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Overview
A pirate, a leader, a wanted criminal, a rebel, a builder, Tea Brewtaker has been known by many names over his years on Eldham and different tales of his story wash up along the shores wherever you travel. The true tales of those sung in sea-shanties about the Pirate King Tea is enclosed in the stories below however his journey is not over yet and is ever sailing along with the waves of time.

Origins
Tea's journey begins with half his face in the sand the other half being bombarded with sea spray from the oncoming surf against the shore his body lay on. Using his hand to shield his eyes from its glaring head, he tried to recall what happened to him, but he couldn’t think of anything, not just about what happened, there was nothing. He couldn’t remember who he was. He peered around the area, taking in the shattered beams of wood and crates, one of which was cracked open with what looked like.. Tea? Maybe he was on a trading vessel and it crashed at sea? He turned towards the sea, there he saw a ship sailing towards the shore. The sails were deep black, with an orange shape in the middle.

He must have passed out once more for between the dazzling light shining through the gaps of his fingers, shielding his eyes from the sun was the boots of men in front of him. The captain stood only three metres from him, surveying the wreckage. "So, who ar' ye?" The captain asked, with no response, "What's yer name damn it" The captain glanced over at the crate of tea spilled out behind him, The captain sniffed, "Where did ye come from tea man?" but before Tea could must the strength to speak the sweat from the sun and the heat.

When he awoke next it was not the same beaches as before but in a hammock swaying in the belly of some ship. He touched his head and felt the bandages wrapped around it. No one came to check on him and he was alone apart from the slumped watchman stationed by the stairs, eyes closed with an empty bottle drooped in his hand beside him. However, it was not long before the sound of creaking wooden beams grew and feet emerged from the stairs. The captain then spoke whilst kicking the sleeper awake, "Get up Alvertex ye great drunkard" as he made his way towards Tea, "ye were in a wretch'd state when we found ye". "Well Tea, tell me under wh't sails do u serve" The captain looked at Tea once more, "Ye owe us boy for saving ye life from Jone's Lock'r, so rest up lad for ye sail under Barbossan law now." and with that the Captain left the room.

Having sailed for many months with the crew of the Pirate Lord Philly, he eventually welcomed the company of the pirates, loud noisy and ruthless they were the meanest bunch of seafarers giving Tea the hardest work on the deck and the scraps of food left. As they warmed up to him and gained their trust they soon welcomed him as one. They taught him the ways of the pirate life from combat with a cutlass to cannon fire so during battles Tea would be able to fight rather than be locked in the holding cell out of fear he would try and flee. However one day whilst on the stretch home to the pirate shores of the Isle of Kraken, two patrolling Urakai ships ambushed them in the night. Flanked by the two ships the hull was barraged by cannon fire sending splinters flying. The pirates scrambled to mobilise a defense however the heavy damage meant the ship was already sinking towards Davy Jones Locker. The pirates either dived overboard or ran to salvage the plunder they had accumulated over the voyage however amongst the commotion, Tea ran to the Captain for orders. 'Save ye self laddie, she's lost to the waves.' Alvertex had now managed to reach the pair as the Captain shouted over the booms of the cannons, 'Get out of ere' But Tea and Alv refused to leave with him, Tea shouted, 'this isn't the place to die' and after some time of resistance, Philly nodded and ran with them onto the deck and they all lept into the abyss of the dark ocean below.

The founding of Dead Man's Cove
The trio swam into the cave by the shore hoping to escape the lanterns of the searching uraki soldiers until they reached an opening shrouded in the moon light clambing up the rocks they found an abandoned village under the shadow of Guaraka. It was quiet but it was here that he decided to make rest in the abandoned fort above the hidden lagoon that laid beneath the buildings. Here he regained his strength and fortified his new home with any work he could find, buying cannons, timber and stone whilst the others returned to the Isle of Kraken.

However, despite being alone in the jungle's hills, nearby lay the city of Urak the capital of Uraka. Tensions between the two nations had been growing since before Tea had arrived and he could see the unrest brewing and made ready his home for war. The fight which would be later know as the Valorant War would see the fort abandoned and the land taken over by Uraka as a result.

Valorant War
Barbossan through and through, Tea fought under the black flags of Barbossa against the Urakans despite only being part of the nation for a short time. During the war he was apart of the defence of the Isle of Kraken's in which a stray arrow caught his armour and knocked him off the battlements into the depths below. Upon seeing this no less than 3 Urakan soldiers plunged in after him, one of whom being the notorious warrior Beekay, a traitor of Barbossa. Outnumbered Tea swam away from the pursuing enemy into deeper waters into which he dived and blended into the kelp forest which allowed him outmanoeuvre and caused the opponents swords to become entwined and stuck. Eventually the soldiers having exhausted their resources decided to return to their army's attack on the Isle however when Tea returned to the surface the city was ablaze and the soldiers had reached the fortress. All seemed lost as the last of the pirates were slaughtered or were fleeing on their vessels. Tea pledged to Sarlican and Philly that he would destroy everything should Uraka succeed so he began swimming back to the fight. Hidden in the dock below lay a barrel of gunpowder which Tea grabbed as he snuck his way up the rocks towards the main throne room of the citadel. A hole had been blown through the stone of the walls and upon peering through, Tea could see the room full of Urakan soldiers, picking through the corpses of the pirates or barrels of belongings that had been stashed away. Tea threw the barrel of gunpowder into the room and before the soldiers could turn his way, drew his bow whilst lighting his arrow ablaze, the men looked at the barrel hurling towards them but could not stop the arrow that struck it nor the blast the decimated the room and sent the men flying and the treasure in the halls to Davey Jones' Locker.

Tea knew he had to escape whilst the soldiers were recovering and so clambered back down the rocks to the docks and hoped aboard a small boat. Rather than flee away from Barbossa and Uraka, Tea angled his sail and headed south towards Urak. All of Uraka's forces were in Barbossa so no one saw the small vessel enter the city nor the man who crept off it. Armed with an axe Tea's rampage began fuelled with the strength and rage of his fallen friends. He hacked down the civilians and looted their homes from door to door taking or destroying all he could. Tea finished looting LadyXade's home when he heard the shouts of the soldiers that had returned. Outnumbered once more he fled, but this time he had the advantage as once he escaped the whirling arrows that flew over his head through the streets of Urak, he was protected by the dense jungle and was able to return to Dead Man's Cove with the spoils of war. Here he waited and hid, drinking rum stolen from Urak until dark where he loaded his boat with his items and left the cove.

Scurvy Shores
On the boat with nothing but a few belongings (and the last of the rum), he travelled east away from Uraki influence to a place he'd heard of in the taverns of Barbossa and amongst pirate folk alike, "Scurvy Shores". A town of piracy and freedom, the last of its kind outside of Tortuga and Tea knew this was where he needed to go. Over many days and nights he travelled the coasts and rivers until finally the sands turned ashy and stone turned black, the Black Isles. Tea knew now he was in the Kraken's Fall Sea and at last he anchored off the sands of Scurvy Shores.