#trident;intro

Astrid Magnussen was born in a small town on the Swedish coast, to loving, if underprepared parents. An only child, Astrid grew up shy, she had difficulty making friends and spent her free time out on the ocean with her father in his fishing boat whenever she got the chance. She looks back on this time in her life as pretty idyllic. However, when she was 8 years old, her mother suddenly died in a car accident. Her mother had been driving down a different route that night, rerouted because of a royal motorcade when she swerved to avoid a reindeer, the car spinning out over the ice of a Scandanavian winter night. Devastated, and unable to bear reminders of the woman he loved, Astrid’s father sold his fishing boat and their house, packing up his and Astrid’s belongings to start a new life.

With his daughter in tow, he had a difficult time finding work on the open seas, but was eventually offered a position on one of the Tulach ships. Astrid grew up on ships, doing odd jobs, and as a result, always saw the oceans as her home far more than any place on land. As a teenager she discovered a talent and a passion for navigating, learning everything she could from the other pirates on the ship, and from her father. 

About Niamh (pronounced neeve):

She grew up in Dublin Castle, in Ireland. One of four children of the Irish royal family, Niamh was never the center of attention, not that she minded much. More soft spoken than her siblings, she was happy to make public appearances whenever necessary, but preferred to work behind the scenes rather than in front of the cameras. 

She knew her mother always wished she were a little bit more outgoing, or better with the press, but for the most part, she was able to keep her criticisms to a small scoff or disapproving nod here and there. 

When the time came for Niamh to go off to University, she finally began to flourish. She loved every moment of it, pouring over old books in the library archives, earning degrees in linguistics and political science. 

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

Full Name:  Eros Vaughan Age: Thirty - Five Sexuality: Pansexual Height: 6ft 3in Weight: 198lbs Personality: Eros is standoffish when it comes to strangers and royalty alike. While he is vengefully protective of his ship mates and those he hold dear to him. Often time then not he can be generous when he feels the other would need his help ( this isn't limited to pirates either ) but sometimes it comes with a price. 

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘

Salut, mes amis! My name is Misc, and today I will be bring to you exactly one (1) mess of a french man. His full bio can be found here, almost completely finished, but for now let’s go with some basic points/trivia.

Background;;

Évariste was only a child when he inherited the title of crown prince, his uncle having abdicated the throne. Though a rather drastic shift, he was considered a bit of a savant, quickly earning his mother’s favor and praise the more he shone. Fueled by this as well as his desire to be a suitable heir to his father, the eldest Trémoille quickly became a perfectionist, raising the bars set for himself on his own in the rare instances his mother hadn’t.

And for a time, it worked out flawlessly. A child’s mind is a malleable thing, his natural talent carrying him most of the way. But like all child prodigies, he eventually reached his ‘peak’, schoolwork and the delicate ways of politics growing harder and harder to keep up with.

Unfortunately for him, Évariste never learned how to ask for help. What he had learned, though, was that he had responsibilities to uphold and expectations to meet.

As previously mentioned, his mother (being the more politically comfortable of his parents) took great pride in his accomplishments as she groomed the ‘perfect heir’. This did very little for his ego and all too much for his mental health; For a large portion of his life, Évariste was about three steps away from a complete meltdown at any given moment. At the ripe old age of seventeen, he got his first grey hair.

Graduation, university, public appearances, personal projects. The next decade of his life passed in a blur of coffee and all nighters, his personal life almost nonexistent outside of his family. That didn’t stop the talks of betrothal from happening though, the looming fate only adding to his worries.

Before long, the thought of taking the throne was utterly soured for him by the sheer weight of the responsibility he felt. But even with that in mind, he Évariste refused to step down, not wanting to do what his uncle had and pawn the crown off on someone never meant to bear it.

His kidnapping was as much of a relief as it was a panic; Though he stresses every day about what turmoil his parents and family must be going through, it’s so, so refreshing of a break from it all, almost guilty feeling as though it could be considered a ‘vacation’.

Other trivia;;

He is the eldest child of four and the only boy among them. Though a touch cliche considering his preferences, the prince considers himself very at ease among women and a bit more in touch with all things feminine than most men.

And lord, would he do anything for his sisters. There’s nothing on this Earth more important to him than his family and country.

Fluently bilingual, speaking both French and English. He is also conversational in a handful of regional French dialects.

He is still pretty firmly in the closet. Though Évariste doesn’t exactly fear judgement from his family or people, France being a relatively progressive country when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights, he knows that because of who is is, it’d become a common talking point; Especially when it comes time to take a wife.

//**ROMAN IS HERE AND HE IS AMAZING I AM SO EXCITED

the basics about this truly twisted man: his full name is roman alastair tulach, he is 47 years old, a pansexual and panromantic casanova often with incredibly sinister intent hidden beneath a near-irresistible charming smile and a mischievous twinkle in his eyes that brings forth immense fascination from those fortunate (and others unfortunate) enough for the pirate to grace them with his presence.

truly a man who needs no introduction, roman tulach started his career to become a marauding legend as a young man. he spent the next decades using such smart tactics and wisdom that one could suspect that he had meticulously wicked plans before he even considered the opportunity of piracy.

now, his name is infamously known across every single country, ocean and sea that his influence can reach; while he is best known both his ship and his own actions, most agree that his greatest accomplishment was establishing his dominion over the waters of the world. it wasn’t long before stories spread, those who had grown to fear him as inhuman painting him as poseidon incarnate. he is the monster parents tell their children of before bedtime, a deadly threat each day for those who work on the docks across europe, and, with what seemed like delight, roman learned he is bizarrely thought to be the real-life version of the boogeyman to some. even for those who prefer to stay on land, an icy chill can run down the spine upon hearing his name uttered aloud. the horror stories shared about his merciless behaviour have often served as campfire tales for people looking for a scare, and conversely as a conversation piece for roman, finding himself recounting the tales with a smugness to his words. 

while it is clear now that he is a man who would laugh in the face of death, his life had not always been one of such... grand schemes, or one of luxury. with parents who had never been... all that attentive or loving toward their son, nor toward his siblings, they had grown up in poor conditions with little money to get by and hardly enough food to fill all hungry bellies.

having grown up in ireland at the time, as he became older and more aware of the world surrounding him, roman started to notice things that others might have simply accepted. while he and his family lived in squalor, the monarchy of ireland, the monarchies of all the countries he had learned of, lived extremely expensive lives without care for their people who had been born poor, lived poor and died poor. he began to see through the veil of flowery words that monarchs spoke in an effort to bring hope to the lowest of the lower classes, and soon developed an extreme distaste for the concept of an absolute monarchy altogether. the idea that the capability to run a country was somehow found in the veins of people who grew up never truly understanding the kingdom they would eventually rule over was abhorrent to him, and as conditions only seemed to worsen, roman, at the young age of fourteen, decided it was time take matters into his own hands.

turning to petty crimes in his early teens, he began to steal. first, what his family needed to survive. which then became what his family wanted. and finally, he found himself taking whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. but his reputation had begun to reach the ears of law enforcement and he knew that if he continued to stay, he would face jail time for his newfound hobby. pirate ships frequented the docks near his home city, cork, and roman knew that all too well when he made the decision to gather his belongs and head down there. after some bargaining and bribing he was allowed aboard one of those vessels, the furies’ retribution as a cabin boy. and it was on the ship that roman tulach began his career as a fully-fledged pirate.

he very quickly learned what life on a pirate ship was truly like, but unlike others who might have had second thoughts once they landed and began to raid seaside towns, roman never gave a hint of emotion, either positive or negative, toward their violet thefts. he would later recall that he felt a certain rush and thrill during his first raids with the crew. though the youngest member aboard the ship, he soon became the person to test the limits of such crimes and it became eerily clear that roman had come to enjoy these acts. soon he became quite adept in the crows nest, high atop the mast of the ship, using spyglasses and digital cameras with extensive zoom lens to find vulnerable places to pillage. from there, he taught himself how to pick out which houses would be stocked with more expensive items in order to increase the crew’s gains. this, and the fact that he never seemed to back down from a fight led to roman becoming an extremely valuable member aboard the ship. from then on, the crew experienced extremely good fortune, each person received more than enough money to satisfy their needs in life and then some. an undeniable high point in his life, roman still had yet to reach the greatness and infamy he has since now earned.

and while the curious tale of the pirate himself is compelling on it’s own due to either recounts becoming so warped that they no longer resembled the true events he experienced, and also thanks to roman himself, who likes to embellish when he does talk of his younger times as a pirate.

the origins of his ship, the dreaded black trident however, is undoubtedly the most notorious story told about roman tulach and his crew. some saw that it was a ghost ship and roman had unlocked the secret to evaded Death himself. others suspected him of having sold his soul to the devil for untold fortune and fame, and even more still suspect that he is in fact Death, sailing across the ocean to guide the souls of the dead toward the afterlife-- or in some cases, Hell.

however, a recount of the story with roots in reality begins as follows: the notorious gang of pirates that had sailed aboard the furies’ retribution drifted into the harbour of a northern portuguese harbour with wounded aboard and the ship itself nearly torn to pieces-- whispers travelled around that it was the aftermath of a sea battle with a royal naval ship. attempts were made to repair the furies’ retribution, but due to the enormous damage it had sustained, it was a miracle that it was still floating. not only that, but the crew had lost their captain to the gun fire during the skirmish. now without a leader or a ship, the pirates had accepted the loss as a sign to give up, turning to petty crimes to fund their lives, and left the crew for good. but roman seemed not at all worried for his future, and it was clear that the man had much more ambitious plans than just picking pockets to get by.

after a night of heavy drinking those who still remained of the once ruthless crew awoke much later usual and headed to the docks in search of friendly allies or mercenaries that might be willing to hire the rag-tag team. to their surprise, they found roman on the docks and their ruined ship gone. the young man was aiding in loading supplies onto a very distinguished looking and very new ship. when one asked, a worker mentioned that the furies’ retribution had caught on fight during the night, causing it to sink in the middle of the small calm harbour. and as for the ship they had been filling, they called it os fogos da justiça; or the fires of justice, a ship that had been constructed some few months earlier, rumoured to be the request of the portuguese king. if truly commissioned by him, it was meant to deliver supplies to his private island in the warm waters of the mediterranean sea. while some of the group were not exactly the sharpest crayons in the box, they still had questions-- positively baffled that roman tulach, clearly a dedicated pirate and an outspoken anti-monarchist, seemed to be helping workers with labour that would only serve to help a royal, rather than taking those much sought after and valuable supplies for himself. something was very clearly off about the situation, but they could not yet see roman’s intentions for what they truly were.

what had seemed to be an act of from the depths of a good heart turned into a living nightmare when the last crate was placed aboard. it happened rather suddenly. without warning, roman pulled a knife and slit the throat of one of the workers as he descended down the ramp off of the ship; he didn’t even have the chance to scream. he did not flinch as screams began to ring out and the pirates, who had seen roman’s quick wit and critical thinking while working together, realised that roman had never helping these people at all-- he had been preparing to steal this onyx giant for himself. along with that knowledge, they knew that to follow him was a wise decision, and that this ship was a way out of life upon only land. springing into action, they began to climb aboard their newly claimed property, cutting down any and all that attempted to stop them.

what they left behind was nothing short of a bloodbath, the docks stained with the blood of many who had attempted to be noble and prevent the theft. some tales which break into the fantastic claim that the stained blood can still be seen today on that very same pier, growing from a brown colour to a much brighter red upon the anniversary of the killings.

breaking in their new ship, the pirates boldly raided a small gathering of houses just ten miles away from the harbour, and while in the past they had let those they had stolen from live, this time there were no survivors. the last man alive, one who had hidden while the pirates had collected everything of value from the houses was eventually found and brought onto the deck of the new ship, face to face with the newly instated captain: roman tulach. deciding he wanted to play a little game with the survivor, he asked the man how badly he wanted to live. but in reply, the man did not beg or plead. instead, he said, with overwhelming calmness: “our king will hunt you down. you will hang for your crimes.” again, roman asked the question-- but again, received the same response.

anger overtook the pirate, and instead of simply killing the man with a gun, or a knife, roman paced up and down the deck, trying to counter what the man kept repeat. and then his eyes fell upon the bow of the ship, where a decorative sculpture of poseidon held a trident made of a black metal. while it had only been meant as piece of art, in sliding it out of the grasp of the god he realised that the ‘art’ was exceedingly sharp. a crooked grin painted roman tulach’s face as he turned back toward the man, hopping back down and marching forward before roughly plunging the trident into his chest, killing him almost instantly. the man’s body was tossed overboard, but instead of replacing the trident to it’s original space, roman weighed it in his hands and knew that this ship would not be know as the fires of justice. it is unclear what exactly prompted roman to take the trident from it’s statue, nor why it could be removed in the first place. what was most important, though, was that from then and forevermore, roman tulach captained the black trident. a ship that he allegedly vowed would forever be a black stain on the history of monarchs who had attempted to snuff out piracy from the world.

what followed the maiden voyage of the black trident around europe were some of the most brutal pillaging, killings and destructive instances in recent history-- and the mastermind behind each and every scheme was the man himself, already having become part of some countries’ folklore, roman tulach. he has committed some of the most heinous crimes imaginable, all for the sake of his ultimate goal: true freedom. however, no one truly knows what that means for the captain, as he often delights in social manipulation, and toying with the minds of others.

while there is clearly a volatile part to his psyche, roman tulach is also known to be quite the womanizer-- though he also shares the company of men and others in just the same way as with women. a result of some of these love affairs left roman with children. isabella, born to luciana masters and miles, dylan and emerson tulach, born to monique d’alessio. no one knows truly to what extent he is capable of loving his children to the public-- and the next logical question is whether or not those who mothered his children were ever shown love either. of course, only fuelling the rumour that he was inhuman, roman never spoke enough on emotions toward his family or lovers. his private life was precisely that: private. at the very least, he had enough trust in his children to assign them ships, and areas of the world to take in the tulach name. two other family members, his brother and an extended family member were also given the privilege of captain ships to maintain his grasp on the world of piracy. once they gained control over the majority of the world’s oceanic territory, it was thought that roman would stop there, having proved that a man with nothing could grow up to be their own king. and rule over the oceans and seas he did-- until a new law was passed. one that targeted pirates. specifically tulach pirates.

roman was known to have fits of rage in times of extreme danger-- when his former lover was hanged and he learned that belle had been with her, the man’s fury nearly took the life of a allied pirate, roman being so blinded by rage at the potential loss of his eldest child that he began strangling the man closest to him at the time he discovered the news. however, when this law was passed, a law that called for the execution of all tulachs and the pirates affiliated with them upon arrest, the self proclaimed pirate king fell dangerously silent, and immediately demanded that those who were accompanying him in his office leave his presence at once. the legacy and family that the man had built over two decades was being threatened, and challenged.

it was that very same day roman tulach took the early steps of thought into his grand retaliation plot. after a week of deep and rarely uninterrupted thought, he gathered his six lieutenants for another full week on his island to devise the perfect revenge, a way to hold advantageous influence over monarchs all over the world, and guarantee that the headhunt for the tulachs would cease, all in total secrecy.

needless to say, he has been very pleased with the results his plan has yielded.

a few personality traits that describe roman: enrapturing, machiavellian, resourceful, ambitious, manipulative, perceptive, calculating, meticulous, laodicean, phlegmatic, highbrowed, bittersweet, draconian, frightening, destructive, wicked, domineering, deceptive, charismatic, silver-tongued, persuasive, learned, vulpine, scholarly, intellectual.

Hello, everyone! I am SO nervous, but... hi. I’m Natalie, she/her, 18, GMT. I have yet to write a full biography for him, but here are some key things about Rhys. (Please love us. Please plot with us.)

He was his family’s Golden Boy growing up. Smart, good-looking, and all-around adored. They believed he could’ve been anything. He, for one, dreamt of becoming an airline pilot. He loved the notion of travelling constantly.

His ambitions were hampered when he fell so in love with his girlfriend that he agreed to get married. He was very young when it happened, barely an adult in the eyes of the law — much too young to handle marriage. It was a mistake and doomed, but he ended up spending a good number of years in the marriage, which ultimately resulted in no children. Now, they’ve separated and he’s heartbroken. He’s determined to close himself off emotionally and focus on his own self, occasionally to the point of egocentricity. But he’s not a bad person, really.

He’s a gunner on The Raging Tsunami. Instead of piloting aircraft, being a pirate turned into his new dream. He would be loath to admit it now, however: He underestimated the toil a career as a pirate-ship gunner would take on him. He’s seen death and carnage, which have shaken him. He has nearly killed others himself, although he actively endeavours not to kill or gratuitously maim their opponents. Note the word “gratuitously.” If he thinks a cruel enemy deserves it, no figure of authority could dissuade him from fighting them. He’s an incredibly precise shot, though his actual role in the ship involves far more opportunities for tedious cannon-operating than wielding guns.

He’s highly physically fit and active. He consistently exercises. However, he might’ve had people describe him as lazy, but in terms of emotion. He can seem appallingly flippant in serious circumstances and just doesn’t appear to care too much about other people. But he does care.

He adheres to his own internal ethical code. He’s greatly stubborn about it. He’s stubborn in general.

He’s really good at the majority of his hobbies, like swimming and sex, but he’s... terrible at speaking other languages. So terrible. He loves to learn them, but he’s just terrible at it. Catch him throwing broken Greek, grammatically incorrect Spanish, and mispronounced Latin at random people. Someone help this man.

SOME POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS

His ex-wife? It’d be cool if the separation process involved no cheating on either side, though. That’s quite a cliché, isn’t it?

FWB. He sleeps around. He’s attracted to women exclusively.

Friends. Friends. Please give this man friends. Whatever variety of friend: odd friend, frenemy, best friend, childhood friend, family friend....

Family members? That’s always nice.

Hi everyone. Here’s my bab Leroy. I’ve been playing him for literal years and he’s developed so much, I can’t wait to see how I can apply him in this group. Here’s some info on him.

He used to be Ekatarina Markovy’s personal bodyguard until he joined the pirates. He worked his way up rather quickly, knowing his way with any kind of machinery from handguns to canons, as well as his personal favourite –– daggers. He showed responsibility and was quickly promoted to master gunner. He takes the job seriously and can even be seen as a bit of a workaholic, but only when it suits him. 

He was born in Scotland on April 1st. His mother died, and not too soon after, his father found another wife. His stepmother had a daughter from an earlier marriage, whom he never got along with. Leroy was involved with crime from the young age of 13, and it was not through the most proper channels that he found his way to becoming Erica’s bodyguard. 

There is a load more I could write about Leroy, but I’m honestly just excited to get going!! Let me know if you’d like to plot with this pirate with a heart of gold, for those he likes.

Everyone he doesn’t, better watch their backs. 

**yo yo yo friends it’s riley back at it again with another soft trashcan of a human for your reading enjoyment. 

— basic facts: he’s 26, the youngest child of the welsh royal family, thinks his name sounds like it came out of a comic book, and absolutely despises being called theodore by anyone but his family ( and even then it takes a lot for him to tolerate it because it’s usually happening if he’s in trouble ). he’s far too mellow for his own good, is demiromantic and has absolutely no idea how to be in a relationship with someone if he doesn’t know them which makes the whole idea of being betrothed absolutely horrifying to him.

— teddy was an exceedingly rambunctious, happy child. he had nothing to worry about in the world, adored his brother and sister and their parents, and delighted in everything that was good about his world and his upbringing. his mother’s death when he was five years old was just about as devastating as any event could be for a five year old and though he absolutely adores his stepmother he does have occasional bouts of missing his mother that are difficult for him to shake. 

— he’s always been more of a troublemaker than grace; he doesn’t exactly intend to cause as much trouble as he inevitably does, he simply enjoys fun and shirking his princely responsibilities in every way he can because he doesn’t know how to handle the weight of an entire country on his shoulders. with his oldest brother having abdicated the throne and the changing dynamic of their family with grace next in line to be queen - teddy doesn’t quite know where he fits in anymore. he knows he’ll likely be married off to someone and that scares him more than he’d ever admit. so he turned to partying and getting into trouble as quietly as possible to make himself less appealing for betrothal. 

— he was able to forget at least some it his worry on the matter when he went away to england to study wherein he met luka rossi properly and quickly bonded with the italian prince. alongside rebekah schmid he considers luka to be his best friend in the world and immediately did his best to reach out to luka and rebekah’s families the moment they were kidnapped to express his keen desire to get them back if it was within his power to do so.

—  at twenty-six he is very slowly starting to realize that he needs to get his shit together in terms of all of his bad habits and grace’s kidnapping only cemented that fact for him. he was equally devastated by her disappearance as he was by their mother’s death and in the short time before he himself was kidnapped he began to attend meetings with his father, studying up on all of the responsibilities that would be his should he inherent the crown from his father. 

— he wasn’t exactly the easiest to deal with after having been kidnapped - for all of his ordinary mellowness he was fiercely opposed to being taken by pirates and has found himself sporting his fair share of bumps and bruises from his bad behavior on the journey to the island. he isn’t resigned to his fate by any means but the prospect of seeing his sister again, and the friends he’d already lost to the island excites him more than is arguably appropriate for the situation as a whole. 

— basically: teddy’s a mellow, goofy, brilliantly intelligent person who genuinely doesn’t want to be on the island but isn’t going to complain about it so long as he and his sister are safe, and he’ll do just about anything to ensure that that doesn’t change if he can help it. he’s prone to rattling of cheesy jokes and silly puns to make people laugh, will happily ramble on about the history of various places and people and things and genuinely wants to spend his adult life as a historian if he can find a way to do it. he’s a troublemaker to some extent, always has a solution for anything that comes his way, and is genuinely trying to make the best of the situation he’s found himself in.