Overview | Brotherhood of the Caribbean

The Island of Las Aves

January 2, 1678: In one of the Great Marityme Disasters of all Time, almoust the entyre French West Indies Fleet has been a-wrecke'd on the Treach'rous Reefs of Las Aves, a tiny isle off the coust of Venezuela.

An ally'd fleet of Buccaneers, hyred by the French to help conquer the Dutch Fortress of Curacao, lyes beach'd upon the isle a-midst all the flotsam. Supply'd with tyde-borne Barrels of Wyne and Brandy, the Pyrates, Buccaneers, Freebooters and Pryvateers settle down for an impromptyu Pyrate Meeting.

Ne'er before has such a powerful force of utterly Independent Nature been assembl'd. What course shall they chart? Who would be-come the Most Famous Pyrate of all Time? The infamous Blackbeard? The dread Pyrate Roberts? The fam'd Pryvateer Sir Francis Drake? Terra Australis' own William Dampier? Or one of t'other notourious Sea Reavers?

The island of Las Aves 'tis a Historickal Pyrate Setting, 16 of the leading figures from the Golden Age of Pyracy vye t'with each other in Politicks & Plunder, Swashbuckling & Villainy *

"The Brotherhood of the Caribbean" 'tis a resolution-based freeform brought to you bye Pointless Mental Kruelty (Argh!).

* Pointless Mental Cruelty wishes to advise that while we adhere to our usual policy of writing in neutral manner, the Characters for this Freeform are all based on HISTORICAL events and figures, and history can be quite unforgiving! We leave it up to each Player's interpretation as to how challenging they wish to be.

Synopsis | Brotherhood of the Caribbean

The Island of Las Aves

“Welcome ashore, gentlemen, rogues and those in-between. P'rhaps ye are still wondering what be happening in the last day to bring us to this pretty state.

“Well, as ye all know, we be hired by the French Navy to help them plunder the last Dutch colony in the New World, the fabulously wealthy Curacoa! As we be sailing past this little Isle of Las Aves, the French Admiral Comte D'Estrees espied a pair of Dutch frigates taunting him somewhat fierce. Unfurling their sails, the mighty French West Indies fleet hurtled itself after this saucy foe.

“Needless to say, the big keeled French Man-o-War ploughed into the reefs around this isle. A greater part than half went to the bottom, in a terrible loss of life and property. Our buccaneer and privateer vessels, being so much smaller, moored at the isle untouched to see what would occur.

“So here we sit, debating as to what course our assembled host should take, the opportunities afforded a fleet for plunder being so much greater than that for a single vessel.

“And once we have both reached a decision upon the victim of our intentions, and likewise have finally run out of fair French liquor, we shall be sailing into the annals of history as the greatest Pirate raid of all time.

“Now, what be the goal of this here Freeform?

“Tis simple. Each Player is vying to be named as the Greatest of them all!"