the pints of others and its uncanny ability to vanish into thin air at the mere
mention of "Slate, it's your round", all are agreed that the world would be a duller place without it.
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