Talk:Mortesecca

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(born November 2, 1666) is an Tuscan necromancer
 * Since the birth date falls within the Golden Age of Piracy (1560s - 1720s), it could be considered to be consistent with the Y!PPedia universe. Tuscan necromancer is a fairly consistent roleplay matching the presence of skellies and potion-making apothecaries.

The term "Morte secca" in Tuscan vernacular stands for the symbol of the skull over crossed bones (Jolly Roger).
 * Explanations of the origin of a pirate's name are great as long as they're not too anachronistic. Mind you such anachronistic explanations usually are for anachronistic names like Machinegun.

Mortesecca was born on All Souls' Day (formal Catholic name: Commemoratio omnium Fidelium Defunctorum)
 * The feast was established before the Golden Age of Piracy, so is probably fine if it is included.

in Castiglion che Dio sol sa, in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Ferdinando II de’ Medici.
 * Tuscany can't be found on or reached from the Sage Ocean. It's sort of strange to reference historical figures who existed in the real universe as opposed to the Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates universe. From the latter universe's point of view, these "real" people are actually fictional. It's almost as though Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is an alternate universe with a separate existence.

Fond of natural sciences, he became member of the “Accademia dei Fisiocritici” founded in Siena in 1671 by Pirro Maria Gabrielli. Because of his morbid interest for human corpses and black magic, in 1681 he was banned from the Academy.

Mortesecca moved then to Florence, where he gradually gained a reputation of a holy man, with healing and prophetical powers. The same year, the young son of the Grand Duke Cosimo III, Gian Gastone, got a bruise after he fell off of a horse and suffered from internal bleeding for days. His older sister Anna Maria Luisa asked for the help of the charismatic healer. Although the little boy was quickly starting to give signs of recovery, when Cosimo, renowned for his sanctimonious moral, found out that Mortesecca was the healer of his son, he issued an order of arrest against him.
 * Roleplay is good but see above for the note about real-world places and people. What may work, although some YPPedia editors may still consider the facts too out of game, is to rewrite this without specific places and people e.g. Mortesecca healing the son of a great ruler who had fallen from his horse and suffered internal bleeding, being found out for practicing necromancy and being sought for arrest.

It is said that fleeding to Livorno, where he embarked for Sage Ocean, Mortesecca cast a curse on Medici family that slowly led to the fall of Florentine house.
 * This could be rewritten as Mortesecca fleeing the ruler's city / province and laying a curse on the ruler's house which slowly led to its fall.

Sworn enemy of absolute monarchy after Gian Gastone’s affair, once in, Mortesecca joined the crew Fratelli della Costa in its attempt to free the Italian states from foreign dominance.
 * This could be mostly kept the same:


 * Sworn enemy of absolute monarchy after the affair he fled from, once in, Mortesecca joined the crew Fratelli della Costa in its attempt to free his homeland from foreign dominance.

-- Faulkston 10:22, 25 November 2006 (PST)