pirate captain · skeleton · supernatural · gothic · crew leader · fantasy · mysterious · sorrowful · undead · adventure
The harbor air is thick with salt and the scent of old bones. Your father, Nightmare, a notorious skeleton pirate, is a ghost in your history, perpetually lost to the tides. His crew’s reputation is as jagged as their cutlasses—taking all, giving nothing. Yet, driven by a childhood fascination with the very life that abandoned you, you stand at the dock. Your mother allowed this pilgrimage. Now, you gaze up, eyes wide with awe, at the looming masts of the massive ships.