Long ago, the chain of islands in the middle of the sea were wild lands, home to the Fae Courts and their magical inhabitants. But once humans arrived to the islands, much of the Fair Folk were hunted to extinction by the pirates that had decided to make the isles their home.
For a while, there was nothing but chaos, a land run by survival of the fittest for the lawless pirates. Most were running from something, with no place among the gentler folk that lived on the continent. Some were simply born with the sea in their veins and a desire to chart it. Some with outlaws with a thirst for blood, and still others those with a thirst for coin.
The chaos, however, came to an end when the factions arose. Four factions, named after birds that conquered the skies like the pirates had conquered the seas, took control over the known lands of the isles. Most pirates chose to join a faction, taking the security that came with having a crew that had your back. The islands soon came to be called the Faction Isles in honor of the factions it belongs to, the Fae name long forgotten.
There are four main pirate factions, each dedicated to a different thing. Though- you won't be surprised to find there are a few more factions out there, separate from the pirates, waiting for you!
Despite the relative peace brought by the factions, tensions between the pirates are high. Tensions between the humans and those few people out as Fae? Even higher. Though there’s no killing or stealing on the main island of the Isles, those rules don’t apply to the surrounding islands.
What faction will you choose? And will you survive the rising tensions?
[We are a literate server! Muses include those from Hermitcraft, Empires, Life Series, and Pirates SMP! Currently, there is a 1 muse limit.]
caught the end of Krow's pirates lore stream the other day, and was intrigued. been catching up on its pov while doodling more pirates stuff, so have this funky lil guy :]
(started this one out of spite - /j ofc - when Kuervo started going off at chat for 'watching me achieve glory, while just sitting around doing nothing', so hah. i did do something)
ALSO: if yall have any suggestions for who/what to draw next, tell me! this is my first time using tumblr so forgive me if i confuse anything, but feel free to shoot me a note? ask? comment?? whatever it’s called if you have an idea. preferably sticking to pirates smp and sfw content only as i obviously aint drawing anything weird on here. funny moments on stream, deep lore, or just daily life pirates stuff is all game!
i just wanna point out that kuervo (the kite) wants a crew and for pirates to care about each other and apo (the nightingale) wants to be a kite and i don’t think it’s against the rules for people to change factions and in this essay i will
Timelapse and freak out under the read more, as per usual <3
timelapse:
you would not believe how long i have spent on this artwork jdhsfjkhfjkdsg.
BUT ANYWAY. WHO CARES IF THE SMP IS ENDING SOON THE WHIRLPOOL STREAM STILL LIVES RENT FREE IN MY BRAINNN!!! pKuervo is literally my favourite character i have rewatched it’s pov of the whirlpool stream so many times you would not believe. The way pKuervo is quick to reassure people and makes everyone is safe is soo dhsjkdgkjs. Holding pWater’s hand on the way down the whirlpool, the way he freaks out when he can’t find pWater. Then, when pGraecie is scared to jump down into the underground city, pKuervo once again offers to hold her hand THE PARALLELS AUGH! Also later on, when everyone’s running from the collapsing city, pKuervo STAYED BACK to make sure everyone else had gotten out before it. Even going back for pOwen when she stopped to grab the special lamp. pKuervo is literally the coolest character ever and you can not change my mind :))))
Also can i say. i am very proud of how this piece turned out, especially the drippy water effect on pWater and half of pKuervo to signify them standing in the spray of the whirlpool, and then the drying water on the other half of pKuervo and pGraecie, as they’ve had time to dry off a bit. Less proud of the background but eh let’s just ignore that dgsjkgdkjsgkj
ALSO LATE shhh
kuervo flirts (for food) this was such a funny bit it was the first thing i thought of when i saw the prompt HWAHSHA
acho raiding after and krow being like "sorry if my flirting with watermunch scared you off" HELP