Otherworld
| Otherworld at a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Midnight Ocean | |
| Monarch | Chancy of Loose Cannons |
| Member crew(s) | Loose Cannons, The Night Owls, Teschio e Ossa |
| Organization | Autocratic |
| Allies | The Chessmen, Comedians United, Nine Lives |
| Wars | none |
| Last updated on 11 January, 2008 | |
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Otherworld is a relatively small flag based in the Emerald Archipelago of the Midnight Ocean, The collective crews of Otherworld consist of the Loose Cannons, Bloody Scoundrels and Teschio e Ossa. The crew Loose Cannons are the primarily active crew, while the other two have fallen into dormancy.
Public Statement
We are Otherworld, our name was taken from a mythological reference of offerings of gold and silver, weapons and armor that were thrown into the river in the hope that the bearer would secure a safe, smooth passage to the "Otherworld" (Underworld/Afterlife/Heaven/etc.) upon their passing. We, the collective crews of the flag Otherworld, have made just such a passage, from the pre-release Beta version of the game to the waking (public) world that the games now resides in. Many pirates, crews and flags got their start in Otherworld and have taken our values of fair play, honor, courtesy and dedication to crew and flag with them.
King Chancy has devoted his fortunes and crew to the rebuilding of the flag, always keeping with it's original purpose and premise: to actively seek out and engage in PvP encounters and to have fun with all that sail with them.
We may be a small flag at the moment, but we are growing and are actively seeking fresh new crews, If you are a Captain of your own crew, you'd do well to consider Otherworld
History
The flag name was born out of religious myth of the ancient Celts. Otherworld was a well established, magical-narrative vision, the outline of which was summarised by Bromwich as ‘an island kingdom of perpetual youth and unending fertility, typified by its abundant apple trees, which is presided over by women’.
Medira became the founding Monarch and first Captain of the Loose Cannons upon her departure from the first incarnation of Imperio. Originally meant as a temporary measure, the Loose Cannons became a haven for the alts of Medira's close friends who wanted to escape for a little while from the upheaval that was taking place within her old flag. The Loose Cannons remained a pretty active alt crew until the birth of Avalon, when the focus shifted to supporting and building up the new flag.
Despite offers to rejoin Avalon, Medira chose to keep Otherworld for a while and regain contact with Captain Redruth of the Bloody Scoundrels and Captain Fersboo of Teschio e Ossa, who were her mentors when she originally joined the game. It wasn't long before the two captains joined Medira as Princes of the flag.
During the winter of 2005 the Monarch Queen Medira left the game, due to real life issues. The crews of flag Otherworld foundered in the wake of their missing Monarch and slowly went their separate ways.
Around spring of 2005, Chancy came forward and upon getting into contact with the departed queen (an old friend), received the crew responsibilities and shops from Medira. Chancy then became Captain of the Loose Cannons, while Horns (a member of the Bloody Scoundrels at that time) took over as King, since Redruth and Chancy didn't wish to take the crown and Fersboo had also left the game because life took over.
Before long, Horns became inactive, so with the sponsorship of Redruth, Chancy was made royalty as a Prince of the flag whereupon he actively sought to re-establish the monarchy of the flag. Due to certain delays, the vote was not carried out till the fall of 2005 whereupon he was awarded the scepter of flag authority...the Golden Plank.
