Chantey

About the Game

Prologue

You were born in Ireland, in the late 17th century, to a pair of indentured servants in the Ulster Plantation. At the age of 14, you have already been plowing the fields for almost a decade. As your voice grows deep and commanding, you develop a reputation as a chanteyman among the plantation’s workers, acknowledged for your skill in improvising verses, and belting out tunes that fit the type and speed of the work at hand. Reckoning there’s more to the world than a life of servitude on the plantation, you decide one night to escape, craving for adventure, riches and fame. Barefoot and penniless, you eventually make your way to Kinsale, boarding a Spanish merchant vessel at night, undetected. Stowed away on the lower deck, and hiding amongst the crates of cargo, your long and arduous voyage to the West Indies is about to come to an abrupt end... 

Pirate Lore 

Many scoundrels and cutthroats have sailed the seven seas, but none so renowned as the legendary pirate Nathaniel Greaves! Little is known of the man who would leave his mark on history as ‘the Nightingale Pirate’ prior to his ascend as a pirate King. Some say Nathaniel once struck a deal with the devil in exchange for the Tome of the Mariner’s Rhymes, a mystical grimoire with incantations powerful enough to change the course of any battle. Renowned for his musical prowess, Nathaniel combined the power of the Rhymes with intense and powerful music, creating a unique form of voodoo magic with which he was able to inspire his crew to perform extraordinary feats, boosting their abilities and morale during battles and other challenges. Legend has it Nathaniel was even able to bend otherworldly eldritch horrors to his will, and even manipulate the sea herself. In spite of this magic, however, the Nightingale Pirate mysteriously vanished after using the Rhymes to summon a beast older than time itself, while desperately trying to seize a Spanish treasure fleet. Neither he nor his crew were ever seen again. The Tome is said to have been torn apart, its pages scattered across the West Indies, becoming coveted relics for those aspiring to follow in Nathaniel’s footsteps. Some say that the Tome was cursed from the start, containing a magic so powerful, that it could not be controlled by any mortal man. The chanteys themselves are said to have been a gift, intended to bring about the end of the world. Nathaniel and his crew might have unknowingly become pawns in a grand scheme of death and destruction, manipulated by the very power that created this magic. Others simply believe the quest for the chanteys to be a fool’s errand, for none have ever laid eyes on the ancient creatures of legend still said to stand watch over Nathaniel’s final resting place, and lived to tell the tale... ... until now!

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