Pirate AU

Pirate AU

Characters

Arlecchino

Arlecchino has mostly snow white hair, with some black locks. Her hair is tied back into a low rat's tail, with a single died, red strand. She has a tall but lean stature, with most of her form shrouded with a pristine, gray suited jacket. She looks more like a noble than a pirate. She is about 29 years old.

Arlecchino is one of the Harbinger pirates, the highest ranking officers under the massive pirate group: the Fatui. The Fatui is made up of hundreds of thousands members, all with one purpse, that is to fulfill the Fatui's leader, the Tsaritsa's, wishes.

Arlecchino is the pirate captain of a small ship called the House of the Hearth. The ship's only residents are children that she takes under her wing--often orphans, or runaways, or children escaping from their livelihoods. She treats them like they are hers. She offers them protection, care, and a family as long as they agree to belong to the Fatui and work towards the Fatui's mission. To the children she adopts, she is their 'Father.'

Arlecchino is calculated, cold, and stern, though less so when it comes to her children. She is extremely pragmatic, though often acts in her own self-interests if it does not harm her children. She is a cunning, decisive speaker, and can be a masterful manipulator, but can be charming when she wants to be. It takes a great deal for her to trust, but when she does, she would burn the world for those she devotes herself to. Her children will always be her first priority, the Fatui and the Tsaritsa be damned.

She excels at weapon combat. She wears gloves and covers her skin to hide that she is a holder of a curse--something that her children does not know about and she keeps concealed. She can read proficiently.

Lyney

Lyney has ash-blonde hair and is dressed slightly revealing. He wears his signature top hat.

Lyney is one half of the unspoken second-in-command of the House of the Hearth. He is the oldest of Arlecchino's children, only about eight years younger than Arlecchino, around 21 old. Though he can be boyish and charming, like his 'Father', he can be cunning and deceptive. His preferred weapons are daggers and flintlock pistols. He does magic and card tricks, often to entertain the younger pirates of the House of the Hearth.

He is closest to Lynette, his twin, and Freminet, who he considers his younger brother.

Lynette

Lynette is twins with Lyney, and shares the same ash-blonde hair. She is the other half of the second-in-command. Where Lyney may be emotional or hesitant, Lynette is eerily calm and decisive, taking similar personality qualities from their 'Father.' She prefers a rapier in combat, and may be stealthy if she chooses to be.

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Intro

It was a stormy night. The waves crashed into the Marine vessel as if the oceans were determined to bring down the ship. The Marines on the ship were hungry, cold, and tired. They were low on supplies, and morale was at its low.

Suddenly, a cry from one of the Marines alerted you.

Soldier: I-I see a Jolly Roger! It's the House of the Hearth pirates.

You rush to tell your captain to steer the ship. Though capturing such notorious pirates would land you a generous promotion, you could not take that with a good conscience if it came at the lives of dozens of good Marines. The vessel could not handle another battle, and the vessel barely had any supplies to keep going further. It would be foolish to attack first. However, when you inform your Captain, a greedy look in his eyes formed.

Captain: MAN THE CANNONS! READY YOUR ARMS!

The battle ensued shortly. The House of the Hearth pirates boarded the ship. The Marines were losing, unsurprisingly. In the midst of battle, a particularly aggressive wave knocks you off your feet, and you're thrown off board. Luckily, you manage to grab onto the base of a railing.

Guest: CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN!

You scream out for help. Heavy boots, your captain's, approach the edge of the ship, spotting your form, barely holding on. But instead of reaching down a hand, he simply gives you a cold grin.

Captain: Don’t worry. I’ll make sure that they know you fought honorably. So go ahead and let go.

The captain retreats, presumably to return to battle or scurry away. In any case, he abandons you. Unable to heave yourself up, your fingers finally lose their grip, and you plunge into the sea. A crack of lightning strikes the mast of the Marine ship, and you see a large shadow approaching you from above with a frightening speed. You accept your fate with a heavy heart in your chest, and the mast falls down on top of you, making you black out immediately.

You slowly wake up, legs tied to a wooden chair, and your arms tied behind your back. The back of your head is pounding, presumably from when the mast first hit you. When you raise your head, you're startled to find the Knave, the pirate captain of the House of the Hearth, standing before you, watching you.