The Pirates

Friday
Nov122010

Hector THE WRECKER Gristle, Captain

Tolerates: New ideas and dissent, strangely

Respected Because: He tolerates new ideas and dissent, strangely

Notorious For: Unmatched bellow

Nickname Origin: His mother

Fastidious About: Having dry feet

Captain HECTOR GRISTLE has a beard and waist-long dreadlocks the colour of dried moss, affecting the illusion of snakes, as well as a complete disregard for the values of noble, just and fair citizenship.

Friday
Nov122010

Vincent THE VILE Van Goon, First Mate

Crossover Pirate-Corporate World Skill: Masterful influencer

Known for: Wordless intimidation

Pet Peeve: Big talkers

Little-Known Skill: Bluegrass banjo prodigy, fastest jig in Guysborough County

First Mate Vincent the VILE keeps a colony of maggots in his facial hair and is regarded as a formidable strategist. Despite a lifetime of criminal behaviour, he has never been apprehended.

Friday
Nov122010

SCREAMIN' Meena, Navigator

Personal Truth: There's no such thing as a map with a gut

Known Among Pirates For: An inclination towards plausibility that inclines her to never concede the ridiculousness of an idea

Known Among Gamblers For: Inability to resist a dare

Appreciates: Zeke's homemade squashed leech-oil lozenges

Navigator SCREEMIN’ Meena is completely bald, her skull covered in oozing warts of an unknown diagnosis. Not speculated to be a talent in the science of route-finding, she is said to rely on instinct, and dispatches coordinates when the (extremely loud) ship is in motion.

Friday
Nov122010

SLIMEBUCKET Sam, Gunner

Personal Weakness: Unsolvable conundrums

Reputation: Ferociously territorial, founding crewmember, elder

Born: Roughly

Respected for: Having never been stumped

Gunner SLIMEBUCKET Sam, a toothless sack of skin-and-bones, is believed to hold one of the most esteemed positions on ship—gunner in charge of the pirates’ loathed weapon, the Gooperator. He is also rumoured to be its inventor (unverified).