Post by Captain Jack Sparrow on Aug 27, 2011 22:04:28 GMT -5
Name:Captain Jack Sparrow (he gets upset if I even think about excluding his title)
Age: 38
Species: Human
Place of Origin (what movie or story did they come from?): The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
Appearance: Oh, how to describe this man’s hair? Naturally, it’s a dark-brown, and he usually wears a red kerchief around his head. Dreadlocks and beads dangle from his hair, and he wears a single bone in his hair, as well. Usually, he also wears a tri-cornered hat, of which he is very fond.
It depends entirely upon his mood, really, what his face is doing. But, usually, his facial expressions reflect what he’s feeling: when he’s angry, he’ll look angry, when he’s sad, he’ll appear to be sad, excited, he’ll be excited, etc. Unless, of course, he has reason to disguise his emotions. Which occasionally, he does have to do. Usually, he’s very expressive, especially his eyes.
This pirate captain usually wears blue pants, a white “poet shirt”, various belts, a captain’s coat, boots, a kerchief on his head, and a tri-cornered hat. He also carries a sword and a flintlock pistol with him, secured on his various belts. On his hands, he wears several rings. His right hand usually has a piece of leather to protect his palm. There is also a compass hanging at his belt,among other things.
At around 5’9”, Jack isn’t the tallest man in the world. He has a decent build from working onboard a ship; it’s hard to get fat when you’re not eating a whole lot and are participating in manual labor.
Why, yes, Jack (sorry, Jack; it’s tedious to always say “Captain Jack; I’ll make it up to you later) has rather a few unique traits. For one thing, the way he walks is unique to … pretty much just Jack. He looks like he’s drunk almost all the time, and he seems to flail about a lot, but it’s very easy to tell it’s Jack, when he walks. He also has a tattoo on his right arm, just above his wrist, identifying him as Jack Sparrow. There is also a brand just above that from where Cutler Becket branded him a pirate.
Personality: If there is only one word to describe Captain Jack Sparrow, it’s unpredictable. One never knows just when he’ll pull out all the stops to help someone or when he’ll do something simply to help himself. However, he’s not a fan of murdering innocent people, but he can kill when it is absolutely necessary.
History:Many people know of the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, especially because there have now been movies made about him. In the first chapter of this epic life, Jack Sparrow was born onboard a ship, in the middle of a hurricane. Not much is known about his early life except that he ran away from home when he was eight. Eventually, he decided to work for the East India Trading company and was given command of a ship called the Wicked Wench. However, this service didn’t last very long as he set free an entire ship’s cargo of slaves.
This action resulted in Culter Beckett branding him a pirate. Jack left his own mark on the man, though that one isn’t visible as Jack’s is when his sleeve is raised. But that’s beside the point. The Wicked Wench was sunk, and Jack made a deal with Davy Jones to raise her from the depths. Rechristened the Black Pearl, Jack took on a crew and set out to find treasure and adventure. Once he had regained his ship, Jack decided to pursue the legendary Isla de Muerta. His crew knew about the venture, but not much other than that. Jack’s first mate at the time, one Hector Barbossa, decided that he and the rest of the crew deserved to know the whereabouts of where they were heading. Jack, being a fair man, shared what he knew with Barbossa. It wasn’t long after that at all when Barbossa led a mutiny against the Captain, leaving him marooned on a small island, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.
Jack, being the clever thing that he is, escaped the island. The details are fuzzy (really, he just doesn’t want the truth to be known), but Gibbs, Jack’s faithful first mate, will tell people who ask the story about how Jack escaped by roping a couple of sea turtles together and making a raft out of them. This, of course, only helps to contribute to the man’s status as a sort of Houdini-figure (not that Houdini existed at the time, but that’s the general idea). After all, there hasn’t been one place from which he hasn’t escaped, and he intends to keep it that way.
After his escape from the island, Jack made his way to the home of one of his faithful … friends. He stayed for a while, but while Anna-Maria was sleeping, he slipped out of her home, borrowing her boat without permission. He made it to Port Royal before the boat sank. But now, he had a problem. As a Captain, he was in need of a ship and a crew, but ships are expensive and it’s so much easier to commandeer one.
And there was the perfect plan. He went aboard the HMS Dauntless, distracting the guards in charge of protecting it with stories of his wild adventures until, as we know, one Elizabeth Swann fell into the sea. As an exceptionally good swimmer, Jack dived into the water to save the girl. He brought her to shore, only to have the guards of the Dauntless panic that she wasn’t breathing. In a quick and well-practiced manner, Jack cut the laces on her corset, allowing the young woman to breathe freely again.
Despite his good deed, Jack was quickly arrested. However, with a few quick-thinking maneuvers that included threatening Elizabeth, he escaped! Long story short, he made his way into the blacksmith’s shop where, after freeing himself from his bonds, he fought with Will Turner rather rhythmically. Eventually, though, he was recaptured and placed in a jail cell.
After Barbossa and his cursed crew attacked Port Royal and made off with Elizabeth, Will freed Jack and they escaped (again), making off with the HMS Interceptor (quite cleverly, in fact, by making everyone think they wanted the Dauntless).
Hijinks ensue, and eventually Jack and Will catch up with Barbossa and his crew. More fighting happens, the Interceptor is blown to bits and sinks. Will does something stupid and Barbossa maroons Jack and also Elizabeth this time, on the same island on which Jack had been marooned before.
Jack finds the rum cache that he had discovered his first time on the island and he gets Elizabeth drunk. The two of them flirt, but Jack continues to drink and passes out. He awakens the next morning to find out that she has burned the food, the shade, and most importantly, the rum.
However, Elizabeth’s stupidity does lead them to rescue by Commodore Norrington and Governor Swann, which isn’t exactly the best thing for Jack. He helps them by giving them the heading to the Isla de Muerta, as Elizabeth has insisted that they rescue Will.
Norrington doesn’t quite listen to Jack’s suggestion, but he does allow Jack to go negotiate with Barbossa to at least attempt to rescue Will. Jack sneaks a coin from the Aztec chest in order to gain the upper hand over Barbossa. Eventually, after a long fight scene, the curse is lifted, Barbossa is killed, and the pirates leave Jack behind.
Jack is taken off to Port Royal to be hanged where, with a little bit of help from Will, he escapes again and regains the Black Pearl. End of chapter one of Jack Sparrow’s Epic Adventures.
In part two of Jack’s epic life, he searches for the Dead Man’s Chest, which will enable him to control the seas, he believes. A lot of random things happen, Jack sends Will to settle his debt with Davy Jones, Davy Jones is upset by this and tells Jack that he must bring him 100 souls within three days in order to truly settle his debt.
Needless to say, Jack doesn’t find that many souls, but he does come across one James Norrington, for which he is usually rooting, unless Norrington is trying to kill him. Elizabeth was also there, and they all make their way to Isla Cruces where the chest of Davy Jones rests.
They take the chest, Jack puts the heart in the jar of dirt that Tia Dalma gave him, and a fight scene ensues. A three-way swordfight between Will, Jack, and Norrington. On a hamster wheel.
Norrington steals the heart, unbeknownst to … pretty much everyone. Davy Jones and the Dutchman show up, but the Pearl is the faster ship and manages to outrun the Dutchman. Davy Jones is not pleased by this and summons the kracken.
Elizabeth shackles Jack to the Pearl and what is left of the crew after the kracken’s first attack gets away in the longboat. Jack escapes the shackle and goes down fighting.
Jack’s third chapter, well, starts with him in Davy Jone’s Locker. He has, essentially, died. Tia Dalma (who brought Barbossa back), Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs, and a crew from Singapore venture into the Locker to rescue Jack. They all manage to return to the mortal realm, as Jack was clever enough to figure out the instructions on the chart (though how anyone else knew how to get in and out of Davy Jones’ Locker is beyond this typist’s knowledge).
At this point, Cutler Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones and is killing pirates right and left. After rescuing Jack, Barbossa has decided to free Calypso who is, in fact, Tia Dalma. In order to do so, the Brethren Court must be assembled, and the nine “pieces of eight” that were used to bind Calypso in the first place must also be present.
The Brethren Court meets. Lizzie became the Pirate King. The pirates freed Calypso - who didn't do anything but cause a whirlpool thing and a really long fight scene. Davy Jones is dead. Beckett is dead. Will Turner is sort of dead, and he's the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman. Will and Elizabeth got married and Barbossa took control of the Pearl again with intentions to maroon Jack and Gibbs in Tortuga while he searched for the Fountain of Youth. However, Jack, being who he is, had already taken the chart and sailed away in a dinghy.
Jack’s pursuit of the Fountain of Youth, however, reached a bit of a dead end. Along the way, though, he ran into an old flame of his (Angelica), and Blackbeard (yes, THAT Blackbeard). Many hijinks ensue, and things appear to go back to that same little island on which Jack was marooned. Twice.
Strengths/Abilities:
-is actually an excellent swimmer, despite the fact that most common sailors of the time (whether or not they were pirates) could not swim
-has a great deal of skill with a sword
-fairly decent shot
-unpredictable
-intelligent
-clever
-is a bit mad
-good with disguises
Weaknesses/Flaws:
-drunk a lot
-unpredictable
-is a bit of a scoundrel
-can be rather a womanizer
-is a bit mad
Likes:
-rum
-freedom
-being a pirate Captain
-when people have heard of him
-The Black Pearl
-the idea of immortality
-gold
-pastries
-Norrington
-cellos
-keeping people guessing about his true loyalties, when it’s to his advantage
Dislikes:
-people forgetting to call him “Captain”
-the rum being gone
-mutinies against him
-being locked up
Fears:
-another mutiny against him
-being hanged
-getting into a situation he can’t talk or figure his way out of
-being marooned on the same island. Again.
RP Sample:
Jack knew these waters. He had sailed through them many a time, peering into the water for anything out of the ordinary while his crew manned the ship. He never really expected to see anything other than the usual (fish, birds, the occasional dolphin, etc), and since he never expected anything, he was never really disappointed.
Except, he was. He couldn’t really place his disappointment, but shouldn’t the sea offer … more than "just the usual”? Shouldn’t he be able to look down into the sea and see something different every day? She was ever-changing, the sea, so shouldn’t her sights be, as well?
The pirate Captain sighed, leaning on the railing of the Pearl, gazing into the water for something new.
And then he saw her. Red hair glinting in the moonlight, she was a glorious apparition. Perhaps his longing to see something new had conjured this beauty out of thin air. But what if she existed? What if she was real? He had to find out.
Being the “clumsy” drunk that he was, it didn’t take much for him to “trip” over the railing, plummeting into the cold ocean waters.
Age: 38
Species: Human
Place of Origin (what movie or story did they come from?): The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
Appearance: Oh, how to describe this man’s hair? Naturally, it’s a dark-brown, and he usually wears a red kerchief around his head. Dreadlocks and beads dangle from his hair, and he wears a single bone in his hair, as well. Usually, he also wears a tri-cornered hat, of which he is very fond.
It depends entirely upon his mood, really, what his face is doing. But, usually, his facial expressions reflect what he’s feeling: when he’s angry, he’ll look angry, when he’s sad, he’ll appear to be sad, excited, he’ll be excited, etc. Unless, of course, he has reason to disguise his emotions. Which occasionally, he does have to do. Usually, he’s very expressive, especially his eyes.
This pirate captain usually wears blue pants, a white “poet shirt”, various belts, a captain’s coat, boots, a kerchief on his head, and a tri-cornered hat. He also carries a sword and a flintlock pistol with him, secured on his various belts. On his hands, he wears several rings. His right hand usually has a piece of leather to protect his palm. There is also a compass hanging at his belt,among other things.
At around 5’9”, Jack isn’t the tallest man in the world. He has a decent build from working onboard a ship; it’s hard to get fat when you’re not eating a whole lot and are participating in manual labor.
Why, yes, Jack (sorry, Jack; it’s tedious to always say “Captain Jack; I’ll make it up to you later) has rather a few unique traits. For one thing, the way he walks is unique to … pretty much just Jack. He looks like he’s drunk almost all the time, and he seems to flail about a lot, but it’s very easy to tell it’s Jack, when he walks. He also has a tattoo on his right arm, just above his wrist, identifying him as Jack Sparrow. There is also a brand just above that from where Cutler Becket branded him a pirate.
Personality: If there is only one word to describe Captain Jack Sparrow, it’s unpredictable. One never knows just when he’ll pull out all the stops to help someone or when he’ll do something simply to help himself. However, he’s not a fan of murdering innocent people, but he can kill when it is absolutely necessary.
History:Many people know of the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, especially because there have now been movies made about him. In the first chapter of this epic life, Jack Sparrow was born onboard a ship, in the middle of a hurricane. Not much is known about his early life except that he ran away from home when he was eight. Eventually, he decided to work for the East India Trading company and was given command of a ship called the Wicked Wench. However, this service didn’t last very long as he set free an entire ship’s cargo of slaves.
This action resulted in Culter Beckett branding him a pirate. Jack left his own mark on the man, though that one isn’t visible as Jack’s is when his sleeve is raised. But that’s beside the point. The Wicked Wench was sunk, and Jack made a deal with Davy Jones to raise her from the depths. Rechristened the Black Pearl, Jack took on a crew and set out to find treasure and adventure. Once he had regained his ship, Jack decided to pursue the legendary Isla de Muerta. His crew knew about the venture, but not much other than that. Jack’s first mate at the time, one Hector Barbossa, decided that he and the rest of the crew deserved to know the whereabouts of where they were heading. Jack, being a fair man, shared what he knew with Barbossa. It wasn’t long after that at all when Barbossa led a mutiny against the Captain, leaving him marooned on a small island, seemingly in the middle of nowhere.
Jack, being the clever thing that he is, escaped the island. The details are fuzzy (really, he just doesn’t want the truth to be known), but Gibbs, Jack’s faithful first mate, will tell people who ask the story about how Jack escaped by roping a couple of sea turtles together and making a raft out of them. This, of course, only helps to contribute to the man’s status as a sort of Houdini-figure (not that Houdini existed at the time, but that’s the general idea). After all, there hasn’t been one place from which he hasn’t escaped, and he intends to keep it that way.
After his escape from the island, Jack made his way to the home of one of his faithful … friends. He stayed for a while, but while Anna-Maria was sleeping, he slipped out of her home, borrowing her boat without permission. He made it to Port Royal before the boat sank. But now, he had a problem. As a Captain, he was in need of a ship and a crew, but ships are expensive and it’s so much easier to commandeer one.
And there was the perfect plan. He went aboard the HMS Dauntless, distracting the guards in charge of protecting it with stories of his wild adventures until, as we know, one Elizabeth Swann fell into the sea. As an exceptionally good swimmer, Jack dived into the water to save the girl. He brought her to shore, only to have the guards of the Dauntless panic that she wasn’t breathing. In a quick and well-practiced manner, Jack cut the laces on her corset, allowing the young woman to breathe freely again.
Despite his good deed, Jack was quickly arrested. However, with a few quick-thinking maneuvers that included threatening Elizabeth, he escaped! Long story short, he made his way into the blacksmith’s shop where, after freeing himself from his bonds, he fought with Will Turner rather rhythmically. Eventually, though, he was recaptured and placed in a jail cell.
After Barbossa and his cursed crew attacked Port Royal and made off with Elizabeth, Will freed Jack and they escaped (again), making off with the HMS Interceptor (quite cleverly, in fact, by making everyone think they wanted the Dauntless).
Hijinks ensue, and eventually Jack and Will catch up with Barbossa and his crew. More fighting happens, the Interceptor is blown to bits and sinks. Will does something stupid and Barbossa maroons Jack and also Elizabeth this time, on the same island on which Jack had been marooned before.
Jack finds the rum cache that he had discovered his first time on the island and he gets Elizabeth drunk. The two of them flirt, but Jack continues to drink and passes out. He awakens the next morning to find out that she has burned the food, the shade, and most importantly, the rum.
However, Elizabeth’s stupidity does lead them to rescue by Commodore Norrington and Governor Swann, which isn’t exactly the best thing for Jack. He helps them by giving them the heading to the Isla de Muerta, as Elizabeth has insisted that they rescue Will.
Norrington doesn’t quite listen to Jack’s suggestion, but he does allow Jack to go negotiate with Barbossa to at least attempt to rescue Will. Jack sneaks a coin from the Aztec chest in order to gain the upper hand over Barbossa. Eventually, after a long fight scene, the curse is lifted, Barbossa is killed, and the pirates leave Jack behind.
Jack is taken off to Port Royal to be hanged where, with a little bit of help from Will, he escapes again and regains the Black Pearl. End of chapter one of Jack Sparrow’s Epic Adventures.
In part two of Jack’s epic life, he searches for the Dead Man’s Chest, which will enable him to control the seas, he believes. A lot of random things happen, Jack sends Will to settle his debt with Davy Jones, Davy Jones is upset by this and tells Jack that he must bring him 100 souls within three days in order to truly settle his debt.
Needless to say, Jack doesn’t find that many souls, but he does come across one James Norrington, for which he is usually rooting, unless Norrington is trying to kill him. Elizabeth was also there, and they all make their way to Isla Cruces where the chest of Davy Jones rests.
They take the chest, Jack puts the heart in the jar of dirt that Tia Dalma gave him, and a fight scene ensues. A three-way swordfight between Will, Jack, and Norrington. On a hamster wheel.
Norrington steals the heart, unbeknownst to … pretty much everyone. Davy Jones and the Dutchman show up, but the Pearl is the faster ship and manages to outrun the Dutchman. Davy Jones is not pleased by this and summons the kracken.
Elizabeth shackles Jack to the Pearl and what is left of the crew after the kracken’s first attack gets away in the longboat. Jack escapes the shackle and goes down fighting.
Jack’s third chapter, well, starts with him in Davy Jone’s Locker. He has, essentially, died. Tia Dalma (who brought Barbossa back), Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs, and a crew from Singapore venture into the Locker to rescue Jack. They all manage to return to the mortal realm, as Jack was clever enough to figure out the instructions on the chart (though how anyone else knew how to get in and out of Davy Jones’ Locker is beyond this typist’s knowledge).
At this point, Cutler Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones and is killing pirates right and left. After rescuing Jack, Barbossa has decided to free Calypso who is, in fact, Tia Dalma. In order to do so, the Brethren Court must be assembled, and the nine “pieces of eight” that were used to bind Calypso in the first place must also be present.
The Brethren Court meets. Lizzie became the Pirate King. The pirates freed Calypso - who didn't do anything but cause a whirlpool thing and a really long fight scene. Davy Jones is dead. Beckett is dead. Will Turner is sort of dead, and he's the new Captain of the Flying Dutchman. Will and Elizabeth got married and Barbossa took control of the Pearl again with intentions to maroon Jack and Gibbs in Tortuga while he searched for the Fountain of Youth. However, Jack, being who he is, had already taken the chart and sailed away in a dinghy.
Jack’s pursuit of the Fountain of Youth, however, reached a bit of a dead end. Along the way, though, he ran into an old flame of his (Angelica), and Blackbeard (yes, THAT Blackbeard). Many hijinks ensue, and things appear to go back to that same little island on which Jack was marooned. Twice.
Strengths/Abilities:
-is actually an excellent swimmer, despite the fact that most common sailors of the time (whether or not they were pirates) could not swim
-has a great deal of skill with a sword
-fairly decent shot
-unpredictable
-intelligent
-clever
-is a bit mad
-good with disguises
Weaknesses/Flaws:
-drunk a lot
-unpredictable
-is a bit of a scoundrel
-can be rather a womanizer
-is a bit mad
Likes:
-rum
-freedom
-being a pirate Captain
-when people have heard of him
-The Black Pearl
-the idea of immortality
-gold
-pastries
-Norrington
-cellos
-keeping people guessing about his true loyalties, when it’s to his advantage
Dislikes:
-people forgetting to call him “Captain”
-the rum being gone
-mutinies against him
-being locked up
Fears:
-another mutiny against him
-being hanged
-getting into a situation he can’t talk or figure his way out of
-being marooned on the same island. Again.
RP Sample:
Jack knew these waters. He had sailed through them many a time, peering into the water for anything out of the ordinary while his crew manned the ship. He never really expected to see anything other than the usual (fish, birds, the occasional dolphin, etc), and since he never expected anything, he was never really disappointed.
Except, he was. He couldn’t really place his disappointment, but shouldn’t the sea offer … more than "just the usual”? Shouldn’t he be able to look down into the sea and see something different every day? She was ever-changing, the sea, so shouldn’t her sights be, as well?
The pirate Captain sighed, leaning on the railing of the Pearl, gazing into the water for something new.
And then he saw her. Red hair glinting in the moonlight, she was a glorious apparition. Perhaps his longing to see something new had conjured this beauty out of thin air. But what if she existed? What if she was real? He had to find out.
Being the “clumsy” drunk that he was, it didn’t take much for him to “trip” over the railing, plummeting into the cold ocean waters.