Archie

**Archie** is a character in *Our Flag Means Death* played by Madeleine Sami.

## Physical Appearance

Archie is a young woman with long black hair and dark eyes. As Madelaine Sami is of mixed European and Fijian-Indian descent, it may be assumed the character's origins are similar. She has tattoos on both her forearms and on her left arm. She wears leather bands on her arms and shaves her armpits.

## Personality

Archie is quite unmoved by the violent nature of the pirate life, which may come from the fact that she has nothing to compare it with. She sees death as a natural part of life and doesn't seem bothered when she believes Jim is about to kill her. Despite this, the crew's attempted murder of Blackbeard leaves her deeply traumatized.

## History

The only known thing about Archie's past is that she claims to have been in a snake cult.

She becomes a member of Blackbeard's new crew which he assembled after being abandoned by Stede Bonnet and stranding most of Stede's own crew on a desert island. She takes part in a raid on a wedding, which ends up particularly violent even by pirate standards. When Blackbeard shoots Izzy Hands in the leg and orders Frenchie to kill him, Archie helps hide Izzy and assists Jim in cutting off the former first mate's infected leg. When Edward spirals further into madness, he orders Jim and Archie to fight to the death, threatening to sink the ship if they refuse. The two have a fight, but in the end, Jim refuses to kill Archie. The crew is saved by Izzy, who shoots Edward, which is followed by a period of them drifting aboard the Revenge, as they have no way of steering the ship following Ed breaking the wheel.

The Revenge crew are eventually rescued by Zheng Yi Sao and reunite with Stede aboard the Red Flag. They try to hide their (attempted) murder of Blackbeard, but Auntie discovers the truth and decides to execute them all. Stede organizes an escape and they all move to the Revenge, sailing away. After this, Archie becomes a member of the Revenge crew.

## Relationships

### Blackbeard

Archie is afraid of Blackbeard during his Kraken era and decides not to speak against him just like the rest of the crew. When he's not present, she points out he's taking too many drugs and goes against his orders to hide Izzy.

### Izzy Hands

Archie doesn't initially understand why the crew take care of Izzy when he is abused by Edward, but she takes part in an intervention for him nonetheless.

### Jim Jimenez

Archie and Jim are drawn to each other and bond during the dark period of Blackbeard's Kraken era. They first kiss shortly after they amputate Izzy's leg. They apparently become lovers and Jim later admits to having seen both of Archie's breasts. Blackbeard uses their relationship against them when he orders them to fight to the death. Archie attacks Jim and when she loses, she urges them to kill her, claiming "it's just life". When they move to the Revenge, they can be seen sitting in bed with Oluwande, with Jim holding both Archie's and Olu's hand.

## Trivia

* An audition tape for Archie (with a different actress) was leaked in March 2023, a few months before any information concerning the character was officially released.