Morladron Mysterlu

Morladron Mysterlu is a mostly oceanic democratic sailor's state located roughly around southern Leifmyrr and eastern Serrona in Eldham. It was formed on 03/03/22 following the unification of the Black Isles, Netvia and Eldercrest. It's capital is "Porthnegys" - a port city that was abandoned by the first explorers from Rathnir and taken over by the the pirates of The Black Isles, who ruled the surrounding seas and archipelago. It is said to be the best nation in southern Leifmyrr and has a long and deep history, with surprising connections to some of Eldham's largest empires!

History
[for most earlier history, see The Black Isles]

Proclamation of the Spice Commission
In order to expand the trade relations of the Black Isles, Commodore Trelanganack of the Black Isles began reaching out to smaller oceanic nations around Eastern Eldham in order to build a spice-focused trader company - this company would combine many nation's spice resources into one, meaning they could effectively sell every spice. The nations of Netvia (led by Mqthijs and Lincis) and Eldercrest (led by 9Unlimited) agreed to this proposal and formed the Spice Commission. Business was slow but it did serve to bring the 3 nations far closer together, leading directly to the Unification of Morladron Mysterlu on 03/03/22.

The Omen of Three
On the 3rd day of the 3rd month, the 3 nations united. Netvia, The Black Isles and Eldercrest and realised - through the Spice Commission - how similar their nations were (culturally, economically, religiously, etc) and had been undergoing talks to unite into one, strong union. Trelanganack Kowklopen spearheaded these talks and used his knowledge of the local area along with strong promises of legislatory, governmental and military reform to win the nations over. This union became Morladron Mysterlu (roughly translating to "sailors union") and all of the nations within began to prosper. The laws and government were reformed (although the government structure remained largely the same as the Black Isles), new diplomacy was opened up, a national newspaper (the Morladron Packet) began printing daily issues, the religions of Voidsail from the Black Isles and Order of Nihattan from Netvia merged into a syncretic religion Voidmun, and a the Morladron Buccaneer Corps was formed to defend the nation from foreign threats. All was well and everyone celebrated; the phrase "Morladron Bys Vyken!" (roughly translating to "Morladron Forever") became commonplace in the streets as well as in government - nationalism spread like plague and the nation was tightly gripped by the disease, which led them down dangerous paths.

The Kragmen Dispute
It was not long after the Unification of Morladron that the Kragmen Dispute occured. The town of Kragmen, which had long been settled on Nexus' land, was finally bought by Commodore Buck from the local governor of the area and incorporated into Morladron. However, the Emperor Reaps of Nexus was not pleased - he had not authorised his governors to sell land and was outraged. He immediately took the land back and negotiations began. Morladron sent Commdore Trelanganack and Commander GuardReady as diplomats (a fatal error) while Nexus' affairs were handled directly by their emperor. Trelanganack and GuardReady were uncompromising, demanding that Nexus just leave the land to them and all charges to be dropped; Reaps did not agree, he sought for the land to return to Nexus by all means necessary. Situations worsened when Uraki officials appeared at the negotiating table, sent to aid their vassal in diplomacy. Finally, Buck stepped in and apologised to Reaps and Nexus, dismissing Trelanganack and GuardReady. Reaps was sympathetic and they managed to agree to jointly administer the town under Nexus banner. Conflict had been avoiding however the two nations relations were greatly harmed by the poor negotiating on Morladron's behalf and it would take a long time for them to rebuild their friendship.

Crisis of the Netvian Throne
It was a complete shock when, shortly after the Kragmen dispute was solved, Pirate Lord Mqthijs (King of Netvia) coronated his son Olary as the new king and ordered himself executed at the hand of his own flesh and blood with his own personal blade; his son obeyed and suddenly Netvia would change forever. Lincis, Netvia's second king, demanded Olary to be an illegitimate heir and demanded that he be crowned as Pirate Lord of Netvia. Olary argued that his father had wished for his ascension and had even stated it in his final will and testament, hence he was entitled to the throne. Netvia began to split down the middle between Olary's and Lincis' supporters until - finally - it was decided that Olary was the rightful heir and Lincis' was forced to abdicate as co-monarch, becoming a Commodore. Lincis soon forgave his people and accepted the situation as it was, saving his reputation in future and thrusting him up the ranks of populist systems.

Fosdinas Crisis
Once again, Morladron was immediately faced with another crisis. Prior to the unification of Morladron, the Black Isles went through a several conflicts with the Grand Archonate of Sylvania. One of these was a territorial dispute over a region that came to be known as Fosdinas. After occupying the abandoned town in the region with the support of Novastonia, who formerly inhabited it, the original owner of the town (who had been kicked from Novastonia) immediately sold the region to Sylvania without permission. This territorial dispute grew and tensions rose over the course of many hours until a last minute diplomatic decision was reached in which Corsair Tyr Leuxos would pay 420k over the course of a month in exchange for Sylvania dropping their claim and giving the land to the Black Isles

The day before the money was to be handed over, Leux cancelled the purchase of the Fosdinas territory in protest to alleged mistreatment by the sitting council - primarily at the hands of Trelanganack - and defected to Sylvania, becoming a citizen immediately. Trelanganack and Pirate Lord EarlGreyT3a contacted SirLadBubblepop of Sylvania to renegotiate payment. However, SirLadBubblepop raised his asking price threefold to 1.2M, way out of Morladron's budget for land they believed to fairly own. Due to this, Morladron refused to back down and demanded that they would pay the fair sum of 420k and obtain the land (which they had already settled a town with citizens on). Tensions grew and grew until it became clear neither side would back down - leading both to reach out to allies and begin to prepare for the worst.

Morladron's Darkest Hour
Conflict almost came many times. Trelanganack was thrown in jail for misconduct and was not released for 3 weeks, leaving all negotiations to Corsair Pawnch Oldguard. The Morladroners did not want to give-in to Sylvania but, as the days dragged on, it became harder and harder to "negotiate" with the Sylvanians - especially given that Sylvania threatened to to attack Morladron in tandem with the entire army of their ally, Aristios. An attempt was made to make Sylvania back off by temporarily becoming a vassal of a sympathetic Scylding, who offered to protect Morladron through their network of military alliances, however this failed. Slowly, the demands became less outrageous (but were still far from reasonable) but the damage had already been done; with Trelanganack out of the picture and EarlGreyT3a lacking in political skill, the third triumvir Alfred "Buck" I passed "Buck's Law" - effectively instating martial law across the nation. The Pirate Lords protested but Buck spoke thus:

The Many Factions
Buck's "reforms" did not go down well with the people - they felt as though their ideals and principles had been betrayed. Tea and Trelanganack also felt undercut by their old partner (though they did respect his confidence) and went on to form the Morladron Civillian's Opposition (M.C.O). Other factions formed and threw in their lot with the M.C.O while others chose the Communists, with the tables eventually swaying in the M.C.O's favour.

The Siege of Mesara
The major Communist strongholds were found to be the towns of Kragmen (the birthplace of Buck's P.R.M) and Mesara (in Netvia). The Mesaran mayor, who went by the name of crimsoncatt, was a staunch Communist supporter and vowed - with the support of ex-Pirate Lord Olary - that Mesara shall never be taken by the M.C.O; with their sights set, the anti-Communists sprang into action! The M.C.O had managed to take full control of the Morladron Buccaneer Corps before the collapse, giving them the military advantage, and were joined by the P.S.F, who promised the people of Morladron a centralised republic if they won - they were also joined by supporting soldiers from Nexus, sent by Tyrus "reaps" Olmero to aid his husband Lincis. The M.C.O's forces split into 2 teams, offensive and defensive, and prepared for attack.

Birth of the Republic
The attack never came, however, as crimsoncatt and Olary immediately surrendered Mesara and submitted to the anti-Communists. The remaining factions all put their lot in with the M.C.O and Buck's P.R.M were left totally alone in the town of Kragmen. Seeing the writing on the wall, Buck surrendered and gave up Kragmen to the new government. Following the victory of the P.S.F/M.C.O in the First Morladron Civil War, the citizens had a taste for republicanism and Lincis answered their call. He formally dissolved Morladron Mysterlu and, in it's place, established the Morladron Repoblek. Though Tea and Trelanganack both disagreed with this move, both were unable to stop it due to the signing of the "Treaty of the Kraken's Fall Sea", which brought many restrictions onto their freedoms and the freedoms of the nation in exchange for peace with Sylvania.

The Provisional Government
The P.S.F had successfully taken control of Morladron and their leader, Lincis Von Bimbo, had some major reforms planned; as he had promised, he dissolved Morladron Mysterlu as well as it's constituent states of Netvia and the Black Isles (Eldercrest, hearing news of this, requested independence and was swiftly granted it by the central government). Next, Lincis proclaimed the new nation of "Morladron Repoblek" - a totally centralised republic centred around representative democracy. He totally scrapped the old legal code and called for Pawnch Oldguard, a previously insignificant religious scribe within the nation, to aid him in drafting a new legally-binding constitution. The nation's laws were massively expanded and clarified, strengthening justice and allowing for a judicial court system to be founded - which it swiftly was, with tc being appointed as the first Magistrate.

Lincis also worked tirelessly to repair the damages of the civil war as well as renovate many old towns and cities. He put LilGhostling in charge of Porthnegys (which remained the capital city) and had her oversee the expansion of city-limits all the way to the Rohkian border. He also put his former co-king Olary von Mqithjis in charge of military reform, which Olary quickly bungled up, leading to Morladron becoming one of the most militarily incompetent nations in Eastern Eldham. Most importantly, Lincis worked to avoid creating or harbouring the seeds that had led to Morladron's problems of the past...

National Centralisation Efforts
One of Lincis' main priorities in preventing unrest was his centralisation efforts. He used the "1st Morladron National Census" as a base for his statistics and worked to destroy all national identities within the nation. He began hiding Netvian monarchist artefacts, such as the diarchical crowns and countless documents, as well as massively prohibiting the use of Netvian and Black Islander flags. He, using social engineering, made the use of words such as "black isles", "pirate", "sailors", "federation", "old morladron", "council of the corsairs", "netvia", "mqthijs", "crown", "king" and "secede" taboo and their utterance began to make many feel uncomfortable and unloyal. He promoted the use of words such as "unified", "republic", "democracy", "strong", "north morladron", "south morladron", "morladroner", "independent" and "law" to reinforce his policies and make people proud to be Morladroners over their original national identities...

Due to these efforts, national identities were almost entirely forgotten. The Black Isles became "North Morladron" while Netvia became "South Morladron". Most entirely forgot the long Netvian traditions of diarchy and ice-sheet settlements as old towns were terraformed and flags were removed. Lincis, to verify his successful efforts, commissioned the "2nd Morladron National Census", that detailed that every local citizen identified as a Morladroner over any regional identity - zero people voted that they felt they were a Netvian nor a Black Islander.

The First Election
Following on from Lincis' work, the first true democratic elections were held. Pawnch Oldguard, Lincis' old secretary, won presidency with Sovietsky Axolotl becoming his vice-president. Many of the old governors from Lincis' cabinet retained their positions into Pawnch's cabinet (if it ain't broke, don't fix it)! The presidential inauguration took place on the one month anniversary of Morladron's unification and doubled as a celebration of both events. It was hosted in Morladron's largest city, Vallava, and most citizens made an appearance. Tea Brewtaker, who was still forbidden from government by the Sylvanians, arrived at the inauguration and attempted to rob a few citizens, however was repelled by a small citizen-made militia due to the military's incredible incompetence due to Olary's continued neglect.

Work of President Pawnch
Pawnch's first, and best, action was sacking Olary from his position as military leader and reappointing GuardReady instead. However, Pawnch's term is marked with a black stain by many due to his general lack of action nor policy throughout. Pawnch's only notable achievements are the numerous pacts he formed with many nations - such as Amarillo - however the validity and usefulness of these pacts was questioned greatly at the time and has been questioned greatly since. Potentially the greatest thing that came from Pawnch's term as president is the groundwork it laid for a new political order to rise in it's wake...

Discontent With Government
During the later half of Pawnch's presidency, Trelanganack was partially pardoned by the Sylvanian government with approval from full Iris Kratoras in Aristios. This allowed the politician to speak freely on political issues and even run for government. Alongside this, sentiment against Pawnch was growing rapidly. Two competing political parties had formed: the Morladron Socialist Party (led by Sovietsky) and the United Morladron Party (led by Dyncreulon). Trelanganack's return and newfound outspoken-ness against the presidency greatly accelerated Pawnch's decline in popularity - especially with the catalytic aid of Trelanganack's "Morladron Packet" newspaper.

Before long, the governors in Pawnch's own cabinet unanimously voted to impeach Pawnch and remove him and his vice, Sovietsky, from power; the governors cited inactivity and lack of effective policy making as their rationale, for his removal however it was evident that the massive unpopularity with the nation's citizenry had pressured them into the decision. With interim powers being handed back to Lincis, as the most decorated sitting governor, a new election was held.

Election of Pennsevik Trelanganack
Popular support was behind Trelanganack from the beginning. One of the founding members of Morladron, they were proficient in cohesion and charisma and their use of propaganda was undeniably effective - Trelanganack ran for president virtually uncontested by any other candidates. There was some scandal, however, as many citizens questioned the appointment of Trelanganack's vice as Buck - the main instigator of the Morladron Civil War; most citizens worried that Buck's old communist ways would return and he would once again thrust the nation into unrest, anarchy and infighting with his radical economic policies. Trelanganack assured them: Buck had changed his ways and had since joined the United Morladron Party, he stood for Morladron's aims over any of his own personal beliefs and - as such - his personal beliefs in communism would have little effect on the nation's future. The citizens worries were mostly quelled and Trelanganack won a unanimous vote by the governors.

The 'Five-Day Reforms'
Immediately upon election, Pennsevik Trelanganack and Islewydh Buck initiated their great new plan: the 'Five-Day Reforms'. This major political move strived to reconstruct the entire fabric of the nation by reforming every aspect of Morladron over the course of just five days - with each day exhibiting a different reform. The first day was colloquially referred to as the "Cosmetic Reforms" and involved mainly superficial yet important changes to promote Morladronian identity and make navigation of official institutions intuitative. Some of the changes included: renaming "Governors" to "Menysters"; renaming the "President" and "Vice-President" to "Pennsevik" and "Islewydh"; changing the official name back from "Morladron Repoblek" to "Morladron Mysterlu"; changing the official flag back to it's original design; and encouraging more creative, stylised and specialised architecture for Morladron's cities.

Next came the "Legislatory Reforms", in which Trelanganack totally rewrote the entire national constitution and law book to make it all much more clear, concise and thorough. Crimes like corruption and harassment finally became illegal while official protocols were put in place for regional constituencies (the system through which Menysters are represented), their jurisdiction and the processes of their joining and departure.

Thirdly was the biggest of all the reforms, "Military Reforms". These saw the military totally rebuilt from the group up with new corps systems - splitting the army into the Cannon Corps, Buccaneer Corps and Police Corps - as well as a new, thorough ranking structure and promotion of tactical/strategical-minded officials rather than strong soldiers, who were instead placed in more on-the-ground positions.

Then came the "Economic Reforms", which simply encouraged more trade and marked the beginning of development for the "Morladron Economic Exchange" - a system in which citizens can exchange their materials for equal amounts of money.

And, finally, came the "Educational Reforms", which saw the introduction of the Morladron state exam (the M.C.H.E) alongside the construction of the University of Morladron under former-President Pawnch Oldguard.

The 'Five-Day Reforms' are often regarded - internally and abroad - as one of Morladron's most successful and revolutionary programs. Trelanganack won over a landslide of support early on in the new government's term and Morladron saw major revitalisation away from the start of a downward trend. Many still believe that the 'Five-Day Reforms' mark the high-point of Morladron's history while almost all regard it as being the most successful government program ever introduced, with it's effects still felt today...

Football and Michael Imperium
Shortly after the 'Five-Day Reforms' and, delivering on a personal comment made during jail time, Trelanganack began construction of a giant football stadium in Porthnegys - with the permission of LilGhostling, who was the Menyster and daughter of Trelanganack. With the help of another child, Feblu, the Eldham Football League was built and the "Founder's Cup" began with 4 teams: Morladron FC, Manz City, Sylvania FC and Alodia Athletic. Morladron went on to win the cup in a devastating final, in which they beat Alodia 11-0, and the Morladron FC team is still regarded today as one of the best (especially with their star player Steak "Morladron's Maradonna" Dyncreulon").

Reconciliation With Sylvania
Following the re-election of "TrelangaBuck", the situation with neighbouring Sylvanians got severe. Military action was being threatened almost every week, with Sylvanians "peacefully invading" Porthnegys regularly and the Morladronian Alert System being raised to "2" often for months on end. This period of intense relations would prove to cause too many issues for both sides and Menysters would agree that a "policy of ignorance" should be instated, allowing both nations to co-exist in relative peace for the first time in years.

The Phony War
[to be expanded]

The Alsaryan Dispute
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Bloody Thursday and the Siege of Noxwind
On the 16th day of June, Multiple Sylvanians entered Porthnegys and started provoking Morladroners by uploading photographs of monuments in the city with the caption "New Riverheim" (Riverheim being a northern province of Sylvania). Following the policy of ignorance, the locals decided not to engage initially, but it became clear that one of Sylvania's most well known enemies, Buorny, was present, and so prominent member, EarlGreyTea, decided to engage the party.

The battle that ensued would result in the death of many Morladronian moryons, with the Sylvanians having the war surplus that they brought with them, signalling that they had prepared to obtain a response from the Morladronian people. This heavy toll would cause the garrisoned soldiers to chase away the raiders, all the way back to the Sylvanian capital of Noxwind.

The siege of Noxwind would be a tremendous Morladronian victory, with the battered soldiers from Porthnegys successfully scaring the raiders all the way back to their homes, fuelled by nothing put national spirit. The local governor of Noxwind proclaimed Martial Law and advised locals to remain in their homes while the brave defenders of Morladron marched proudly down the streets of the Sylvanian capital, before returning home victorious.

Although the day would be a victory for Morladron, it came at a cost and the events of "Bloody Thursday" as coined by Islewydh Buck in a speech to the nation, would be remembered as a stain in the history books.

Alodian Collapse & Andrimari Integration
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Slowed Momentum
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Death of Jamesey
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Stickmanite Uprising
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Seizure of Porthnegys
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First Battle for Vermillion
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Laws
Morladron has 11 main laws:


 * 1) All citizens are entitled to a trial - prosecution or defence
 * 2) Stealing is forbidden
 * 3) Assault is forbidden
 * 4) Murder is forbidden
 * 5) Unauthorised foreign attack is forbidden
 * 6) Taxes/tarrifs are forbidden
 * 7) Discrimination is forbidden (we are all equal)
 * 8) Trial-by-combat is legal if authorised by a judge
 * 9) Unwarranted mutiny, infighting or coup is forbidden
 * 10) Abandoning of legal duties is forbidden
 * 11) Violation of someone's freedoms is forbidden

There are a further 5 guidelines:


 * 1) Be kind - it is just a nice thing to do for yourself and everyone!
 * 2) Don’t give in to pressure - Morladron has always been pushed around by bigger powers, reflect our national sentiment and don’t let them get the better of you!
 * 3) Read the paper - it will keep you up to date with all the nation’s affairs!
 * 4) Serve your country - joining the Morladron Buccaneer Corps is a good way to burn some time and build esteem within the nation!
 * 5) Try talking - remember, diplomacy first! Don’t fight unless all other options have been exhausted first!

The full document is attached here: An Laghas a Morladron

Location
All regions/jurisdictions in Morladron are located along the eastern border of Eldham.

The Black Isles (or North Morladron) is located in and around the Kraken's Fall Sea, surrounded by the nations of Sylvania and Rodinnbrok (specifically Rohkia).

Netvia (or South Morladron) is located south of Sylvania and just north of Vanshire.

Regions
Morladron features 2 main regions named after the nations that previously existed there. The first region, The Black Isles, is an island and the historical founding point of Morladron as a nation. The second region is Netvia. The third region was Eldercrest, but it later gained independance.

Religion
Main Article: Voidmun

The primary religion of Morladron is Voidmun, a syncretic religion which was formed from the fusion of The Black Isles's Voidsail and Netvia's Order of Nihattan. Despite the combination of both religions, Voidmun is divided into two paths: the Void path and the Nihattan path. Followers have the option of only following one path or following both paths. Each path is headed by one head priest or priestess. The current head priestess of the Void path is LilGhostling, while the current head priestess of the Nihattan path is GrittySwitch.

The Morladron Packet
See: Morladron Packet Archive

The Tale of The Black Isles
Main article: The Legends and Tales of The Orange Poet

Chapter 1: "Black Eyes"

When the pirate lord made his bed in the island of The Scurvy Shores, he heard ,with one ear, a light conversation from two natives. a mysterious artifact left by the former Barbossian fleet, a figure made in a darken metal probably worth millions, in the far border of the sea. Of course, there were merchants after all, always thinking about gold. However, The pirate lord imagined the object in his hands, caressing the object, imagining his first treasure, not as something to sell, but as something to be proud of, his eyes were turning black. He ran to the shore, is vessel, washed into the beach, was a stolen one, damaged by the escape. The burning wood was still cracking to the weigth of the steel cannons and the sails felt like paper, the ones that no one could read. Not even a second later, not prepared at all, the crew was already running and pulling ropes in the middle of the blue waves.

They arrived, at last, to their destination. It was night, The crew, nervous, holding the boat to not crumble underneath them, looked in the distance. A mere patch of sand, tinier than a plume, was surrounding them in a U shape. The pirate lord, controlling the wheel, ordered the bark to be dropped and the shovels to be ready. He went with two of his men and touched the land with is feet, strange, the sand was black. "Like a mere shadow of itself", said the pirate Lord. him and his men, shovel at hand, started to dig. Hours passed and nothing was found, the island was almost gone, the treasure was gone. The sun rose in the horizon, revealing the yellow sand that was left. Wait, yellow sand? "was it not black earlier", the crew noticed. The pirate lord, turned his head to his ship, it was now black, like a mere shadow.

Clouds were forming on top of them, rain started to crash, dark rain. The islanders rushed to the vessel, which was in the middle of giant tentacles, waving around like if it was showing off his prey. The pirate lord gripped on a loose board on the front and, that was when he started to fly. The others on the ground were small in seconds and the air was getting thicker. He climbed up to the ship, he saw his crew, terror in their poor souls, screaming for mercy, looking down at the mouth of teeth and the eclipse in his black eyes.The lord, on the contrary, was furious. "This ugly ass monster will not be my end, come and get me you pathetic scum!" The giant squid did not move an inch, and then started to rotate his plate. Men and women were dropping, miserably, one by one, like grains of salt trickled onto a perfect dish. The pirate Lord, the last on the ship, held the cracked main mast with his life. He then had an idea, he reached his sword and sawed the mast, finishing the job. The pole fell, with the pirate lord on top, penetrating the monster's mouth. We heard the shriek from miles. The vessel was free from his grasp, to sink, finally, in the abyss. The blue of the sea turned black

What rose from the sea was something of a fairy tale. An immense ship appeared, with at least twenty-four shining canons, ready to tear apart the hardest wood, black rims going around the vessel and a mast so large that it pierced throught the dark clouds and saw the sunlight. "The Eclipse, this would be the name" the Pirate Lord said, wheel at hand, seeing his crew laughing and enjoying life, seeing with his black eyes, stolen to the Kraken. However, the tale is not over yet, because the artifact is still at large, travelling in the dreams of many.

Chapter 2: "The Artefact"

A winter night, the sea was becoming ice, a blueish white, frozen by the absence of heat, the Kraken had a cold heart. Instead of black rain, it was snowing, snowflakes of the purest colour. The Black Isles, blocked by the icebergs, were the most silent, in the strong winds. One of the corsairs entered the empty bar, she saw the pirate Lord, sipping in tea. "Hey Tea, you want company?" The pirate Lord slowly turned his head, showing his empty dark eyes, and accepted with a slight nod. Tyr Leuxos sat on the chair next to him. "I never asked but, your eyes, they are not so pleasant to look at." "I know, that Kraken wore them; now it’s my turn." Leux demanded a jug of beer and started to chug it. "The artifact is lost Leux, lost underneath the frozen sea, forever gone in time. I feel like I’m becoming more and more blind." Tea sipped his tea. "I abandon this doomed search." "Woah, wait. I knew Tea the boy, washed up surrounded by crates of tea. But now, I know Tea the Pirate Lord, slayer of the Kraken and captain of The Ecplise." She pointed to the massive vessel outside. "This war machine is yours, Pirate Lord, yours to conquer all the islands and become the richest man alive. Do you understand that?" Tea looked at her. "No, you don’t understand. The artifact is the only thing keeping me alive, that is why the Kraken was there, searching the same treasure as me." Leux was confused. "How do you know that?" "It is not important, what is the use of a boat when there is no destination in sight, I am cursed to turn into a monster." A crew member suddenly entered the bar in a hurry. "Pirate Lord, the artifact was found!" "Where?" said Leux, Tea was silent, drinking his tea. "Near the northern lands, on a floating corpse, an armada of ships covered with red." The pirate Lord spitted his drink, he turned his head. "Barbossa..."

The Barbossian captain was looking through the mysterious object's preciousness. An all dark metal monkey statue destined to be on a pedestal in an ancient temple. He was scared because he knew that this artifact will be the reason of his end. "Not this. Everything but this!" He screamed alone in his cabin. "What have I done?I wanted to start fresh only to be destroyed the next day?" A crewmate opened the door, curious about the noise, he saw the captain, Rossa, almost laying on his chair. "What is the problem, captain?" Surprised, he looked at the visitor. Shit, he cannot know we are doomed. "Uhm...nothing. We will go south, near the Black Isles, we are here to get our land back from..." He paused, the fear to say his name. "The Eclipse? Oh, do not worry Ross, we will end their reign, to the deep blue sea they will go, haha!" The boy was an innocent one. He did not know the danger of the Eclips. That they will perish soon. "What is your name, boy?" He hesitated, for he was confused. "My name is David..." Rossa stood up to his chair and approached the boy, grabbing his stressed shoulder. "Kid, The Ecplise is something else, the captain has become a monster. If we are not careful, we will be ripped apart by his ferocity and anger, cursed forever to be lost in memories." He stopped. And then, with an heroic voice, "But The Goliath will best them, David, we will make them pay for what they did to our land! Oh boy they will pay!" David looked up at the giant man, now raising his only fist in the air like a fairytale hero. He smiled with his gross teeth and left the cabin. Rossa sighed and returned to his chair, turning it to the other side. "Poor boy...Everybody will forget his name. The name of a brave boy."

The Eclipse was already prepared for the long trip. The sails were dropped, the cannons were ready to destroy the enemy, and Tea, the pirate lord, had his hands grasping his wheel. He yelled to his friends. “Let’s go on in an adventure boys! We know where’s the artifact, let’s destroy some Barbossan jerks! Haha!” They laughed and screamed with greed and joy, ready to make history flourish with their names. The ice was still present, blocking the smaller fishing ships, but not the Eclipse, because they finally had a goal to follow. Hours passed, and Leux saw the crimson Barbossan fleet coming right to them. “Tea! They are here!” He smirked and saw it, the big bastion of a vessel with his followers ships. “The artifact is mine now.” They both approached and stopped. The two captains had so many decibels in their voice, that they could hear themselves yapping insults. The Barbossan captain started. “What do we have here! Is it a lost soul that I see!” “Rossa, we meet again!” Tea responded. “I was told that you have what I rightfully deserve, you stole it from me Rossa, and I need it back!” Snow started to fall, like ashes from the clouds, covering the brown wood and the iron swords. “Are you talking about this?” Rossa showed the treasure, raising it like a prize that contrasted with the white air. Tea’s black eyes started to shimmer, like if the kraken was fuelling in him. More snow was falling, “You scum! Do not drop it like a fool!” Rossa laughed. “Well, that is an option, but no, it is free gold after all. Haha!” A screeching roar suddenly emitted in the storm above and the wind started to push them into battle. The gods were impatient. “It’s time to die Rossa!” “Haha, you will see your end!” Oh boy he is doomed. The two captains returned to their station. And the fight began. The other Barbossan boats were the first to attack, shooting The Eclipse from afar. The cannonballs arrived with force, wooden planks were falling into the water below. Tea harshly turned right to avoid the rest coming after the boat and shot one of the vessels down with a massive explosion. The other one came closer, ripping the other side with their bullets and howling bliss. Ending it fast with them eating a volley back. David ran to Rossa. “Captain, they already destroyed the Firelover and the Laughing Made, what do we do now?” Rossa then thought of the impossible. Tea was raising his arms with pride with his crew when he saw The Goliath hitting The Eclipse with a devastating charge, piercing it with a giant hole in the side and, for the attacker’s side, a heavily damaged front. Fire spread on the two vessels, the crews were everywhere on the ground, dead or unconscious, while the boats were now one. The rest who were alive was already starting to fight each other with steal and gunpowder. Rossa woke up, the carnage of a suicidal act. He noticed the artifact was not with him, but with David that was ahead of him, standing there, crooked like a winded sail. “David…” Then David turned around, with a red mark on his chest. “What. No…” The boy, mouth open, fell in the water with the artifact in his hands. Transforming the water black. “NOOOO!!! DAVID!” Rossa never screamed this much for someone, his eyes were now red with vengeance for a boy he only knew existed yesterday. He immediately shot the killer in his fury. “TEA!!! Come here and fight me!” Tea woke up with his name ringing in his ears. “Your artifact is gone in the sea Tea! You are eternally cursed!” “No… Not again. I CANNOT LOSE IT AGAIN!” The pirate lord yelled and, with his black eyes twitching in rage, ran to Rossa. What followed was an epic battle, blades sparked in the presence of the other, red and black eyes were fighting to lead the pain away. They were exhausted, bloody and in agony. The ice was gone, now replaced with rain, black rain.

"You will pay for this Rossa." Tea said to Rossa who responded with a single "no". Then the world shook, Tea remembered this feeling. And as he was reminiscing. A tentacle rose up through the rough sea. "What....is that?" Rossa was confused. Tea noticed something strange, he saw that the monster was holding the artifact. He understood. Tea ran to the Eclipse side and quickly remove the ship to the side while Rossa was focused to the monster's arm. Rossa gasped, "No." The tentacle descended into the Goliath and broke it in half, taking away Rossa with him, now cursed forever to be lost in memories.

Tea, Leux and the rest of his crew left the storm, now artifact at hand. The Eclipse now roams the Kraken's Fall sea, with Tea at his helm and a young kraken below, helping them like a brave boy.