Dread Pyrate Greyhound

Um, no it isn't. There's lots of evidence about him. For example: John Ward, commonly called Captain Ward, is about 55 years of age. Very short, with very little hair, and that quite white; bald in front; swarthy face and beard. Speaks little and almost always swearing. Drunk from more till night. Most prodigal and plucky. Sleeps a great deal, and often on board when in port. The habits of a thorough "salt". A fool and an idiot out of his trade. Henry Pepwell's report on 'that corsair Ward', prepared for the English ambassador to Venice, (June?) 1608 Blackbeard and Henry Every commanded larger fleets, and Every was more successful in terms of accumulated plunder Yes my mistake, someone said that earlier. Also, the only reference I came across of Ward historically was the ballad until now.

There is also a chance L'Ollonias flew a red flag, as one of the theorized origins of 'jolly Roger' is jolli rouge or pretty red, because the buccaneers/ french privateers flew a no quarter flag. I have also heard it referenced that a blue flag was flown in reference to the old " Who are ye and From whence come ye?" pirate response which was 'From the Sea'. I believe Laurrens De Graaf was the one referenced as doing the latter.

beautifully done so far mate... Wish I had this level of skill.

staysail

pick your own story books are not my forte. I always die.

Congratulations mate!

Topmast.

mast... (oh crap we're stuck in a loop! lol)

I know. when I was still in high school, I saved all sorts of shanties and videos on my dad's computer in a folder of internet favorites. Too bad it doesn't work like it does on Facebook, with Youtube.

nice! I'm loving all these epic backgrounds! more people should post on this thread!

ok, forget the timelines, they are rather unreliable, as they change fairly frequently to make room for voyages or fill in holes... but I can add this profile from my Deviant Art account. also, greyhound now has a complex and considers himself French lol Henceforth, call me Capitaine Levrier. Birth Name: Gabriel James Drummond Aliases: Jacques le Rouge (as highwayman in France), El Senor Rojo, The Red Gentleman, El Dorado Titles: Lord Drummond, Sir Drummond, Count of Sherwood (by marriage), Marquis de Caribes (honerary title by Louis XIV), Marquis de la Fierté (of the Seven Deadly Sins of the Devil's Brood) Commander of the Roving Fleet, Dread Pyrate of the North Age: same as my age at the time of portrayal Weapons of Choice: any number of sword types (uses rapiers for duels, and shorter swords at sea) fancy dueling pistols, blunderbuss, throwing daggers (prefers all weapons to be fancy, with silver/ gold inlays and decorations) Ships commanded: 'La Phenix' (brig 18 guns) 'Newe Moone' (War Galleon, 40 guns) 'Sea Reaper' (third rate ship of the line/War Galleon 74 guns) epoch of activity: 1662-1689 Likes: Rumcake, his comrades, telling tales of his exploits, being seen as a legend, fancy frillery, big flashy things, his flagship the Sea Reaper, his enemies trembling when at his mercy, pride, the company of pretty women, gallantries, a great ballad Dislikes: being disrespected, people who steal from him, Henry Morgan, the Spanish, the Spanish Inquisition, those who assault women, butality and torture, his enemies, dishonorable men, slavery Pastimes on land: relaxing on his plantations, wenching, drinking, hosting balls, attending balls, romancing women, practicing his swordsmanship, singing ballads, hunting (he may be a Boucanier, but he does it like a lord in Europe with horses and dogs), dancing Pastimes at Sea: drawing, charcoaling, polishing his weapons, practicing shooting and swordplay, poetry, writing ballads, various sailor's arts, singing fo'c'sle shanties, Personality: Levrier is like a bomb with a short fuse... harmless if you don't set him off. Even then, as he was raised a gentleman in England and France before Joining the Boucaniers, the things which set him off, are cruelty, slavery, and assault on women. he will kill one of his own men if he is found to have done this... or beat them senseless, take Moses' law as per the code, and then kill the offender in a duel. yet no-one blames him for defending the women. he abhors cruelty, but at times he himself, will be just as cruel, and firmly believes in 'A Hand for a Hand' in some ways, his personality is an oxy moron, there are things which contradict one another. An example would be his treatment of Spaniards. the Spaniards are cruel, which Levrier abhors, and doesn't indulge in unlike many of his comrades, but if taking a Spanish ship of war, he will slaughter every man. Personally. Though if women or children are found aboard as passengers or powder monkeys he will ALWAYS spare them, and even protect them, either ransoming, or delivering them to the nearest port. When he takes revenge, he shows no mercy, believing revenge should be ironic, almost poetic in form, but "When in doubt, the plank or me cutlass will do fine!" He stands by his men, and friends, and would never betray them, even in the cutthroat world of pirates. He is what he a calls a 'Chevalier of the Black Flag' a black knight who keeps to honor, but indulges in almost every practice of the boucaniers. He expects his men to do likewise, at the threat of his wrath. even those who defy him in battle he spares, he leaves merchants be, after he takes what he wants. But for warships who attack him, there is no mercy. the way he sees it, "you wanted a fight, but now thou art too scared to finish it." to women, he is always courteous with the manners of the chevalier that he learned in France. he would treat any woman equally well, if she was a princess, or a common whore he was about to do business with. to the lovers he's had, he has had many open relationships, much like the courts of Europe, he may have had a few wives throughout his career, but he had just as many mistresses, and as a result, illegitimate children. most of his wives were of different faiths, with Levrier never marrying Christian as was his own religion, thereby justifying in the eyes of other Christian woman he was still a bachelor (EX: he married a Hindu woman in India, and native woman on Madagascar in their culture's ceramonies, and told other Christian women he wasn't married, though in reality, this was only in the eyes of the church, and he treated both these women like his wives. He was only married twice in the Christian faith, once to a French noblewoman, another time to his mistress in London, Charlotte Stuart, the King's daughter. neither marriage worked out.) History: Levrier was born the son of a Scottish Lord loyal to the Stuart Dynasty. after Charles I was executed, the Drummonds like many other nobles fled to France. there, Levrier became a sort of 'Playboy in Exile' and to support himself, became a highwayman nicknamed Jacques Rouge, nicknamed for wearing a red doublet and being suspected of being an Englishman. unfortunately, his father who still had enough ties in England to have money, sought a title for his son, as his title was defunct. So he made arrangements for Levrier to marry a French Marquesa. at the restoration, levrier returned to England in 1660, just barely 17 years old, he spent his days yacht racing until he took the King's half sister Charlotte as a mistress, and spurred a rival noble family, to have him abducted and sold into slavery on Jamaica. After 2 long years, he escaped and attempted to return to his family, but failed, the ship he was on being taken by French boucaniers, he was given a choice, join or die. Levrier chose to join. Within a few months he was made captain, and sought a bigger better ship. after he failed to take a Spanish galleon, he earned the nickname 'El Senor Rojo' after escaping the castle at Havana where he had been imprisoned covered in blood. his mates jokingly called him 'The Red Gentleman' due to a mistranslation, and the name stuck. He returned and sacked and burned Havana to the Ground. a few years later, in 1664, he captured a much bigger ship... a French third rate ship of the line mounting 74 broadside guns, in addition to chase guns, swivels, six morters and a long tom. The ship had been built to suit a French nobleman's vanity, and would be a worthy ship for the boucanier who was Pride personified. He rechristianed it 'Sea Reaper' The grim reaper of the ocean and refit her as such.

was the editing feature removed? Because for some reason I can't find it, and I'd like to remove/edit my two posts.

mizzen

My favourite, Nathaniel Butler, said his preferred armour at sea was a good buff jerkin. There's no reason that a buff coat would have been any less hardy in salt water than any other item of leather clothing, including shoes, which have survived in numerous shipwrecks for hundreds of years. Bear in mid though that a buff coat is not just leather, it's LEATHER. Really thick. Really really thick. Some proper reconstructions I've seen stand up by themselves, though some period artistic representations suggest a more supple (but no thinner) leather in use. http://www.royalarmouries.org/learning/online-learning/littlecote-house-module/explore-littlecote-house-without-flash/great-hall-in-littlecote-house/buff-coats-and-baldricks It appears that we are talking about a few periods different periods here. Now, I mainly concentrate on the later period of the late 17th and early 18th century. The references to buff coats appear to come from the English Civil War period. Now, besides caps, breeches, shoes, and the pockets of some garments (and the possibility of turning animal skins into clothing, but the only maritime sailor reference for the later period that I have is Alexander Selkirk, and that was an exceptional case); I have yet to find references to any other leather clothes for sailors of the later period I mentioned previously. Now, I would be real interested to see if other refernces could be found to anything else (the buff coats are kind of interesting), but for now I have no reason to think that there is anything else that would be added to that list for the later period for maritime use. See my quote ^ from Ward's London Spy published in 1703 :) yeah, my focus is roughly 1660-1690, in a gentleman boucanier portrayal, and I have seen examples on Nicole Kipar's website. thank you for helping me with this guys. Seeing what I am attempting to portray, it's kind of important to be in the general area of historical authenticity, if not right in there.

My favourite, Nathaniel Butler, said his preferred armour at sea was a good buff jerkin. There's no reason that a buff coat would have been any less hardy in salt water than any other item of leather clothing, including shoes, which have survived in numerous shipwrecks for hundreds of years. Bear in mid though that a buff coat is not just leather, it's LEATHER. Really thick. Really really thick. Some proper reconstructions I've seen stand up by themselves, though some period artistic representations suggest a more supple (but no thinner) leather in use. http://www.royalarmouries.org/learning/online-learning/littlecote-house-module/explore-littlecote-house-without-flash/great-hall-in-littlecote-house/buff-coats-and-baldricks thanks, you guys have more experience in this than me... so yeah, I guess I'll give the buff coat the green light and look into it a little more.

very cool! I love the lyrics!!

I have read of soldiers/ cavelry wearing leather buff coats. I have considered doing this for my character when going into battle, though i did have a friend say it would not have held up well in the salt and the elements, then again, the boucaniers were supposed to have worn leather pants etc. so idk... I would like to be able to wear a leather buff coat, for battle demonstrations, seeing as my character has a sort of thing....

unfortunatly, I can't make the ,may one, due to the time it will take to save money for expenses and sueveneirs. (i calculated, and projected it at nearly 19 weeks...or more) we plan to attend the Redbeard Feast in New York... it looked decent from the website. next year i will be aiming for Put in Bay

ahoy mates... me and my old man had planned to go to Put in Bay this year, but his class reunion is the same weekend. so I was wondering, if this is going to be as big an event and as good a one as it was last year? We're looking for a BIG exciting pirate fest to go to.

I would like to announce, that the Code of the Brood has been reworked, and ratified by a 2/3 vote by the state commanders, and several articles are in place for the Knights of the Black Flag as well

i have been advised by a wiser friend to go about starting a crew by building the group around it's captain. That being said, this is a call to arms for people wishing to portray what you think of when you think of pirates. that is to say, galleons, spanish doubloons, the isles of tortuga and Madagascar buried treasure, walking the plank etc. So while Pirate legends will be portrayed, we will also be portraying them with as much historical accuracy as possible. We will be doing the Age of buccaneers Mor particulalry from the years 1662-1689. i have made a comprehensive timeline for my character, which puts us primarily in the caribbean and Indian Ocean, but even as far as England, the medateranian and the south china Seas. our portrayal will be liken to honerable thieves, with a dark side, similer to Black Sam Bellamy. Our ship has been designed by myself,and is a 3rd rate ship of the line class war galleon with four masts, and 7-odd broadside guns, as i've said, we are doing pirate legends here. I am looking for people willing to travel to events, cheifly to Ohio, due to the fact that transportation is limited to nonexistant for me. this might change however. The traveling part is a nessecity for this group, You have to be able to travel to events and keep up a regular commitment, either as full, or part time members as this crew is part of The Devil's Brood Pyrates guild. more spaciffcally, a chapter called 'The Roving Fleet' which is under my direction as well. the roving fleet is made up of pirate crews that have scattered members, or venders or stage acts that travel for a living. Those that jion the roving fleet can expect the benefits of networking as well as all other benifits our group has to offer. if you have any questions, please feel free to ask, i will answer as Captain of the Knights of the Black Flag, and the Fleet Commander for the Roving Fleet, depending on which you wish to inquire about

frosting

MANATEE!!!

it was primarily because if you're going to call yourself 'captain' you have to know what to call your ship, but yeah, you bring up some good pionts about presentations, thanks for the advice. Another contributing facter is i am very artistic, i've been drawing since i was very young, and drawing pirates/pirate ships since i was at least 5. So the design work is a sort of natural to me, So it comes natural, now that i am fairly good at ships, to draw my own, it was espicially frustrating, because i'd just finish a beautiful version, only to change my mind about what she was,

We've all seen them... those old halloweeny hats with shapable brims filled with wire, they are certainly somethign to be dreaded, for someone trying to be historically accurate... yet as i talked to a friend about commsioning a hat made of suade, she used the words 'wire brim' and i became hesitant, but then i stoped to consider... metal wire was in supply back then was it not? (I mean around 1660-1680) could not a noble who wanted a fine hat made of suade have wire placed in the brim to shape it properly? this much i am unsure of though it makes sense as far as I can tell... so what do you think? yay or nay? are there any historical cases of wire in the brim of hats? leather or otherwise?