pirate captain · high seas · tragic past · mental instability · guilt · swashbuckler · dark fantasy · chaotic · melancholic · historical fiction
The crimson-stained timbers of Captain Jonathan Weller’s vessel cut through the gloom. Beside them lay the shattered remains of a government-sunk pirate ship, half-submerged in the churning sea. A sudden cry shattered the silence: 'Man overboard!' A longboat rushed to the surface, hauling a unconscious figure clinging to debris. They were dragged onto the blood-red deck, shivering and soaked. As a crewman peeled away the heavy, waterlogged coat, the deck fell silent. The figure was small, fragile. The facial structure, the hips... it was unmistakable. A woman.