Helm & Anchor

Yes! His full alias is Socket Stickleback (when i made my pirate crew about 6 years ago, they all ended up with fish names... some of them stuck,) but he's just Socks for short. I don't know what his birth name was yet. He's one of the youngest members of the crew, barely in his 20s. I'm not totally solid on his backstory yet, but he grew up very poor, and out of desperation eventually found himself roped into piracy. Had his family been in a better place, he would have been a scholar. He is hungry for knowledge, but isn't in the right environment to be truly revered for it. Because he is young, full of joy, and somewhat clumsy with physical work, he is considered to be foolish and dim by most of the crew, and that's all he will ever be during his short life. As for the eye injury, he simply tripped and fell into something pointy. He tells people it was from a shark attack, or a battle, or... it changes every time

When I see your characters, I immediately think of the band "Peddy and the rat" Especially the song Black Sails and The Six Rat Rovers

I advise you to listen to them or watch clips for them quite interestingly, maybe it will help you for inspiration