Rhapzody
Rhapzody was created as an alt character on the Midnight Ocean in Nov. 2008. She first joined the crew the Sea Jewels where she learned most of her pirate ettiquette as well as learned how to pillage successfully on her very first sloop, The Popular Mako. She made lots of hearty's and new friends and explored much of the Midnight Ocean as well. While her stay in the crew Sea Jewels was a tremendous learning experience for her, she still was unhappy and left the crew on good terms.
She joined the crew Life's A Booch in December 2008 and was quickly promoted to Senior Officer. While with the crew Life's A Booch, she, along with one other SO, learned how to manage a crew as her Captain was often not online. She also learned how to manage her first stall, Pomplymoose's Distilling Stall located on Byrne Island in the Diamond Arch. Soon after she joined the crew, the flag Anchor Management, under the monarch rule of Piroxy, joined the crew to their flag. Though Anchor Management was not the first flag that Rhapzody's main character had flown under, it was the first flag she actually payed attention to and learned the most from in regards to how a flag is operated. After becoming tired of running the crew primarily alone and running the distillery alone, she left the crew and set off to follow her heart...and created her own crew.
Ocean's Shadow was created on January 2, 2009. A few of the original starting crew members were Bekspapa (First SO), (Djlucky (SO), Mytic (First Officer), Peglegjerrel and Haleebreanna (First CP's). Soon the crew began to grow and some pirates begain leaving their crews to join Ocean's Shadow. This led to false accusations that Ocean's Shadow was "Poaching from other crews". Rhapzody took her first stand as captain and denied the accusations and went straight to the source of the rumor and put a stop to it. This ended the friendly terms between the Sea Jewels and Ocean's Shadow. Ocean's Shadow operates under an autocratic system and believes in paying jobbers via "Jobbers Delight" as all jobbers work hard to earn poe and shouldnt have to depend soley on Sea Monster Hunts and Flotillas as the only means by which they can earn good poe. Ocean's Shadow's also takes great pride in respecting oneself and others first and foremost. Though puzzling and good stats are important, the crew decided that having fun and being oneself should be equally had by all as well. Driven by encouragement, fun, and a strong desire to make a difference, the crew reached Illustrious fame on January 29th, 2009 at #15 on the crew fame chart and continued to rise until February 10th where it peaked out in the #2 position. The crew has since steadily stayed within the Eminent-Illustious crew fame structure.
On January 7th, 2009 Rhapzody, upon her new crew's desires, created the flag Misfit's Inc. Operating under a monarch rule, Rhapzody become the first Monarch under the flag. Djlucky, Erotika, Poopsies werre the first Royals of the flag. Mytic and Bekspapa were the first Titled members. After creating the flag, establishing leadership within the flag structure and creating an easy to use Flag Forum, Misfits Inc set out to sail the vast Midnight Oceans. on January 20, 2009, Misfits Inc debuted on the flag fame chart with Eminent Fame at #34. On February 10th it peaked out in the #14th position. It has remained steadily in the Eminent fame since that time.
Rhapzody opened 5 stalls in the Ruby Arch, home to her and homebase to her crew. She owns 2 distilling stalls, a weavery, an apothecary and a shipbuilding stall. She also manages Oldfeet's IM as well. All her stalls are productive and provide local jobs for her crewmates and others with great wages and benefits, they stalls also provide a place for crewmembers to hang out and spend time together as well.
Rhapzody has taken great pride in her most prized accomplishments...a happy productive crew and her Crew/Flags reputation throughout the Midnight Ocean as being respectful, fun and good to jobbers.
Together, with her awesome crewmates, she is destined to make her mark on the Midnight Ocean.
