Post by ClearStar on Sept 7, 2009 15:29:45 GMT -4
This roleplay may/will contain mature content and bad influence, such as drinking and high violence.
[glow=maroon,2,300]Pirates Of The Caribbean[/glow]
Characters
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you may choose to play an original character from the movie(s) if you'd like, or use a made up character and insert them into the storyline
Elizabeth Swann-
Elizabeth Swann is the daughter of Weatherby Swann, governor of Port Royal.
She becomes James Norrington's fiance after he proposes to her. She only accepts his marriage proposal so he will save Will Turner, the man she loves. After Will is rescued, the marriage is called off. She marries Will Turner instead and has a son named William Turner Jr.
Jack Sparrow-
Jack Sparrow, known to many people as Captain Jack Sparrow, is a pirate.
Jack Sparrow was captain of the black-sailed ship called the Black Pearl. However, after a mutiny led by his first mate Hector Barbossa, he was marooned on an island with nothing but a gun holding one bullet. However, he survived for three days on the island. There were many rumors about how he escaped the island, many of them glorifying Sparrow. In reality, Sparrow had discovered a smuggler's cache of rum and waited for the smugglers to come rescue him.
He assembles a crew to help him re-claim the Black Pearl. After the curse is lifted from the crew of the Black Pearl, he kills Barbossa using the gun he was left with when he was marooned. He re-claims his position as captain of the Black Pearl.
Hector Barbossa-
Captain Hector Barbossa, commonly called Barbossa, is a pirate.
Barbossa was Jack Sparrow's first mate. He led the mutiny against Sparrow, and became captain of the Black Pearl. He and his crew became cursed after stealing a chest of cursed Aztec gold. Just as the curse is lifted, Jack Sparrow shoots Barbossa (using the bullet from the gun left with him when he was marooned). This shot kills Barbossa. However, he is brought back to life by Tia Dalma to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker.
Will Turner-
William "Will" Turner is a blacksmith who lives in Port Royal.
After being found in the wreckage of a ship at sea, Will Turner was taken aboard a ship traveling to Port Royal. There, he became a blacksmith's apprentice. He falls in love with Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter, and marries her. However, after killing Davy Jones, he became captain of the Flying Dutchman, which allows him to make port only once per ten years.
James Norrington-
James Norrington is a British Royal Navy Officer.
James Norrington is a commodore in the Royal Navy. He proposes to Elizabeth Swann, however, she marries Will Turner instead.
After Jack Sparrow escapes hanging on the gallows, Norrington gives Sparrow a day's head start, effectively letting him escape. This causes him to lose his commission and position in the Royal Navy. He goes to Tortuga, a privateer port where many pirates and criminals live. However, he redeems himself by stealing the heart of Davy Jones and giving it to Lord Beckett. However, he regrets this decision as Beckett begins executing all pirates.
James Norrington dies on board the Flying Dutchman after helping Elizabeth escape. He is then impaled by Bill Turner, Will Turner's father.
Lord Cutler Beckett-
Lord Cutler Beckett is a ruthless Lord of the East India Trading Company.
After gaining the heart of Davy Jones from James Norrington, Beckett uses it to control Davy Jones. He orders the mass execution of all pirates, even women and children.
He is killed aboard the ship the Endeavor. He loses his control of Davy Jones after Will Turner stabs his heart and becomes the captain of the Flying Dutchman. The Endeavor is destroyed by the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman, killing all those aboard, including Beckett.
Tia Dalma-
Tia Dalma is the human form of the goddess Calypso.
Little is known about Tia Dalma. She once had a relationship with Jack Sparrow when they were "inseparable". It was in this time when she gave Sparrow his compass. She was Davy Jones' lover at one point. She was the one who turned him into a monster, after he cut his heart out for her.
She is revealed to be the nymph Calypso, bound to human form by the Brethren Court.
Davy Jones-
Davy Jones is captain of the Flying Dutchman.
Davy Jones turned into a monster after his relationship with Tia Dalma went bad. He is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, a ship crewed by those offered a second chance at life for a hundred years. Their job is to ferry souls to the afterlife. However, Davy Jones uses the crew for his own purposes. This has caused him and the crew to transform into monsters resembling sea life.
Davy Jones was killed by Will Turner aboard the Flying Dutchman.
Sao Feng-
Sao Feng is a Pirate Lord of the Brethren Court.
Sao Feng is the pirate lord of the South China Sea. He is known for betraying anyone, even his friends, to get on the winning side. He says this is "just good business". He often uses a dao as his weapon of choice.
Joshamee Gibbs-
Joshamee Gibbs, known as Mr. Gibbs, is a pirate.
Mr. Gibbs is right hand man to Jack Sparrow. He helps Jack Sparrow assemble a crew to go after the Black Pearl. He is very superstitious. Not much is known about his past, aside from the fact he had served in the Royal Navy at one point.
Pintel and Ragetti-
Pintel and Ragetti are pirates.
Pintel and Ragetti were part of the crew on the Black Pearl. They took part in the mutiny led by Barbossa, and each became immortal after taking part of the cursed chest of Aztec gold. Ragetti has a wooden eye, which is in fact Barbossa's Piece of Eight. They often are comic relief in the films.
Bootstrap Bill Turner-
Bill Turner, often called Bootstrap, is a pirate. He died, but took a second chance at life to become part of the crew on the Flying Dutchman.
Bootstrap is Will Turner's father. He was part of the crew of the Black Pearl with Jack Sparrow as captain, but he did not take part in the mutiny. He was killed by Barbossa because of this. Instead of choosing death, however, he becomes part of the crew on the Flying Dutchman with Davy Jones.
Settings
You may choose to RolePlay in one of the original settings in the movie(s)
Time Period
It is set in the English colonial period, which could be anywhere from late 1600s to mid 1700s.
Clothing
You may want to clothe your pirate in traditional, time-period-appropriate clothes
Hats:
when at sea most pirates probably wore small knitted caps or similar headdress. Thrumm caps, furry hats popular with English sailors for 400 years are also mentioned in acocunts of pirates. The tricorns so beloved of movie costume departments were almost certainly worn, but their practicality at sea must be questioned. An engraving of Woodes Rogers' men at Guayacil shows small tricorn hats. Simple brimmed hats were also probably popular. Although they were not as fashionable as tricorns they did a good job of keeping the rain and sun off, so provided it wasn't too windy they would be much more practical for a working seaman. Engravings of Anne Bonny and Mary Read show such hats.
Perhaps the simplest of pirate head wear, also much loved by movie wardrobes, was the kerchief tied around the head. That pirates wore such headgear is borne out by the testimony of Dorothy Thomas at the trial of Bonny and Read: "[they] wore Mens Jackets, and long Trouzers, and Handkerchiefs tied about their Heads."
Jackets:
If large tricorn hats were impractical for common sailors then long coats with big cuffs must have been more so. The coat favoured by the mariners of the early 18th century was shorter and straighter cut - the "fearnought" or "bum-freezer" of later years. The same engraving of Rogers men at Guayacil includes excellent views of both the front and back of these short seamen's coats.
Trousers:
Some men undoubtedly wore knee breeches at sea, but the early 18th century saw the emergence of a new kind of garment - the trousers. Sailors were among the earliest wearers of trousers, and the guayacil engraving shows clearly that they were adopted early on. During the Golden Age of piracy trousers were generally loose cut reaching from just above the ankle to about half way up the calf. Shorter open breeches called slops were still very popular, as were voluminous "petticoat" breeches, which were ideal for boat work when a sailor might have to stand in the surf. When knee breeches were worn they were often covered with an apron, as shown in this frontispiece to "England's Safety: Or, a Bridle to the French King" 1693.
Footwear:
Some pirate captains might well have worn large bucket topped boots, but they would have been very impractical aboard ship, and very few period pictures show them. The majority of pirates would have either gone barefoot when at sea, to give better grip on the deck and in the rigging, or would have worn simple shoes. Shoes of the early 18th century were simple, made entirely of leather and were "straight" ie., they did not have left and right shoes, both were the same. Buckles were fashionable but laces would have been more practical at sea, so there was probably a mixture of both. All of the illustrations above show simple shoes.
Examples:
Weapons
Most pirates were equiped with a sword and/or pistol.
Ships
Choose a fine ship for your pirate to captain
Example-
Galleon-
These ships carry a lot of cargo
Sloop-
These ships are very fast
Frigate-
These ships are ready for war with lots of cannons
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