YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK!

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WELCOME DECEMBER APPS!

You guys have come in at quite an interesting time! And by interesting I mean you're stumbling straight into a town under Navy siege. Let's take a moment to catch you all up...

First off, welcome to Isla Empieza. This is the town that all characters are dropped into when they arrive. Now, normally new characters have a little bit of time to get themselves sorted and figure out what's going on. Of course being in a new world suddenly is crazy and weird, but at least things in general are usually peaceful on the island when they arrive -- unless you overstay your welcome, but that's the least of your worries right now.

See, back in November one of our new characters thought it would be a brilliant idea to set fire to half of the town. Understandably, this...did not exactly go over well. The Navy of this world took quick action in taking over the island, and they've currently got ships in the harbor and troops stationed all around the city. It's been a few months since Davy Jones started acting up, after all, and nearly everyone has figured out by now that there are...new arrivals, we'll say, once a month. The Navy is extremely not fond of these strangers invading their world, and they're fully prepared to ambush you.

Lucky for you all, then, that they're not the only ones who have figured it out! Most of our current characters and crews in game have also realized this, and they've been planning and plotting for days a way to take back the island and help you all out.

Basically, what this boils down to is that you all are being dropped straight into a big Pirates vs. Navy battle.

There will be a log going up for this early tomorrow, Monday, December 9th, after which the Navy will eventually decide to pull back and retreat from the island on Wednesday.

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PLAY IN THIS LOG!!

Our current crews will be looking to help new characters out, and most of them will be recruiting throughout the event, as well! This means finding a crew to join should be pretty easy for you all! If you can make your way through the gunfire down to the shipyard, you could probably find a ship of your own, as well, but remember that you need the required number of crew to sail it and things will be a little hectic right off the bat.

New characters generally wake up near the fountain in the town square, so feel free to start your character there in the log or find somewhere else to throw them! Whatever you want to do is fine!

And of course, you also have the option not to participate in this at all. Backtagging in the log is definitely welcomed and encouraged, even if you get to it late, but if you prefer you can also intro your character after the Navy has left on Wednesday and skip the battle entirely.

Feel free to check out some of the recent mod plurks on our account here for more details: highseas And also feel free to jump right in and introduce yourself, find out what some of the other characters are doing, and plan with others OOCly what you want to do! Everyone is looking forward to the new arrivals and will be happy to help out!

There's also this recent planning post that you can take a look at and jump into. There's a comment/thread at the bottom for new characters if you want to plot with others!

So that's that! Sorry for tossing you straight into a battle, but we're hoping it's a fun way for everyone to get involved and quickly find ships to join and people to call their comrades.

Any questions or concerns can be left in the comments!

ENJOY!