#[About Captain Frascona]

[sins-of-the-sea]

"Ooohh, what are you doing?"

"We're looking at this old meme prompt that started the Moon Moon madness a decade ago and deciding what our names would be based on it."

"So I'm... Rogue Shadow."

"Dark Thorn."

"Scarred... Lupus??"

"Scarred Moon."

"Dark Rain. Phoebus would be Moon Rain."

"What would you be, Abena?"

"..............

"White Shadow. Or White Hound if I go by my maiden name."

The rest of the Crew snicker. "Cute."

"Shut up."

[lookthedevilintheeye]

In general, the Hero Crews will have a Sin Pirate as their antagonistic counterpart, but it's seldom ever 1:1, especially with the corresponding cardinal sin. For instance, Ruixiong is Sing-Lung's counterpart, but Sing's greated Sin is Wrath (wanting revenge for San-Gwong). Meanwhile, as much as Captain Ravyn is, well, Captain to her Crew, but her Sin counterpart is Abena, despite Ravn's biggest sin being Greed.

It's mostly regarding the personal narratives of the characters. Ravyn is a mother who is aloof and distant from her son, Omar, thus grabbing the attention and animosity of the Sin of Envy (who lost her own child). Meanwhile, Sing-Lung has been removed from Chinese culture as an orphan and dearly loves San-Gwong, and well, Ruixiong has been removed as well and is the one who (reluctantly) killed San-Gwong.

So not everyone is going to have a rough 1:1 thematic match like Phoebus and Isaac. I don't think Isaac's greatest sin is Sloth anyway. Pride?? idk. I'll see in the future when the stories are more developed.

[hymnofshadows-archive]

@immy-ooc @sins-of-the-sea (Yells at tumblr for not letting me tag your main blog)

'aight so, might as well do all of the Seven because I have So Many Thoughts about this.

Option A:

The Seven are Drowned. They exist solely in service to the Lord of the Whorl, Leviathan. Like any who has been claimed by primals, their loyalty to him is unwavering and knows no end. Their continued existence is only to strengthen their god and to summon him unto the world.

They work closely with the Sahagin and the Reavers - plundering supplies as they can, but naturally prioritizing capturing people to sacrifice to him and crystals with which to summon him.

Option B:

The Seven are just another pirate crew in Limsa Lominsa. On the surface, things seem perfectly legal - they have their privateering license and will gladly assure you that the wares they're trying to sell you was, in fact, stolen from a Garlean ship, thank you very much.

But any pirate crew knows how to manage their reputation, doesn't it? Keep a low profile. Stick to the code when you can so you don't draw the attention of the Rogue's Guild. You can get away with almost anything in a nation like this, can't you?

The Crew:

Captain Josep Frascona Race: Midlander Hyur Nationality: Lominsan Classes: Marauder>Warrior, Rogue>Ninja

Marauder and Rogue are both classes that start in Limsa Lominsa - both with a long history connected to piracy, making them easy choices.

Marauders have long had places on ships, their greataxes useful for both combat and felling the masts of other ships. And, as he is the Sin of Wrath... the Job upgrade into Warrior makes sense. He can have a bit of berserker rage, as a treat.

The Rogues are a covert group who serves to enforce the Pirate Code and police the city-state under cover of darkness. So Josep's canon shadowy stealth skills from his fog form can be translated into him having learned from them. I see the Ninja upgrade as something he picks up during a trip to the Far East - noticing similarities in the fighting styles and adapting it into his own.

Abena Frascona

Race: Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te Nationality: Ul'dahn Classes: Musketeer (non-playable), Machinist, Alchemist

Musketeer was a planned musket-wielding class that never got added (but there's still references to it in game so it exists it just can't be you).

Machinist, added in the Heavensward expansion, however, is a gun wielding Job... and the poor guildmaster will hand out guns like candy trying to convince people they're viable weapons.

Alchemist is a crafting class... that I really don't think I have to explain, let Abena make fucked up little potions to her heart's content.

Rashid al-Qadar

Race: Hellsguard Roegadyn (listen. him big i don't make the rules) Nationality: Thavnairian Classes: Gladiator>Paladin, Arcanist>Summoner

Paladin is your classic sword/shield class. And I know this is absolutely a case of me projecting here but I feel like that suits him somehow.

I choose Arcanist because, well. His ability to summon simulacra in canon I feel translates fairly well to the summoning of carbuncles and egis.

Wang Ruixiong

Race: Raen Au Ra (he's a lizard now sorry i just like the scaley guys) Nationality: Doman Classes: Pugilist>Monk, Lancer>Dragoon

"Adept at martial arts" his bio says. Say no more! I give him the power of punch real good. Open your chakras.

Okay so Lancer is a more strenuous one and I'm putting it on the list because of one glamour item you can get: the Eastern Journey Staff. Become fantasy Sun Wukong.

Guy Duchamp

Race: Woodwight Elezen Nationality: (New) Sharlayan Classes: Thaumaturge/Black Mage, Red Mage, Weaver

GG ez, give the guy with fire powers the class/Job with fire spells. Black Mage is an obvious choice.

Red Mage, as in many Final Fantasy games, is a combination of Black and White Magics... but also they fence. He's got magic. He's got a sword. He'll do a fancy french backflip and you'll like it.

It's hard to give some of these guys crafting/gathering classes but... I dunno, maybe the fashionable man knows how to keep his clothes looking good even after so long at sea.

Phoebus Duchamp

Race: Woodwight Elezen Nationality: (New) Sharlayan Classes: Arcanist>Scholar, Carpenter, Botanist

Okay so, like Rashid, it's a case of "give the guy with summons a summoning class" but Phi goes into Scholar because he's assigned healer of the crew. And tbh I feel like nothing says Sloth quite like summoning a fairy to heal your friends instead of doing it yourself. That MP is better used elsewhere he promises.

Botanist is another easy one. Phi has gardening knowledge? He can grow and harvest plants for Gio and Abi.

Carpenter... I just picked that cause it felt the closest to sculpture to me, I mean wood carving is a thing. Plus having someone who knows how to work with wood on your Pirate crew is useful so like. Bonus points.

Giovanni Vespucci

Race: Midlander Hyur Nationality: Ishgardian Classes: Archer>Bard, Pugilist>Monk, Culinarian

Gio's good with music... so let him use the music. Inspire your allies! Buff your friends! Rain arrows on your opponents!

I've kinda been avoiding duplicate classes where I can but Rui teaching Gio is a sweet enough idea that I'll allow it. He's obviously not as high leveled in it as Rui is though.

Culinarian... listen that's the "cooking" crafting class I literally do not need to justify any further. He would weaponize his frying pan like Julyan Manderville if you commit enough food crimes though.

[general-kalani]

"No, boarding just to pet a cat is not allowed... It should only be allowed if there's a bird on there. Considering there's no bird on Captain Frascona's ship, that anonymous would get blasted. No guarantees you won't get bit though if you board this one with Tori-san."

"FUCK!"

"There's the swearing issue too. But we don't talk about that. I didn't teach him how to swear... I think."

[orphanedwolfandfriends]

[sins of the sea] For Cayla, Frascona screaming "WHO DID THIS TO YOU???" (commence screaming pupper dad)

send  “  who  did  this  to  you  ?  ”  for  the  sender  to  find  the  receiver  injured  and  demand  to  know  who  did  it.

The puppy whimpered at the captain, flicking out her tongue to tend to the wound on her cheek. There was a cat on the ship that she managed to make go away, but certainly not through scaring it. The cat just hissed and scratched her before finally leaving, the jerk!

But it wasn’t as if she could tell him that. She could only just whimper about how it stings.

[der-karibisch-heyder]

//What does the Heyder family think about the Seven Deadly Sins? The pirates, I mean//

This is a complex question that the answer to changes as the story involving them progresses. At the tale's start, the family as a whole largely believes them to be only folklore and legends - particularly Helen and Jacob. Robert and Linyi, having past experiences with the supernatural more directly themselves, doesn't NOT believe in them, but does not believe at first for the Sins to be, well, the Sins, just posers trying to invoke their legend for scares.

This of course changes fairly quickly as they become involved in the struggle between the Sins and Captain Hurley, though the perception of what they are afterwards varied between family member.

Robert thought them as hermetics, those whom have made pacts with superhuman forces for power in the style of the Zohar. Human, but empowered by something beyond such. It was this that constantly motivated him to confront the Sins not just physically but morally, particularly their stubborn leader Frascona, which led to a rather famous rivalry between the two men.

Linyi thought them more in line with spirits themselves, taking human form as a means of fitting in undetected. She also generally had the most superstitious ideas on how to combat them, though was never shy of practical ideas either (you'd be surprised how many Chinese spirits are technically weak to "hit it with your sword").

Helen's view was the first to change rapidly on account of her more direct interactions and involvements with them due to her relationship with Rui. She honestly wondered how people as absurd and irresponsible as Rui, Guy, and Giovanni could end up being supernatural villains and often deflated their egos at every given opportunity.

Jacob was the most skeptical of their abilities the longest, being the most rational-minded and scientific thinking of the family. He theorized various mundane means by which the Sins could have performed their fantastic stunts, though accepted being wrong when finally faced with true evidence to the contrary.

Aaron didn't care what they were, just that if they bleed, he could throw down with them. Eventually he had to learn you can't just meet the unnatural head on like you would a wild animal and try and wrestle it down.

Alice was perhaps the most fearful of them, being the youngest and most impressionable of the family. She more than anyone else desired a normal, comfortable life, and the existence of the Sins completely trashed her expectations for such a life for the time being.

[sins-of-the-sea]

Sin Studies: Captain Wrath (Captain Josep Frascona)

Complied a few studies together on how I draw Captain Frascona, intended for commissions and art trades. It's somewhat incomplete, as I don't have full body language studies and weapons/props. but that can come another time. I'll edit this post when I'm good and ready.

[sins-of-the-sea]

WHAT YOUR MUSE WILL NOTICE ABOUT MINE

WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE: Tall, burly, fair-skinned blond European man with sharp cheekbones and cleft chin. Tends to wear lots of red and black, with some splashes of yellow, brown, or grey. Besides his general imposing stature, the first thing muses may notice is his constantly intense yet hollow gray eyes.

If he is without a head cover, muses may notice three "holes" on the upper-left side of his skull. It is visible despite the hair.

WHAT THEY SMELL LIKE: The ocean; aged wood, algae, damp leather, blood, iron; caramel, calamansi, paper and ink

WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE: Angy. Lots of angy.

WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE: Possesses a booming baritone with a dissonant soft cadence; has an enduring Old Catalan accent despite the years and different languages he speaks. Has a lumbering gait often accompanied with heavy, 'plodding' footsteps.

WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE: Very hardened and scarred, with calloused hands and thin, stringy hair. In fog form, he feels like a cold mist that simultaneously burns and freezes to the skin at once.

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[sins-of-the-sea]

//Oh, no.

I mean, yes, that is clearly Frascona, and his temperament is very much choleric. But please, for the love of all that is holy, sacred, and sane, do not call him 'choleric' in-character unless you want to face a VERY explosively angry Franky.

That is to say do it, I fucking dare you.

[sins-of-the-sea]

Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated. I say they’re victims of bad press; it’s all exaggerated. Thoughts?

"Bad press and exaggerated in that pirates are not being properly feared. You should fear them, because pirates can and will kill. What is 'bad press' is the attitude around pirates. They're either too romanticized, viewed as something inhuman, or not taken seriously at all, no in-between.

"It seems the only people who have the proper attitude regarding pirates and see us as what we are would be pirate hunters. They see us as violent outlaws. Because that's what pirates are.

"Now granted, pirates are much more diverse than people credit them for, and I'm not talking race and orientation. There are pirates with political motivations; Blackbeard is one of them. And then you have the twits like Rackham. Female pirates are not restricted to only Mary Read and Anne Bonney, and no, they did not dress themselves with male-coded clothing to hide their genders. 'A General History of the Pyrates' is so full of artistic liberties and inaccuracies, they make the Pirates of the Caribbean films look like documentaries. And don't get me started on Howard Pyle."

[sins-of-the-sea]

Captain Wrath: We don't want to take lives needlessly. Not only because it's wrong, but with every life we directly take, their soul is consumed by and empowers the Master.

Also Captain Wrath: *Stabs a dude in the face after he suggests putting an obligate carnivore pet like a cat or dog through a vegan diet*

[sins-of-the-sea]

Really? How do any of the Seven feel about sea shanties? >:)

"Heh. They're actually after our time. And usually in English, as the style people recognize. They came about mostly around the mid 1800s as work songs among sailors. They're cute, silly, and bawdy, but not our style.

"For one, English is none of our first language--or even second, third, or fourth. Secondly, we don't have to work to man our ship--La Demonia Roja can man herself, and can sail against the wind while managing her sails by herself. Third, and foremost most importantly, we as a Crew formed a complete Seven by around 1641, almost two hundred years before what would become recognized as sea shanties today would have risen in popularity.

"So instead, when we sing among ourselves, we take a bit of our own home with us in the form of folk music. A little bit of Catalan and Venetian polyphony mixed in with Arabian poetic metre and a touch of Sephardic violin and flute, mixed with some bombastic Guanhua and rhythmic Akan, and you have what we tend to actually sing on our own aboard our ship. It would not, at all, resemble a sea shanty at all. Especially because, when put together, it tends to be sung in Portuguese."

[sins-of-the-sea]

//Josep smiling is such a rarity for me to draw--not to mention REALLY FUCKING HARD TO DO--I made an edited version an icon.

[sins-of-the-sea]

//I could have sworn I made a post on Chinese zodiac signs of the Seven, because I'm frankly more familiar with those than I am of the Western zodiac. EITHER WAY:

The Seven's Chinese Zodiac signs:

Josep: Horse (1486)

Abena: Tiger (1602)

Rashid: Pig (1575)

Ruixiong: Rat (1600)

Guy: Goat (1499)

Phoebus: Goat (1499)

Giovanni: Horse (1498)

[sins-of-the-sea]

Two words. Manna Coaty.

"Manna Coaty? What is 'manna coaty'? Is that Biblical manna coated with something? Or a cute nickname for video game magic armor?

"Manna coaty.... mana coty... m- do you mean 'manicotti'?? As in 'big sleeves'? You're talking clothes right? Or-

"....You're talking pasta, aren't you?"

"HA!! It's Italian-American!! So bastardize this part of Italian cuisine all you want, just keep my part of Italy out of it!!"

"Your 'part" of Italy stopped existing by 1797."

".........Details, details."

[sins-of-the-sea]

Abena: Can't handle pressure from the Master

Rashid: Too nonchalant/non-caring

Ruixiong: Too prideful/headass

Guy: Too impulsive/doesn't think things through

Phoebus: Too meek/wishy-washy

Giovanni: Too obsequious

Josep at the very least gets things done, even if it's at the expense of his own well-being. Abena can only do so much as his deputy. Rashid is best at being an advisor, while the others are better at following commands than making them.