Gangplank

**Gangplank,** once known as **Cohors Axedo,** was a Proto-Ghost turned Pirate turned hero who helped Kevin Spacey in the battle against his evil ghost brother, Korpheron. Initially a violent and bloodthirsty warrior, Gangplank would find true strength in his friends and loved ones, giving his life to save the universe.

## Childhood and Exile

As a child, Cohors Axedo lived a life of luxury and royalty, as his father, the Greatest Ghost Maltentae, wanted to ensure that his children had the best lives his empire could offer. While Cohors did not always understand his father's decedent and extravagant lifestyle, he admired his older brother Korpheron, hoping to one day be as powerful as him. Renowned to his subjects as friendly and smart, Cohors fairly popular in the empire; so when, Korpheron made plans to seize control of the throne early, young Cohors was exiled from his home planet into deep space, literally punched into orbit by the Skuttlekraab after the coup had finished. As a proto-ghost, Cohors could not easily be killed, but he floated helpless and cold in space for many years. A timely rescue by pirates led to his survival, and the newly renamed "Gangplank" grew up traumatized, bitter and filled with a desire for brutal revenge. Stories would spread to the Spectors of the mysterious "Saltwater Scourge," though most who went into battle against Gangplank would die. During this time, Gangplank would train in the ascended realm known as the League of Legends with his crewmates Graves, Miss Fortune, and Twisted Fate, achieving a corporeal Pirate Form.

## Black Shores

In 2658, after years of preparation and conquest, Gangplank took his ship, the *Bilgerat*, journeyed to Korpheron's throne world of Earth, using his pirate magics to destroy the ghost fleet protecting the planet. Gangplank sought to finally enact revenge on his brother, but not even centuries in exile training would allow Gangplank to best Korpheron in single combat, and he was humiliated and defeated. Twisted Fate, who served as his first mate, would abandon Gangplank to die in the woods, believing his boss had gone insane with foolish rage. Gangplank would surely have perished if not for a chance meeting with an old man named Mr. Jerry. Jerry, feeling sorry for his traumatized and violent guest, helped teach him aikido as well as coping mechanisms to help him confront his many demons. Tragically, a violent panic attack upon seeing Korpheron's new army of Stalkers would result in Mr. jerry's accidental death, and Gangplank set out again for revenge.

Nearly dying of exposure, and constantly haunted by hallucinations of his brother, Gangplank crossed paths with Kevin Spacey and his allies, who were making plans to end Korpheron's rule once and for all. A common enemy in mind, he would join forces with these humans. Hoping to support him, Space Marine medic Salem helped prescribe Gangplank with medicine and therapy, but an arrival by the recently ghost aligned twisted fate led to her death. In a final burst of rage, Gangplank left to murder his traitorous pirate crew, nearly killing Davey Bones, who had been taken prisoner in the confusion. At the last moment, Gangplank remembered Mr. Jerry's lessons, and stopped himself before it was too late. Fate and his Spector allies fell, but more importantly, Gangplank found true friends who stood by him no matter what.

## Final Fall

But doom was soon approaching. As Korpheron ascended to Dark Star form, Kevin began looking for ways to stop his final ritual which would subjugate the entire universe. Remembering his time in the League of Legends, Gangplank helped Kevin contact the summoners, who gave the pair a Banshee's Veil that would protect them from Korpheron's Spookyfication powers. The pair also learned that the ritual ran on death energy, and could be interrupted with Life Energy.

In the final battle, Gangplank entered the Spooky House alongside Kevin, and saved him from the malevolent blood ghosts created from the house's first victims. Kevin was wounded, however, and told Gangplank of his plan to sacrifice himself to stop Korpheron: creating life energy to counteract the death energy. But Kevin's life was draining fast, and Gangplank knew he could not make it to Korpheron; saying his goodbyes, Gangplank confronted Korpheron himself, and gave up his own life energy to finally end his brother's evil. Releasing his thousands of years of life into the universe, Gangplank died the greatest hero of his time.