#the flagship

The Flagship

Characters: Varka, Flins

The Nod Krai OST is, no doubt, one of my favorite soundtracks in Genshin Impact.

The new album, «Where Roads Are Pledged to Cross», has 3 discs:

Nordic Spring is my favorite. It's full of warmth and nostalgia, it resonates with me because Mondstadt and Nod Krai are my favorite regions and I love characters like Varka and Nicole. The music feels heroic, magical and comforting, from Das Favoniuslied to the dreamlike tracks like Where Dreams Rest and After Tea Party.

Tidig Gryning has more mysterious and emotional tracks, with haunting melodies and some playful moments. It's the disc where tension, intrigue and adventure shine, from Threads Bound in Silence to the energetic With Zealous Passion We Rejoice.

Requiem for the Living mixes epic battles and dramatic storytelling. Tracks like Branches They Bore Homeward and Columbina's Poem give chills and recall key moments from Dottore and Columbina's battles.

This is my current favorite selection from each disc, listed from most loved to "least", with a few notes on why I like each track.

Queen Anne’s Revenge – The Flagship of Blackbeard the Pirate

Before she ran aground in 1817, Queen Anne’s Revenge haunted the waters off the Eastern United States during the early 1800s, sending fear into her victims at the mere sight of her. The ship had the ability to intimidate visually just as her Captain, William Teach did. He was more commonly known as Blackbeard the Pirate. Blackbeard himself is said to haunt the waters where he met his demise off the coast of North Carolina to this day.

Built in 1710, the British cargo ship Concord, was captured by the French shortly afterward and rechristened La Concorde. The French enlarged the ship to carry more cargo as it was used to ferry slaves to market. In 1716, La Concorde had an encounter with the pirate Benjamin Hornigold who then converted it to do battle, fitting it with 20 cannons. Hornigold terrorized the Guinea coast before setting said for the Bahamas and the Americas. It is thought that Blackbeard derived the name of the ship from Queen Anne’s War in which he participated in.

In late 1717, Horgnigold turned his ship over to one of his crew members, Edward Teach. Captain Teach renamed the ship Queen Anne’s Revenge and fitted her with twice the number of cannon, making her one of most intimidating warships of the day, a devastating weapon to be used in the name of piracy. Teach amassed a flotilla of ships, using Queen Anne’s Revenge as his flagship. His menacing appearance with a long braided beard with black bows and his reputation earned him the nickname Blackbeard. He would destroy any ship or person who resisted his attacks.

At one point in his notorious pirating run, Blackbeard and his devilish flotilla blockaded the city of Charleston, South Carolina and held it for ransom. Upon his departure from the city while fleeing pursuing ships, he hastily ran the Queen Anne’s Revenge aground while trying to enter Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. He transferred his flag to another of his ships named Adventure, thus ending the Queen Anne’s Revenge reign of terror.

There have been no consistent reported sightings of Queen Anne’s Revenge as a phantom ship, although some claim that one of the ghostly vessels of Whites Creek off the coast of Virginia, is that of Blackbeard and his men. There are those that believe that Blackbeard hid some of his treasure there in the coastal forests and that he returns in his ship on occasion to make sure that his treasure is safe.

In 1996, a team of researchers discovered what they believe to be the remains of Queen Anne’s Revenge off the coast of North Carolina, retrieving one of the cannons, anchor, and other artifacts from the ill fated vessel. Many of the artifacts are on display at the North Carolina Maritime Museums.

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Griffin: In a manner of speaking.

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