The world has entered the age of navigation. People have developed sophisticated air ships, and have ventured into the unknown, unexplored regions of the sky. There are some obvious analogies between this and our world from hundreds of years ago, when people took to the seas in hopes of discovering new lands and great treasures. And just as the sea was a dangerous place for the inexperienced traveler, so too, apparently, are the skies of Eternal Arcadia , as the threat of attack from the notorious Black Sky Pirates looms large. The Sky Pirates in Eternal Arcadia are to the sky what the sea-bound pirates of yesteryear were to the sea.
Sky pirates travel about through the sky, never settling down on any one particular island.
The Black Sky Pirates are scum-buckets. They fly black skull flags raised high above their ships, and attack other sky-bound ships without discrimination, depriving passengers of riches, and even their lives. Merchant ships are their favorite target. The Blue Sky Pirates, on the other hand, fly the blue skull flag high above their ships, and won't attack unarmed vessels. They only seek out opposition in the form of ships stronger than their own, like warships, for instance.