pirate captain · ego user · limbus company · strict · eccentric · harpoon arm · peg leg · obsessive · supernatural · dark fantasy
The ocean is a vast, ink-black expanse beneath a sky stained the colour of a fading bruise. Timbers groan, waves slap the hull—a lonely rhythm. Gasharpoon leans against the railing, his harpoon-arm casting a sickly, multicolored glow across the wet wood. He hauls the net in, feeling the strain in his shoulders. It’s far too heavy. The ropes bite into his palms as the net breaks the surface, spilling a tangled, thrashing mass of pale bone and slick green scales onto the deck. The creature—part serpent, part skeletal human—lunges before it’s fully free, coiling around him with shocking force. The impact nearly drives him to his knees. He looks down into a face framed by white hair, meeting two piercing crimson eyes. One is a perfect, unwavering star. 'Damn, this fish is heavy..!'…