The Endless Isles.

A world where the legendary Two-Dagger Torriaeu stole away Death herself, leaving the door to immortality open for any who choose to take the Final Oath.

A limitless ocean, scattered with islands, archipelagos, and atolls of all sizes and varieties, but no true continents where an ordered nation could set up entirely land-based industry.

A society where piracy is so common, almost everyone has tried their hand at it once.

When death is optional, everything of consequence must cross wave, and geography prevents policed trade lanes or true nations with navies from forming, the only way to get things done is to play the Grand Game.

Sail the waves, prove stronger and more cunning than the other Deathless cutthroats out there

buy or seize any cargo needed

at what ever islands you control

or can trade with...
for a hefty cut of the finished product, of course.

You want to enjoy the rest of eternity? You want excitement and hedonism, wealth and wine and the thrill of a good fight?

Get out there and take the Oath, pirate!


now how hard was that?
god damn it, what is happening?

PIRATES!
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so wants to write a mighty sea shanty for those pirates working their way to the top? aye, let's get on with her:

We sacked good Haverland blind and dry
wey, hey, the devil's crew
we're then men of ol' Torrieau

(am I pronouncing this right?)

>>9922782
Davy Jones, the last man to dead
the sky ran black and the water red

wey, hey, the devil's crew
we're the men of ol' Torrieau

>>9922940
death's lonely heart, we stole away
us salty pirates are here to stay

wey, hey, the devil's crew
we're the men of ol' Torrieau

>>9923034
fire down below, my lads
will never touch us briny cads

wey hey, the devil's crew
we're the men of ol' Torrieau

>>9923089
>>9923034
>>9922940
>>9922782
that's one awesome name
never seen so many different vowels in my life.

>>9922940
>crew
>Torrieau

>>9923107
well then how the fuck do you pronounce it?
it could probably slide in pirate dialect

>>9923124

Tory-OH.

>>9923172
fuck

how about
"until the seas have turned from blue
we're the men of ol' Torrieau"
?

>>9923250

Until you choke on Oreos
Our lives and souls are Torrieau's.

>>9923250
>disregard pronunciation of the previous post
no, no, I don't think so
it needs that "wey hey" or something of the sort
otherwise, it's not a pirate shanty
if nothing, we can go to
"yohoho until the seas aren't blue
sailing in the dead man's crew"
or something more original

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', and other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

>>9923430
brilliant
we've got the chorus!

I would suggest replacing "whorin'" with a more piratey verb
like plunderin
or pillagin

>>9923430
The fires down below burn hot
will never reach us briny lot
two more turns on the bowline knot
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', plunderin', fightin', (oh-) and other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

how's this?

Why does Endless Isles sound so much like the Unified Setting?

For fuck's sake, you even fagged this one up with sexualized furries like last time.

We're demons, thieves, beggars and cads
and I'd be damned if any ye lads
don't tow a pair of iron nads
sailin' on the endless sea

>>9923747
>sexualized furries
where?
and what's the Unified Setting?

>>9923845
cause what's a pirate song with the mention of balls?

fuck, that's an awesome sea shanty

bump for more songs

arrrggg

a drop of red eye's blood
wouldn't mix well with mud!

I was gonna work on a logo myself, and then after a few hours of cleaning up my calligraphy I noticed I'd completely screwed up the name.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

>>9925143
hey there
and, lol

>>9925143
I like that font a lot better then mine
but, yea, "endless"

>>9925192

In another day or so I'll have gotten over my rage enough to start again.

The plan is to use the straight calligraphy for small logos, and for a big fancy one make it white and beveled on a black backplate, both featuring subtle shadings to create setting appropriate images.

I'm thinking the backplate should feature at least one saber, a jawless skull in profile since you usually always see them in portrait, and a set of sails, while I want to try to work in Torriaeu pleading with Death right into the letters.

>>9925143
>>9925237
Dunno if this is of interest to you or not, but I suddenly felt it might be worth posting.

>>9925237
sounds awesome, a lot better then what I've done so far

>>9925306
if only I knew what any of those words meant

>>9925306

Already FUCKING_SAVED.jpg that the other day, but thanks!

>>9925349
...what words? They're just names of different fonts.

Wait there are furries, when did this happen?

I thought it was all deathless pirates.

>>9925380
it's also a bit insulting
>do people call you boring from time to time?

>>9925372
Possibly the same "other day" I found and subsequently saved it - it's certainly nifty.

Have an Ork that's mukkin' about.

>>9925389
that's what I was asking
probably a troll

>>9925405
That's hardly insulting. I mean, if people do call you that, how is it insulting if the image happens to ask a question you shamefully need to answer "yes" to?

If your answer is no, there is even less insult involved.

The fires down below burn hot
will never reach us briny lot
two more turns on the bowline knot
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

We're demons, thieves, beggars and cads
and I'd be damned if any ye lads
don't tow a pair of iron nads
sailin' on the endless sea

And it's a heave (ho!) hi (ho!), rulin' all the sea
Stealin', whorin', fightin', a-nd other piracy
And it's a ho (hey!) hi (hey!), danger on the shore
For Torrieau's untold legions are comin' for yer door

welcome, Golden Neckbeard
we've started a good old pirate song

>>9925423
>>9925389

Beats the hell out of me.

I certainly want no furries or fantasy races in the Isles.

Except maybe mermaids! Sultry, murderous mermaids!

>>9925532

>>9925532
I'd be ok with mermaids, but not on a civilization scale
I want them just as rare as horrors and leviathans.

>>9925586

Naturally.

Though I wouldn't want to *outlaw* the possibility of "Holy shit secret mermaid city, we got kidnapped and shit," since that would make a nice suprise plothook, but it definitely shouldn't be canon that such a thing exists.

>>9925656
yea, yea
I'd say a big part of this setting is its flexability

>>9925462
sink a ship and kill her men
send them home once again
past port and devil's den
sailin' on the endless sea

>>9925788
>>9925462

This is a badass song.

I ought to write some of the alternate versions of Torriaeu's Trick as ballads!

>>9925925
yea
no offense to the writer (which is me, coincidentally), but the one we have at the moment could be better

>>9926005

I just need to figure out some nice, sufficiently-distinct-from-The-Tale-Of-Davy-Jones plots that cover the three commonalities.

Did everyone like The Iron Molars of Thompson P. Beckman? I think that's the best thing I've written in some time...

>>9926099
I thought it was great
very imaginative and moral driven, which is a good thing
pirates need something to tell their kids, you know

>>9926139

Awesome.

Let's hope thinking about this crazy economic model and shit gives me some more good ideas for stories!

>>9926196
back in another thread I was not able to stay long enough to give any longevity, we thought about a tower that was made to try and see the edge of the world... or scout or protect or something
I forget
well, anyway, before the men were able to get to the top of the tower, a storm rolled in and it was struck with lightning
burnt through and became a shell of a tower
now it's the spine (spire?) of the north that ships use to mark distance
not much came of it, no write fagging, but I thought it was a good idea (my idea, after all! lol)

>>9926308
Aye! the spine of the north, every sailor who ever set mast and rig against the southern winds knows what a tease she can be! forever on the horizon, it seems. never to be reached, they say, cursed! cursed to sail forever with their goal just out of reach. bull feathers if ye ask me, but there's a moral in there somewhere.

>>9926308

I can dig it.

1. Write story, post wiki
2. ???
3. Profit!

>>9926449
we've also got two straits ,which were blatantly stole from The Odyssey, called "Lies" and "Rumor", both bed to many a soggy sailor. we failed to specify why they are deadly, but they're the quickest path to the west from the core
going around would need you to run your ship past several grand shallows and shoals

In the east, the feathered moon wanes. In the west, the sun peaks above the horizon. While in the north, a tower remains as dark as the night. The Spine of the North rises from the sea and overlooks all sailors bound for its walls.
A thousand men, it took, to raise it from the ground. One stroke from the sky, it took, to turn its walls black and its men into ash.

>>9926887
"twas the child of on' mister Bold Ben. In all the time 'fore two-dagger's legendary trick, there was ne'er a scheme or plot he 'adn't stuck 'is grimy nose in. Why, he gave 'imself that name, 'swell. A coward 'nd a fool, eh was, but he 'ad the currency to keep on foolin' the fools.

we also established that the main export of the core islands was rum

>>9927148

It would make sense; the Core would tend to export renewable resources and finished goods while the Fringe exports the non-renewable and the raw.

>>9927083
"now 'old Ben was a conman. an ev'ryday crook, he was. Git lucky once 'nd your set fer life! 'T least tha's the way it 'appened ta him. 'Nyways, he took'on a thousand men, from e'ery port in tha known w'rld, as I sees it. He c'ld always count on a succer er two in e'ery town, he says. Now, eh n'ver shared tha purpose o' that tower ta nob'dy, always kipt it fer 'imself. W'll, secrets ne'er sit w'll with tha crew.

>>9927148

OOH! OOH!

We need a Rum Baron. He needs to be a big, garrulous ex-pirate with an ego huge enough he puts his smirking face on every bottle. Played by Brian Blessed.

"DRINK RED BASTARD BENJAMIN, OR ELSE!"

>>9927399
Get out of here, you neckbeard. Nobody likes you and your mother is shameful to your community.

>>9927427

nyoro~n

>>9927505
Now that's just fucking creepy.

>>9927505
Congratulations! I have officially now seen The Worst Thing.

>>9927505
God domoot nookboord

>>9927341
"So tha rumors spread, as ye c'n imagine. The wildest O' such bein' tha 'e was tryin to steal tha clouds righ' outta the sky. 'Nd 'e may jus' as well, cause no'un e'er found out.
'Nyway, twice a fortnight ou' 'nd he yells fer 'em ta stop. 'E call fer the res' o' tha fleet to unload 'nd set up camp, while 'E 'as a look around. W'll, this was it, 'e figured. So they took tha wood outta the ships 'nd awaited fer the order ta build.

>>9927505

>>9927505

gtfo camwhore

>>9927505

>>9927597
>>9927505
Oh god I lol'd so hard.

>>9927587
"Men," says he," today we begin our quest towards the sky. So, without hesitation, let us start!" He was ne'er one fer speeches er nonesuch, bu' the men beg'n work all that same. Twas wood, they dump'd by tha tons, wood w's plenty way b'ck when, 'nd they started ther trek straight ta tha sky. W'll, they worked day 'nd night, buildin' ever higher. 'Nd as 'Ol ben was sleepin' in 'is bunk, he did tha' a lo' ye see, never did a day o' work in 'is life, I reckon. But 'nyways, a boy wen' up ta 'im, why, a boy barely old'r then yerself, saplin, 'nd 'e tol' him they was outta wood. This didn' sit well wi' tha ol' man 'nd 'e 'ad the boy flogged, 'e did. Fer tha bes', i reckon, bu tha's no 'till later.

>>9927775

Please, go on!

Ye' ne'er see rage boil o'er a man like tha' 'fore. 'Is face turned tha deep'st red 'nd e order'd tha men ter tear apart tha ships. I reckon he thought 'e woulda reached tha sky by then, with wood ta spare. So tha men start'd takin apart tha ships, bit by bit, 'nd they kept 'er goin 'till on'y tha flagship wa' left. An island o' fools, indeed, boy, as they took 'er too. Well' mos' a 'er 'nyways. Well, by th's time a storm wa' brewin' up somethin fierce, 'nd tha men were ready ta quit. But ol' Ben cracked 'is whip 'nd the men kept workin through tha rain. Tha on'y hands not on tha tower then was tha boy who'd been flogged, lay bleedin' in a dingy, 'e was. As the flagship, tha right 'nd mighty Cutlass, was bein torn plank by plank, (figured 'e could sail 'ome on clouds, eh!) 'Ol Ben saw 'is dream slip away.

'E ran up ta tha top a tha tower, shoutin' curses 'nd all kinds of none sense up a tha clouds. Tha way i sees it, tha clou's jus' didn' like 'im much, weren' many tha' did, so they stayed out 'is reach. Bu' tha man was half a piece short o' a haul, if ye catch ma drift, at tha point. Clouds 'ave pity, I figure, they sit up ther' all day 'nd watch us silly people fightin' 'nd 'cussin 'nd all they do is float 'n by, they mus' feel somethin', ya know. Well, these clouds weren't no different, 'nd they struck tha man down 'as 'e yelled 'imself silly. Ye ever see lightnin', boy? well' i's why ye ne'er want to git them clouds on yer bad side. Tha bolt ran straight down that tower, down tha spine, nd straight through e'ery man 'swell.
Tha tower burned fer day 'fter that, 'nd was still burnin' when tha supply ship 'e sent fer arrived ta find a boy sittin among tha food piles wi' a story ta tell. 'Nd, well, tha rest is 'istory."

>>9928218

Nice.

Wiki that bitch!

>>9928255
done, glad you liked it
I didn't really stick any morals into it, but I think you could find something, lol
I was actually typing that while in the show, with a garbage bag over the laptop, so excuse me for any terrible errors
now what about that rum baron, eh
also, we should archive this thread

>>9928473
archive finished

>>9928473
I can imagine ships filled to the rim with rum, sailing to the fringe. no shots are fired on a rum-runner's boat, lest ye want to set the sea aflame!

>>9928680

That's what we carry swords and grapples for!

Run up the black sails, men. We'll approach by night!

>>9928837

Oh my God, I just hate you so much it's beyond words.

>>9928850
oh well aren't you just a shining peach, eh
try contributing to this thread, or getting the fuck out
go to a different thread and you don't have to see him

>>9928837
awesome
yea, i can see that
of course, the rum runners have an upper leg
they don't care if the other ship explodes

so what's a pirate dialect anyway?
two parts orc, one part british?

>>9929140
more half and half

one part orc
one part british
one part mississippi basin

>>9928890
What is this, deviantART?

Gorram GB, ruining good things with his very existence.

>>9929345
oh, i forgot, this if 4chan
where people stick around in threads just to comment on how obnoxious a poster is
get over yourself, clearly, I'm the only one who actually gave heed to your opinion
hell, your opinion might as well be my opinion, it matters so little

>>9929345
thank you for saying this was good, though

>>9929345

>My presence ruining something I started myself

Not following you there, bub.

>>9929547
anyway
so... rum barons, eh?

let's see
bloody barney
the king of rum
lol
Lean Charlie of Groutland, the distiller's daughter

>>9929798
candied john, duke of rum!

>>9929837
>>9929798
Portly Hank, the ever-drunk

>>9929920
>>9929837
>>9929798
our shirts and shoes are all in port
here we are, a mile short

I can see some of these guys with horrendous names being comic relief

ah, comic relief
so terribly named
and I like that little two liner, anon