Greenbeard

Greenbeard is the captain of the Greenbeard Fleet, a collection of ships that harbors around Anchorhaven. He is considered to be the greatest political power of the seas surrounding Liecht's Line, and is often at odds with the Crandis Federation to the south and the various pirate crews to the north. However, as long as there isn't a huge bounty on your head, Greenbeard is fairly friendly and presides over Anchorhaven as a relatively neutral grounds for resting sailors.

## Origin

Greenbeard was born in an unknown village in the Archipelago many decades ago under a name that has been forgotten. According him, he started life as a sailor in his twenties after joining the crew of a pirate known as Mark Thespian. Greenbeard sailed the seas around Liecht's Line for many years until an accident that caused his crewmates to all be cursed, damning them to swim the seas as cursed beasts. However, Greenbeard survived the encounter and washed ashore on a nearby island.

The island, which would later become Anchorhaven, had long been a cursed island, like many on the line. However, the ashore Greenbeard found that his body had not fallen prey to the entire curse. Rather, his his beard had turned the texture of seaweed. Greenbeard had become the only known soul to survive the curses of Liecht's Line.

Greenbeard soon found a passing ship on which to once again continue plundering and exploring. His new cursed physiology made him not only a threat to other pirates, but granted him the ability to withstand curses for longer than average. Greenbeard soon became the captain of his own ship, and over time his dominance over the seas became near-uncontested.

After the Crunch, the cursed energy began to cause more havoc around Liecht's Line , and more sailors began to lose their lives to its cursed waters. A seasoned veteran of the seas at this point, Greenbeard decided to found Anchorhaven, the only recognized nation on Liecht's Line. Anchorhaven soon became a well-known spot of respite on the seas, and later attracted many travelers wishing for safe passage across Liecht's Line.

Today, Greenbeard and his original crew govern Anchorhaven as a place for all sailors, pirate or otherwise. His power makes it a fairly peaceful place, as no lollygaggin' hooligans can withstand his cursed power.

## Powers and Abilities

Greenbeard is debatably the strongest pirate on Liecht's Line, mostly because of his resistance and control of curses. He has impressive strength and endurance, and is able to manipulate curses to a small extent. However, given enough time and resources, he can maintain a much larger sphere of influence, as seen with Anchorhaven.

Greenbeard possesses the ability to partially transform his left arm to have have sea monster qualities, and also partially inflict the curse of Liecht's Line on others. His true abilities with curses are unknown, but it is thought that he is able to make its power his own, which could explain his long lifespan and impressive abilities. It is also confirmed that he can neutralize the curse in others to a small degree, but can only in very rare cases cure the curse outright. This is often called the Bargaining by sailors, as Greenbeard will often ask for a hefty price for curin' the curse of Liecht's Line.

## Trivia

* While resistance to curses, he is not immune. If exposed to it for long enough, no man can survive Liecht's Line forever.

* Despite his notoriety at sea, he never found the fabled Garloid Valley.

* During his days as an active captain on the open seas, his ship *The Afflicted* was one of the most feared galleons.