Character Opposites

I have designed ten opposite character and I have to choose two of my ten characters to aniamte. I have decided on pirates and Royal Navy/Army. But these pirates are no ordinary. I have design the pirates to be Zombies; Zombie- pirates. I have used photoshop to create the characters making the zombie- pirates look real and the humans/ Royal Navy/ Army to be a more cartoon appeal about them.

 

18th Century History Piracy and Characters

The British Royal Navy was the naval armed force of the British Empire, in operation from the early 18th century. The main British Royal Navy base in the Caribbean was established at Fort Charles in Port Royal, Jamaica, the most powerful navy on the Seven Seas.

As its influence grew in the Caribbean, the East India Trading Company employed Royal Navy marines and ships to escort its vessels and defend against pirate attacks. During the times of war, the Royal Navy employed many pirates as privateers to harass the Spanish Treasure Fleets on behalf of England. But when the wars ended, the privateers found themselves unemployed, and many of them turned to piracy once again, mostly in the Caribbean Sea.

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 16th century and was one of the biggest problems the Royal Navy. The best officers of the royal navy were often sent to hunt down the most notorious pirates in the caribbean.

By 1718 the British government was so alarmed by the rise in pirate attacks that it ordered the Admiralty to deal with the problem. As well as Royal Navy patrols of pirate-infested waters, ships were sent to actively hunt down the pirates in their lairs. During this anti-piracy offensive there were some spectacular successes, so piracy died out in the 1830s. The Royal Navy commander, marine and army guard the Caribbean and try to find a orphan child and woman who has been kidnapped, to destroy the five pirates that are lurking in the Caribbean seas.

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Jacques Roberts

  Captain

As a Pirate, Jacques remains with a curse for eternity. He is alone with his crew and sails the lost seas. Now and again he returns to the Caribbean. The destruction in the Caribbean left many pirates dead and others who had escaped. Trying to find jewels and treasures his greed gets the better of him. The last time he returned he found an orphan child. Since he lost his life he has become a lost traveller. He envies life more. The orphan child reminded his of himself  otherwise he would have left her in the Caribbean. Captain Jacques Robert’s bad reputation keeps people in fear from stories of not leaving any survivors. Despite all that he has a kind heart. Jacques is a protector and if he senses he is under attack he will react for the sake of his crew and himself.

Jacob

Sceptical

One in the Royal Army is well disciplined, regimented and harsh. Volunteered to join the army, to escape the bleak conditions of life in the cities, for a chance to travel the world and earn a regular wage. Wealthy gentlemen fear invasion also persuaded many to serve, not so much to support the nation as a whole, but to preserve their own interests, money and property, which could be lost if the enemy succeeded.

Born in a wealthy family, Jacob is considered to be highly sceptical when it comes to anything involving  the supernatural. At an early age his younger sister went missing and has never been found. His family believe that she is dead. Jacob believed differently. He swore an oath to himself that he will find her and prove his family were wrong. Although he is well disciplined an orphan child can still distract him.

 

 Walter      

   Commander

As the Commander in the Royal Navy, Walter has high principles, dedication and commitment and relies on his courage, impartial justice and utter trustworthiness, remaining calm in the face of danger and dauntless in adversity, he would sacrifice repose for fame and fame to duty; his thoroughness in deliberation and mastery over his strong passions. When Walter was young he shadowed his father, as he was an Admiral who commanded the Royal Navy ship. Walter was a resemblance of his father as people kept saying. Although he wanted to be powerful and a commander of a ship. He was fascinated with pirates, but his father despised them for killing his wife and Walter’s mother and he made that very clear and Walter he knew that his father would disown him if he told him. After the death of his father he promised that he would remain his powerful name, reputation of determination and carry on his work destroying pirate ships. James the Royal Navy officer reminds him of himself as Walter had noticed that James is independent and tries to impress.                

 

 

 

 

 

Waren                  

Enthusiastic

One of the tall pirates which people have not come across before. Waren is the only one who is enthusiastic in the crew, he is the entertainer with his witty sense of humour. Most of the time he spends daydreaming he has help from his brother but is his best friend Waren enjoys life as long as he knows that he has Owen around. Waren is easily impressed but has a skill of a profiler as he can read people from their movements and motives. He has not had an easy life but he enjoys every little bit of life. Even if he is cursed by being a pirate. Waren has energy and power in the crew from his profiler skill and enthusiasm in life he knows what to say to his crew mates, but isn’t fond of Naomi as he knows that she can persuade the captain so he tries not to step out of line with both of them together.

 

 

  Ettore

 Loyal

Ettore has known the Captain a long time and his loyalty is very hard to come by. Before he became a pirate he was born from a wealthy family. Once he turned sixteen his father wanted him to take over the families business. He had different ambitions and ideas for his life Not many people had seen pirates but only heard about stories. Ettore was one of the few who had seen pirates in childhood and again years later when he is forced in to running the family business. It was only a few years later and Ettore was owning the family business as his father had a heart attack. After his fathers death his mother wanted nothing to do with the family business nor Ettore, so Ettore tried to run the family business alone without any help. He only managed to run the  business for a year until he realised he couldn’t do this for the rest of his life. His business went under and he became a peasant. Two years of a peasant he saw the pirates  and joined the crew and is eternally grateful to the captain.

 

 

   James Wedgewood

    Royal Naval Marine

One of the youngest in the Royal Navy, James had a sheltered life, until he was recruited in the Royal Navy. He hasn’t been in the Royal Navy for long and it didn’t take he long to realise how to survive when they’ve been attacked by pirates. James is independent, quiet and tries to impress by working hard and living to expectations and inspired by Walter the Commander. Although there is no time for him to daydream,he always imagines one day he will become a commander in the Royal Navy. James always tries to create a good reputation for himself but been in the royal navy. Individually he is not well known. But that doesn’t matter to him, his best interest at the moment is just to stay alive.

 

Owen

Intelligent

Owen is the smallest pirate in the crew. Just a little taller than the orphan child. Brother and best friend of Waren. When Waren starts to go side track with his daydreams Owen will help him come back to reality. Owen has had the harder life than Waren with both of them being peasants from childhood he is the eldest out of the two so he felt it was his responsibility to take care of Waren and protect him from harm, as he knows what the world is like when they revisit the Caribbean. Owen can be hot headed from time to time, his brother calms him down with his witty sense of humour and respect for the crew as he sails the seas with his brother he has a good life even with a curse of being an un-dead pirate. He uses Waren’s skills and his own skills to survive.

 

 

 

 

 Marzanna Jean-Marie

The Seducer

One of the only women would enjoyed life whilst she had it. Although her family were not so kind and believed that she was cursed so they named her after the Slavic goddess of death, winter and nightmares, and takes a person body after their death. Even though her family were wealthy they didn’t really acknowledge Marzanna but they  kept her around and attended every need.  So she couldn’t complain as she had a sheltered but lonely life. Until an attack and most of her family were murdered.  Marazanna will never know what happened to the rest of her family. Even though her family were not the kindest, they were still her family. Marzanna started to believe that she was cursed as her family always told her nothing good will come to her, Only death and destruction.

Kidnapped by pirates she sails with the Captain and crew of the dead. Marzanna has skills of seduction and charming charisma and she is only kept human as long as she seduces and corrupts the heart, mind and soul of men.

  

 

 

 Stuart

The Thief

The only one in the crew born on a pirate ship and is the son of the Captain. Stuart never knew his mother, as she died in birth. The only possession he has ever seen once is a locket that the captain holds on too. Which Stuart believes it belonged to his mother. Stuart will never ask the Captain about his mother as he knows the response that he will get. So he tries to impress the Captain by trying to be like him. Although his traits are quite different. Stuart has been a pirate his whole life and is a kleptomaniac. Eventually he will find out about the locket and maybe he will figure out why the Captain has been keeping  it away from him the entire time. Stuart doesn’t trust anyone and he dislikes the orphan child on the ship, as he has seen what she is like and tries to avoid her, as she is still human for now, but for how long.  While the guards are distracted by the orphan child, Stuart tends  to go for the high profile locations and does anything to stay alive resorting to a stealthy speed by dodging the guards and avoiding execution when he has stolen values.

 

    

Naomi

  The Curious One

Orphan in the Caribbean, adopted by Captain Jacques Roberts. She knows how to survive and she’s not even eight years old and does what she can to survive. Been the daughter to the Captain and been alone for most of her life, she knows how to persuade the captain in to getting what she wants. She is a restless soul who goes wondering and when there is

 danger she is not afraid. She has a delightful and pleasant nature about her but she has been alone for so long that she has forgotten similarly to the Captain. Naomi has never had a childhood and never will. She was found on the ship by one of the crew. This is the closest to family that she will come close to. But she will never understand.