Hopefully this hasn't been discussed before. I did check the backpages. *nervous*
I'm quite curious- what got everyone here interested in the nature and lore/history of piracy? What really sparked your heart and made you decide that this was something you were interested in?
For me, it was when my dad was producing a short movie about pirates. We travelled to the Virgin Islands and the Isle of Saint Lucia. Not only did I reap the benefits of raiding the fake jewels... I got to spend a great deal of time aboard the ship used in the movie, the HMS Rose (a replica, to be honest). Seeing the movie and being on set got me interested. This had to be around ten years ago, when I was but a wee lass of seven. It was then I started dressing up as a pirate every Halloween, and focused the games of 'pretend' my friends and I indulged in to revolve around pirates.
Your stories?