Alton Archipelago

The Alton Archipelago is a chain of islands to the NW of the mainland Alton Region. It holds a large variety of peoples, cultures, and many of the smaller islands are unexplored or even entirely uncharted. It is a rough and tumble place where six Pirate Lords ply the seas. There are riches to be discovered, adventure to be had and many, many dangers.

## Notable Individuals

### Pirate Lords

The six pirate lords are loosely organized and engage with each other more out of convenience than any sense of strong allegiance. They each occupy a seat on Pirate Island and gather to resolve differences between themselves, trade information, and respond to threats that could endanger them all. They have a variety of personalities, but while they may not get along, they respect the power of the other lords.

In general, the Pirate Lords don't wantonly murder or kill people if they surrender and are cooperative in handing over any loot, but can be ruthless to those that give them good reason to use violence.

#### Steel Pirates

The Steel Pirates are led by Captain Bulwark and sail a heavily armed warship called the Hyperion. They commonly clash with the Kaylenon (check spelling) Navy. He is known for having the most powerful ship of all the pirate lords in terms of sheer firepower. The Hyperion was sucked through a whirlpool into the elemental plane of water where they met The Unexpectables who helped them repair their ship and fight off a juvenile kracken.

#### Cutthroat Pirates

Led by a dwarf named Captain Saltbeard, the Cutthroat Pirates are well respected and regarded as the most traditional of the crews. Saltbeard pays proper attention to prophecies and superstitions (not to the extreme like Olgathir), delights in adventure and acquiring treasure (though not in excess like Varlin), and the thrill of battle (not to the exclusion of all else like Ragnarok). Captain Bulwark holds a great deal of respect for Saltbeard.

* Captain Saltbeard - male dwarf

#### Fortune Pirates

The Good Fortune is captained by a half-elf named Varlin with long, flowing hair and flashy clothes. He's the youngest of the Lords and is a swashbuckler who loves flowery speeches and is said to swing on the rigging and wave his sword around in a very dramatic fashion. He loves hunting for treasure, and daring heists against overwhelming odds. He is known for robbing some of the richest nobles on the seas, and also for being a womanizer.

* Captain Varlin - male half-elf

#### Avenger Pirates

Captain Catch became a pirate lord after she killed her husband who was a pirate lord himself.

* Captain Catch - female human

#### Red Mane Pirates

The worst of the pirate crews according to Captain Bulwark. The Red Mane pirates are a pack of gnolls led by Captain Ragnarok who sail a ship called the Red Fang. They are excessively bloodthirsty and enjoy the violence of piracy much more than any of the other crews, and often attack other ships simply to give themselves an excuse to kill than out of any need of plunder which puts them in stark contrast with the other Pirate Lords. Captain Ragnarok is attempting to "civilize" their crew and moderate their behavior, which has made them more tolerable to the Lords. The other Lords also place value in using the Red Manes as a weapon they can turn loose on targets that earn their wrath. The Red Manes go along with this because they enjoy the fighting that results.

* Captain Ragnarok - gnoll

Earthbound Pirates

Led by Captain Olgathir, the Earthbound Pirates are the "weakest" of the crews and derisively called "crybaby pirates" by their peers, but to ordinary folk they are still a fearsome force with a warship. Captain Olgathir is an earth genasi who believes a prophecy that he is fated to find his soul mate on the ocean and that she will be a blonde aasimar woman. Their reputation among the other pirate crews suffers due to their captain's obsession with prophecies and fortune telling. Because he believes in his dreams of finding his lover at sea, Olgathir turned to piracy to enable him to pursue his visions. When his crew capture a vessel, he always checks to see if his fated lover is on board. His crew contains a sea hag who apparently feeds his belief in prophecies by whispering them into his ear.

He is relatively kind (for a pirate) and is known to take pity on his victims if they are obviously inexperienced and new to the seas of the archipelago. In one notable case, he captured a vessel with a newly-formed crew and was greatly disappointed that the only aasimar among them was a man. Seeing they were an inexperienced bunch, he allowed them to go on their way, taking only their supply of liquor as his prize, though some in the crew felt being doomed to a sober voyage was almost worse than death at the hands of the pirates.

* Captain Olgathir - male earth genasi

## Notable Locations

### Pirate Island

The "seat" of the Pirate Lords where they gather when they have business with each other.

### Island of Undying Beasts

An island that is deceptively attractive with many lush fruit trees. Without warning, ferocious baboons will attack anyone foolish enough to land there, and during the light of the moon, the animals that were killed have their bodies knit back together and resume the attack. Besides the baboons, there are tigers and at least one giant ape as equally indestructible. It is rumored to have buried treasure by three standing stones. Fortunately for travelers, the undead creatures cannot leave its shores.

### Kaylenon

A sea-faring high-elf civilization that often clashes with the Pirate Lords. Rife with nepotism among nobles who abuse their rank.

## Trivia

* There is a female storm giant rune caller in the Archipelago, but they are very reclusive
* MontyGlu runs a face-to-face game for friends that is set in the Alton Archipelago, so many details on this page are things she has shared about that game and are not part of the regular streamed Unexpectables games. Because of this, some details on this page may be considered dubious in terms of accuracy since some info is from off-hand comments.