[OOC] Drink up me hearties, YO HO! (A pirate roleplay)

[JonxlatheLion]

ARRRR! Think you're ready to sail on the seven seas, you scallywag? You'd better be prepared to live and die like a pirate! But first, you green horn of a salty sea dog, we need to know more about you!
Name: What be your title?
Age: How many years have you been alive?
Gender: Aye, it may seem obvious, but you never know. Some of the women i've seen... *Shudder*
Appearance: We don't have the time to ogle at you, scum!
Personality: What be your train of thought?
History: What happened in your life before you got on this ship?
Skills: What can you do?
Equipment: Nothing personal, just got to make a security check. We don't want anyone getting stabbed in the side!
Other: Anything else you want to tell me and the crew?

This should be a mighty fine adventure! We just got to wait for the whole of the recruits to show, then we set sail for the lagoon of souls!

So this is mostly a crossover roleplay, which means you are recommeneded to use a pirate from a work of fiction, like Captain Hook.
This roleplay will be one ship. We are going to have to find pieces of a stone, each one about the size of a small pebble. These stones will combine to create a small basketball-sized sphere. This sphere is the key to open a mystic portal that will release an imprisoned cosmic being that will be grateful for our help, granting us each a single wish.
This is my character:
Name: The name's Captain Jack Sparrow, but that's Captain Jack to you!
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Appearance:

my handsome face

Personality: Jack sparrow is too egotistical to explain his own personality, so i will do it for him. He is a awful, backstabbing, no good selfish piece of half digested scum, but beyond that he tends to do what is agreed to be the best thing to do with that situation, even if at times it only benefits him. He is no hero, but he is a good man.
History: Well, i've been all over the place. Port royal, tortuga, Davy Jone's Locker! I always, like the amazing man i am, came out alive and with two women under my arm! Of course these women left after they found out i no longer had the black pearl, but that's besides the point darling. I'm the best pirate that ever was and i plan to stay that way.
Skills:
Master swordsman: I am quite savvy with my swords and how to swing it.
Commander: I make quite the remarkable captain
Charimatic: My tongue is made of silver, but fumbles here and there.
Strangely good with the ladies: Need I say more?
Equipment:
My cutlass
Four flintlock pistols!
My trusty compass!
And this do-hickey *brings out a severed and shrunken head* A gift from my dad, you see. It's me mum.
Other: Nothing more I want to say to you, baldy. Make way!

[Whirlwind]

CS

Name: Rosetta “Rose” Black

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Appearance:


Personality: Rose is not very proper. She can tell surly jokes and brawl with the rest of them. But she refuses to be man handled or taken advantage of. She is strong, confident, and proves so by not taking every chance she sees to show it off arrogantly. She likes to drink and party, loving the sea and freedom of living outside high society and the law. She also enjoys those who are honest and finds pirates surprisingly more honest than those dignified folks who think themselves better than she. Rose has a soft side as well, but she keeps it well hidden. Go showing off your gooey center on a pirate ship and you might as well jump off the deck.

History: Rosetta grew up along the docks of a seaport town, awaiting the day her father would return. Her mother told her he was a merchant at sea and so young Rose waited patiently her whole young life. While along the edge of these waters she ran into quite a few surly characters, and learned what a pirate was. The first time she saw one, he was greasy and snarling, being led away in cuffs, but all the while proclaiming he had lived a life of freedom. This intrigued Rose more than anything. This… freedom. As she grew older, she realized her father was never coming home, and began to question whether or not he was a pirate. Determined to follow her own fate she snuck aboard a pirate ship that had attacked her home late at night, stowing away at the age of 13. She was of course discovered, but the young captain was intrigued himself by her and let her stay. She did not go unpunished, having to take on cleaning duties and then eventually kitchen duties as she was a handy cook. She eventually won the captain’s favor even more and began imploring him to teach her how to be a pirate. Privately, and later not so privately, he taught her. She learned how to use a gun and sword, how to pillage and deceive. How to do whatever the hell she wanted. Years went by and she was never promoted to a high station, more than likely because of her gender. Her captain was killed and fearing Rose would be named to a higher position, the crew turned on her but she escaped before getting caught. Since then she has been going from ship to ship, to find friends among the seas once more.

Skills: Sword fighting, fist fighting, fighting dirty, cooking, deception, being sneaky

Equipment: pistol sword, flintlock pistol, sabre, smoke bombs, dagger, grenados, flask, compass, gun powder, flint stone, some girly items in a small bag (rose scented perfume, coal for eye liner, French soap, etc.)

Other: Nope

[Habib]

Is this Captain and crew or one ship roleplay?

EDIT: I think this OOC really needs more information.

[Daird]

OP: You do realize Blackbeard was real, right? (uncontrollable pedantry satisfied).

[Goldeagle1221]

Name: John "Barbarossa" Payne
Age: 40
Gender: male
Appearance: its a link, sorry.

Personality: A cheery laugh, and a sharp sword, a well seasoned pirate knows how to have fun in every occasion. Barbarossa is no exception, as a master of practical ass kicking and persuasive trickery, he has gone far in the pirate world and certainly made his mark as a great privateer and gentleman... well, as gentlemanly a man of the sea can possibly be.
History: A man of many adventures, he is renown and has worked on the side with kings and sultans alike, but enjoys his own personal line of work the best. As an extravagantly simple man, he requires little, but goes for it all. through clever schemes and sharp wit he conquers all his goals and when all else fails, en garde!
Skills: Wit to match Odysseus himself, and a fairly good hand in the physical arts.
Equipment: trusty sabre, and the occasional pistol.
Other: (stars in the 1953 film "Raiders of the seven seas" ; a classic piece of pirate arrrrrrrt)

[RumikoOhara]

Name: Hope Kyd

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Personality: Hope is her own woman and any man having doubts has run aground. She is famous for her aggression in combat many saying it is with blood that her hair was dyed red. Honest to a point her word is trusted only among those who share passage with her, everyone else is merely a sheep before shearing. She is a lusty woman enjoying her drink and the company fair where she might find them.

History: Hope's past is as shifting as the grains of sand on any beach. She is a runaway bride of noble lineage, her father the lost son of royalty an she a princess. But the Best of the lot are that she is the daughter of William Kidd and a Sea witch or she is the Heir to Calypso the Sea Nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for seven years as he tried to return home to his wife an country.

What is known of Hope is that at one time several years ago she was married to a bold Captain by name of Samuel Bellamy though this would make her his third wife an he a true bigamist. Known as "The Prince of Pirates or Black Sam" Captain Bellamy died at the age of only 28 after having taken an estimated 53 prizes. Some believe that Hope knows the key to or is pivotal to discovering the Key to Black Sam's treasure.

Harried by the Navies of the world who thought that she knew the location of his treasure forced Hope to flee the civilized world to escape their aggravation an threats

Skills: Hope is an excellent swords woman having practiced with Black Sam when they were together and after he had left for sea. She fights often in the Main gauche style preferring a trident dagger to a sword breaker in her off hand.
Gymnast Hope has a natural ability for climbing and swinging which she uses to allow her to be one of the better top men on her ship.
Knots an Ropes, having a skill coupled with her gymnastics means that she is a good person in the masts.
Weather Witch: Hope has a knack for reading the pattern of clouds an winds and is a fair predictor of the coming weather
Pistol dueling: Hope is very familiar with the use an care of pistols and this skill is due to her having fought several successful duels.

Equipment: 1 Cupped Cutlass
3 Flint lock pistols
3 Daggers hidden
1 Trident (Parrying) dagger
1 Sea Bag with two changes of clothing and an extra pair of boots

Other:

[GuySenpai]

Name: Marco Bolitho

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Appearance:


Personality: A confident and cunning young man, Bolitho is ultimately out for himself but understands having the support of other men is better than having to fight them. He was born and raised a gentleman and likes to try and keep this part of himself on as a front, a young and charming, rugged man with his own ambitions that come before all else. Respect is a powerful thing and Hugh both hands it out and demands it according to how a person acts, always aware that it is earned, never given.

History:
Born and raised the son of a veteran of the English Navy it's fair to say Bolitho was a promising child, he outshone his younger brother both in school and physical activities.
Aged 16 he followed in his farther's footsteps and joined the King's Royal Navy and three years later he was shipped to far side of the world.

He served his time for a long and worked his way up the ranks, from midshipman to officer to deputy luitenant and by the age of 23 he had made quite the name for himself. It wasn't enough though, the rigid and monotonous daily life, the months out at sea with no sight of land, the petty share of prize money, he wanted more. Bolitho was one of the ringleaders of a mutiny on his ship, with little resistance the captain was overthrown and sent adrift with his supporters leaving Hugh in charge.

Many of the crew left to start new lives in an independent America but Hugh stayed at sea, a privateer? A deserter? A pirate? He didn't decide what he'd call himself but he joined a series a rag-tag crews comprised of other deserters, run away slaves, foreigners and colonial rebels.

After years of drifting he heard of a captain named Sparrow and sought him out, in time he found him and joined the pirate crew.

Skills:
Navigation, he can read charts and work out a ship's location with the most basic of information as well as making his own charts.
Duelling, like every gentleman Hugh can both swing a sword and shoot a pistol.
Maths and money, a smart man, Bolitho can calculate expenses and profit easily.
Charm/charisma, ever the smooth talker the Englishman is a master of diplomacy, negotiation and trade.

Equipment:
Abacus
Charting equipment
A log book
English luitenant's sabre and flintlock with ammunition
Eyeglass

Other: There's nothing more you need to know.

[Daird]

Name: "Black" Bart Roberts
Age: 24
Male
Personality revealed IC
History: Roberts was a navigator on a British merchantman captured by pirates. The pirates asked anyone serving on the merchantman to join them, and Roberts jumped at the chance for more money, less work, and better rum. After serving for several months, the ship's captain was killed, and Roberts was shocked to find the position offered to him. Roberts began a spree that found him terrorizing sea lanes from the Carribean to Africa. Now, he's joined up with Sparrow, ready to wreak havoc on any ship that comes within reach.

Skills/Traits

Navigation, it's why his original crew wanted him in the first place.
Daring: It takes a certain amount of nerve to capture a freaking man-o-war and hang the VIP aboard from his own mast

Equipment: Saber and pistol
Chartbook with extensive maps
Eyeglass

Note: I'll be playing the historical Black Bart, so you'll see several traits that are... uncommon among pirates.

[Goldeagle1221]

Im excited for this.

[Habib]

Name: Yusuf ibn Al-Muhalamulim.
Age: 53.
Gender: Male.
Appearance:

Personality: Yusuf is a calm and sensible man who is willing to think out situations before acting. He is quite civilized and much prefers diplomacy to the brutal actions of a pirate, however he does not deny their necessity in certain situations.
History: Yusuf was born to a rather wealthy Ottoman family. The family itself was a long line of slave traders that traded with all kinds, from wealthy farmers to sultans. Yusuf grew up among slaves, learning how to lead them and look after them. At first he quite liked the job of ordering slaves around but eventually it became boring, it appeared he much preferred an adventurous lifestyle. During the years of his early adulthood he took up a position on an Ottoman Navy vessel as it's quartermaster. In most other Empires he would have likely ended up as a simple deckhand, but it wasn't often that you had a man who wasn't a slave coming along to work a vessel. He quickly learnt the basics of Nautical warfare and navigation. He quite enjoyed long distance patrols and journeys, it also helped him practice his hobby of mapping.

After two decades he had managed to gain control of his own Ottoman Imperial Vessel, a frigate with 26 guns. A crew of 150 comfortably crewed his vessel. It is rumored that Yusuf's family resorted to less-than savory methods in order to get Yusuf such a good position and vessel. A decade passed on this vessel, Yusuf managed to win every single nautical engagement he was in. The Imperial Navy began to realize what a wonderful captain Yusuf had become and went about organizing his promotion and a even larger vessel, however this day never came.

Yusuf was 43 when pirates assaulted his vessel during the night. The enemy was already aboard by the time to 'alarm!' was cried. Yusuf emerged from his quarters, he had been awake far into the night working on his maps. "Stop!" Yusuf shouted and to his surprise, both the boarders and his men stopped and looked at him. Yusuf looked to the richest looking of the crew at exclaimed "I wish to parlay with your Captain!". Yusuf nodded to his crew and they sheathed their weapons. Then very rich looking man emerged from the pirate ship and walked over to Yusuf, after an exchange of kind greetings they entered the Captain's quarters and the two crews waited.

When the Captains emerged, they had smiles on their faces and were engaging in casual conversation. It became known that Yusuf had managed to forge alliance between the two and that Yusuf's ship (The Jewel) was now to sail under a pirate's flag. The majority of the crew agreed (most of them were slaves), the ones who didn't were given a rowboat and a weeks supply of food and sent off in the direction of Constantinople. Thus began Yusuf's career of piracy.

Seven years passed and Yusuf had achieved a minor degree of fame, raiding Ottoman coastal towns and a few navy vessels. On this year however, Yusuf decided his greedy ally who had gotten him into piracy was becoming too much of a burden. Yusuf organized an meeting. Upon his ally arriving, a rowboat with two slaves and a man in one of Yusuf's spare sets of clothing was sent out towards the other ship, little did the now enemy crew know that it was loaded with gunpowder. The crew of the rowboat were willing to die a Martyr's death, and so they did. A brilliant explosion lit the night and the enemy ship began to sink. The majority of the enemy crew were rescued, except for the Captain who perished in the explosion. The crew were thrown into the brig where those who showed resentment to the now dead captain were recruited into Yusuf's crew. The rest were taken to land, given supplies and sent off in the direction of the closest town. Three years passed and Yusuf's story now continues on the anniversary of the beginning of his pirate career. Would this year be his last? Only time would tell.
Skills: Yusuf is quite a brilliant nautical commander, a slow and patient man who incorporated brilliant tactics into his sailing. Yusuf is able to inspire his crew, when dealing with non-muslim foes he'll often quote the qu'ran to inspire his crew. Average skills with sword and gun, preferring to let his crew fight.
Equipment: A flintlock pistol, scimitar, spyglass, sailing and mapping equipment.
Other: No.

I'm hoping this is a Captain and crew RP, instead of everyone being on the same boat as the former is what I prepared this character sheet for.

[Goldeagle1221]

Jon said This roleplay will be one ship

[JonxlatheLion]

while all of you are accepted, i am going to have to flesh out the original post a bit. do be patient, my life is kinda all over the place right now.

[Goldeagle1221]

no hurry, dude. :)

[Habib]

Withdraw my app if it is one ship, then. I no longer have interest in the roleplay.

[JonxlatheLion]

oh, okay then. Sorry bro, I am thinking of making a ship and crew roleplay in the nation section sometime this month though.

[RumikoOhara]

I'd love to be the tavern owner

"Welcome To The Keelhauled Sailor"
There is no more friendly a tavren on the Coast
"What's yer Poison Me Boyos?"

[JonxlatheLion]

Hm.
I think I may have a use for a tavern owner.
Something from an old roleplay i was in.
We are going to have to find pieces of a stone, each one about the size of a small pebble. These stones will combine to create a small basketball-sized sphere. This sphere is the key to open a mystic portal that will release an imprisoned cosmic being that will be grateful for their help, granting each a single wish. Since I don't see many "popped up here due to a storm gone wrong" I'm going to assume we all came from this world and plan to stay here.
The tavern owner can be their rumor guide, hooking them up with info about possible locations.
Ladies and gentlemen.
We have ourselves a mission
We have ourselves a motive
We have ourselves a quest!

[Goldeagle1221]

Alright, sounds good.

[GuySenpai]

Har, har, har! Right lads! Let's get started!

[JonxlatheLion]

IC will be up by tomorrow tops.