Aar final version.

This is Aar, final version. He will be the first black member of the crew (although Somalians are still far from deep Africa).
He's very tall, much taller than Kane (well you don't know yet about Kane and heights but soon you'll see XDD) but clearly we're not talking Masai's height... and will replace him for a while to become Castalia's shadow.

It's an interesting adventure and story he'll share with you... although Aar cannot talk as his tongue was cut off (and that's not the only thing, poor man!).

Anyways Castalia "adopts" him because he reminds her of Kane (he's quite stern) and almost smiles like him... although... still not like Kane but almost there. LOL

Know your story.

What's a story?

A Story is something with a Beginning, a Middle and an End. As simple as that.

Your story has to start, go somewhere and then find its way towards the ending. It might seem logic but try and ask this very same question to anybody you know and almost nobody will come up with this answer.

Because it's simple, it's straightforward and it's a bit obvious.

But clearly that is also what a story need: it needs to be simple, linear and obvious.... but don't take this words literally.

Simple is best, linear means you need structure and obvious simply means that everything must be clear enough for everybody to understand, without a reasonable doubt, without interpretations of sort, without way outs.

What are the main elements you need in a story?

You need a character, his environment, you need his dream, a conflict and rising action and then a resolution and then...

No, let me summarize this better. A story needs these elements: D + D + D.

Or to say it better: a Dude with a Dilemma and how he Deals with it.

A Dude is a Character.

The Dilemma is a Conflict.

And how he Deals with it is all the series of Rising Complications that would lead him to the Final Resolution.

A story can be moved by two things: plot and character.

Plot drive stories can be quite tricky and may lead inexperienced writers to character betrayal.

Character driven stories, if not dealt with properly, can lie flat and never go anywhere.

Plot is the series of events that move the story forwards, carrying the character along for a crazy ride.

It needs a good amount of cause and effects.

There can be stories with very little plot but there can never be a story without characters. 

It is one of the reason why a character driven story is to be preferred to the plot driven one. You can have a cool plot and mess up the character, then nobody will believe you... but you can have a cool character keeping together chaotic elements and people will follow you in the ride (let's not forget that most movies have very simple, linear plots and are held together by the charisma of the protagonist).

If you really want to know your story you have to know your character.

Know your character and he/she will move the story forward for you.

Know your character and you shall also know your story. 

Index

A brand new Lio!

I was drawing the new Character Presentation to upload as Extras at the end of each chapter... and went back in time, on the blog, to see what I had written for Lio back then.

If you go read it you'll see that the first Lio I had in mind was quite a boring character. Also Foxy was supposed to be more of a hygiene freak, forcing Cat to keep the ship spotless.

Eventually, when you start storyboarding, characters write themselves and totally surprise you.

So the doctor, being a doctor, became the hygiene freak and Foxy remained a regular hypochondriac.

Now Lio... she was not supposed to be the way she is at all. She was supposed to be the total opposite/compensation for Foxy so the dialogues between the two would have been mostly: are you alright? No, I am dying! Do you feel okay? No, I think I got infected by something.

In a long run this kind of stuff become boring and characters never develop depth.

Sure they fell in another routine of "yohoo, I jump you!" but there are more variations on the theme to come and I get to play with that a little more. Besides the story grows up and develops.

Now... I still had in mind to have one of the sisters be a men eater. In my first idea she would manage to kiss every single member of the crew... but then I thought it would be too much of a clone of Taddea (a character in another story I wrote) and I don't like to repeat things, I run out of ideas too.

Anyways Pea was supposed to be that girl but then she would not be a likeable character at all and I already have Pifo as a comical relief (even though I will not keep him always in that spot).

At one point I thought Pifo could do that - kiss 'em all - and rank the best kisser too XDD.

Lio kinda jumped on Foxy when I was sketching the scene of the mouse... I clearly thought: these two will never make it, she has to jump him. That's when she sucked his finger! XD

Anyways... I just came here to ask one thing today: would you like to interview any of the characters?

One of my friends said: I would like to ask the girls what's the favorite feature or body part in the boy they are involved with.

I think I'll use her question in the freetalk... but would you like to add some questions too? Let me know.

the names: Westley Fynn, Cat and Foxy

Westley Fynn

Our doctor is based off the first pirate I ever wrote about: Kyle Kemp (one of these days I'll look for my old drawings and we'll get a good laugh out of them together).

Kyle's looks and personality were transfered onto Wes when the original Kyle became something else - we might end up meeting him, eventually.

But who was Kyle based on? Why, of course, my all time favorite pirates: Captain Blood and Westley the Pirate Roberts!

And who is Peter Blood if not the incredibly charming Errol Flynn? Oooh, I loved the guy! I still do love the guy! He is such a rascal! I love rascals, they are the very image of romantic pirates!

...there you see... I thought: let's go back to the original inspiration and use the actual names of my beloved pirates.

I had already chosen Westley as a name for another character, I just gave it back to the rightful owner all I had to do is attach Errol Flynn's last name to it.

Westley Flynn! Your tongue stumbles upon the second "l" doesn't it?

So I had to drop it and now I have a Westley Fynn as supposed to a Westley Flynn - and I don't regret the choice since Disney has gone through the same thinking process and Tangled's hero is based off of Errol Flynn and is called Flynn something too!

Just remember: I chose Errol Flynn first!

CAT and FOXY

Are you familiar with Pinocchio? Because what I am actually saying is that these two guys were supposed to be like the Cat and the Fox in Pinocchio's book! Originally they were called Jesse and Nestor - but Jesse and Nestor moved to be somebody else's Cat and Fox... and when I had to pick a name for a new duo... I just said: Cat and Fox is fine!

I've always liked this song called The Cat and the Fox (Il gatto e la volpe) from Edoardo Bennato and Pinocchio is one of my favorite books ever. I think Cat and Foxy could sing that song and it would apply to them nicely.

I'll be more specific, because Cat and Fox actually do have names.

Topaz "Cat" Wodehouse

Is named after my favorite stone, a topaz and I decided his eye color should be golden for that.

And Wodehouse is my favorite writer. I mentioned him before, I think... I like his books because they are full of humor or maybe I am full of humor because I like his books. All I know is that I like to create the same types of situations in my stories and when I found him I felt I had found a companion, a best friend.

Sally "Foxy" Twain

Now, Sally is a girl's name. I will not tell more about this except it comes from Dr. Sally (a Wodehouse book) and series of fortunate coincidences that saw me like different cartoon characters called Sally (starting from Nightmare Before Christmas). Of course I don't need to mention who Mark Twain is. All I can say that a man who can write a Diary of Adam and Eve like that deserved more from life and is my other best friend when it comes to telling funny stories. Unlike Wodehouse he adds dramatic events to his funny episodes. I like that mixture too and I humbly wish to follow that style too.

I am no Wodehouse nor Twain, of course... but can I just dream a little and try and follow their footsteps?

The names: Wilson Kane!

Friday afternoon blabber.

It's women's day on monday, I have been asked for a little surprise and I do hope I have the time to prepare one!

I am behind schedule, work is pressing me with deadlines and I do work on the comic at night, from 8 to 12./1 a.m.

I am currently working on page 21 of 45. I don't dare to look at the countdown up here... I hope I can make it but if I am late you won't hate me, will you?

Anyways let's keep the blogger going, since I am on my coffee break!

So why did I pick Wilson Kane as a name?

Kane is easy, it comes from two different things: Citizen Kane and Cain (from the bible, yes).

Do you guys like Orson Welles? Citizen Kane is a terrific movie, the way it is shot (the framing, the composition of the shot, the lights, the set design, I love it all), the story with that fantastic twist in the end! So... err, yes, I love the movie and picked the name from that movie.

As for the Cain part... it's related to another story I was writing that turned me into a big Cain fan - of course my idea of Cain and the reason he invented death lead me to read all kinds of legends on him and one thing led to another. I don't think I will ever get rid of my own ideas on Cain and what his existence really means and I really liked all the legend that were born from him... aside from the vampire legend which has no foundations (now, I don't like vampires, everybody knows it okay, but you don't have to go as far as look into the Bible to find yourself decent roots, I think Vlad is cool enough and you should stick with Dracula who was a Prince, after all, and a great historical figure too! Leave the Bible alone... it is somebody else's sacred book! I don't mess with your beliefs.)

Okay I don't want to say too much about the Cain part so let's say that, mostly, we should all thank Orson Welles for coming up with such a cool name.

Now... Wilson... no it's not because I used to play volleyball! XDD (you were thinking about the balls, weren,t you?). And I would love to tell you that I am a big Mark Twain fan and that the name came from Puddin'head Wilson - a book that I adore! Unfortunately Twain came in years later in my life and as much as I love Puddin'head Wilson I cannot honestly say: I shall take thy name, sir, and give it to my pirate.

The reason is pretty dumb...

Well, when I was a kid, there was a grocery store around the corner and the lady had called her son Willy. He used to come and play in my yard and one day somebody mentioned the fact that his name was: Wilson!

So everybody started laughing and made fun of him...

I didn't quite get, back then, what was so funny about being called Wilson... I still think it a nice name. Maybe it doesn't sound good on a boy but it suits an adult pretty well.

The point is that, somehow, that name got stuck in the back of my mind and when I decided to pick Kane as a last name and was looking for a fist name... Wilson showed up, it had a nice ring to it and there it was: Wilson Kane.

With a name like this... a twist cannot be avoided.

Martin Steeves

After a long break a little surprise...

Height: 6,2

Age: 26

Hair: blonde

Eyes: grey

The pirate hunter!

Oh, yes... we do have one!

I am not going to tell much about him... except we will see him in chapter four and it will be a super funny encounter. This guy - supposedly the most handsome man in Europe (so much that both men and women faint at his sight) - is actually pretty dumb!

He is proud, stuck up, head strong... believes in his principles and goes his way with great tenacity.

But he is dumb.

In fact he is do dumb... and so chivalrous (to the point of being ridiculous) and so honest... that the pirates cannot get themselves to hate him seriously! Oh, no, they absolutely love him and are so happy to meet him and tease him all the time - bad bullies!

The names : Baldassarre/Balthasar

I explained previously why I picked the girls' names to be Callista, Castalia, Cassiopea, Cassandra and Calliope.

Now it's the boy's turn.

But first of all, let's start with Baldassarre (Balthasar) himself.

Why: The Pirate Balthasar?

To be honest, ever since I came up with this story, when I was a kid, my friend and I would just call it: Pirates! (we still do, actually). I spent most of my high school years, then, writing stuff for Pirates, doing sketches, costumes, layouts and was never completely happy with the outcome. I mean the story was nice but it wasn't that original, it lost some of its comedy bits towards the end and it was plain and straight another version of The Black Corsair from Emilio Salgari.

One night, that I was supposed to go to a party for women's day, my friend and I met early and started talking about stuff and I proposed the idea of making the girl's cousin... funny and Pifo was born! We never made it to that party!

To be honest... it wasn't Pifo yet, it was Niccolò Machiavelli's grandson.

I had Roxanne instead of Castalia.

Kyle Kemp instead of Wilson Kane.

Jesse and Nestor instead of Cat and Foxy.

Roxanne had a cousin, Isa, who was much like Calliope. There was a cabin boy, who would turn out to be a girl... (can't remember her name, now O_o) and there was Westley! So Westley was there all along. Good boy!

Most of the quarrels you are going to see in this version of the story between I-am-not-going-to-say-who... were Kyle and Roxanne's. He had a sad past and she was the cure. How boring is that?

So my friend and I decided to add so much comedy to it that we ended up having too much material in our hands and still I wasn't happy with the main plot line. That's when the stories divorced, ha ha ha! Kyle and Roxanne took a different direction, they stayed on land, all the songs went with them (yes, it was a Musical) and the whole story became this weird, surreal comedy we enjoyed so much more writing and reading and singing a loud than a regular revenge story! (Besides one cannot think of writing a revenge story and really believe to surpass the Count of Montecristo! Better give it up! Dumas had said it all!)

So... everything else were... leftovers! What do you do with leftovers when you don't want to waste a thing? You add other ingredients, you microwave them and come up with new names and give the notes an order and turn them into something else. Balthasar became a novel... from which I then cut out snippets to make a musical (yes, I worked in the theater why shouldn't I give it a try with Balthasar as well... since the previous musicals had gone so well?).

But before this I have to explain why the leftovers became Balthasar!

I was in College, then, I lived with my sister and her friends from the dorms would come and visit her for coffee. They kept talking about this guy, which they called: Il pirata Baldassarre (the Pirate Balthasar). Apparently Baldassare was his last name and they called him a pirate because he had a goatee and earrings - which wasn't very common back then!

I think they mentioned he had black hair, black eyes and that he was super handsome and tall... I honestly never saw him, although I was dying to see a real pirate! On one hand I wasn't much of a socializer and on the other hand, when I got the occasion to actually see him... I turned my head the other way, afraid that the actual sight of the Pirate Balthasar would not meet my expectations... and I had already created Wilson Kane's image in my head.

That nickname... had such a nice ring to it, I should probably pay the rights to the girl who came up with it... but I don't know if I should credit Anna or Miranda for this... they were already talking about him with my sister, the name was prepackaged and delivered to me!

I absolutely loved it! I adopted it! I still like it a lot!

So Baldassarre ended up being Greek first... till I decided to make him Italian, or better yet, Sicilian... even though Baldassarre is not a Sicilian last name at all - but that's a detail, now, the Baldassarre could have migrated to Badia from Puglia! (I am not going to tell this story though!)

Josh Habel

Hair: dark brown

Eyes: dark brown, almost black.

The Prize-Master.

Here's a guy we don't see often but that we do see in crucial moments, eh?

He showed up once, already, and was thunderstruck by Cassiopea's beauty in chapter one... I wonder if that'll create some problems in the future...

Apparently he is very friendly and outgoing. Even so he doesn't like to smile a lot and is very reserved.

As Prize-Master he is in charge of taking back those ships that are conquered and destined to be fixed, then sold back again.

He is very good with knives but not so talented when it comes up to get things right away...

But... he may seem a lot of things and be not what he seems so, keep an eye on him!

Pifo

Height: 160 cm (5,2 feet tall)

Age: 17

Hair color: Copper red

eyes color: green

And the Human knowledge

Ah, this guy, if he didn't exist someone should invent him! Yes, unwillingly accomplice to much romance... and comic relief... Pifetto is the stupid cousin our beloved twins - or is he?

He left for school only to return with a despicable pronunciation problem.

Supposedly he is engaged to Castalia but he shows to be more interested in wine than in girls! Also he has a thing for cute, frilly stuff... although his taste is not of the superior kind at all!

He likes to strike dramatic poses to enhance the meaning of his profound sentences. Extremely melodramatic and theatrical, care a lot about making a good impression and is a fan of great entrances.

Calliope

Height: 162 cm (5,3 feet tall)

Age: 16

Hair color: ash blond

eyes color: blue

And the Florence Nightingale syndrome

Yes, Calliope might seem boring and monotonous for her continuous focus is other people's health and well being. Apparently her favorite words are: are you feeling well? Are you alright?

She is not very talkative but is a quick learner and knows no fatigue. Probably she wanted to be a doctor, and could have been a good one, and is very eager to be a good nurse and a good help to anyone who asks for her help!

Calliope is a bit of a cry baby! Will slowly adapt to her new life and develop new talents!

One day she'll be exactly what she always wanted to be!

Westley

Height: 5,8

Age: 22 years old

Hair: strawberry blond

Eyes: almost purple (like Liz Taylor's)

The surgeon

Yes, our doctor is pretty young but, what can I say?, old times were old times, and one would grew up faster back then. Doctors could be pretty young too. In his case, maybe, he didn't finish his apprenticeship with his teacher and took the way of the sea to escape from... something.

Young as he is, coming in contact with other cultures, he has learned many different ways of taking care of his friends, aside from the traditional surgeon way.

He's tall and skinny like a sharp blade, his tongue is sharp too.

Being the doctor, and what a nasty job that can be, he usually never participate in piratesque's actions.

He takes his job seriously and everything else... not so seriously. That can cause the people to think that he is not reliable.

He likes healthy, chubby girls with a good spirit and good appetite.

His prince-like manners always shine through even though he can have a bad attitude, at times.

Cassiopea

32 days to chapter 2!!! I am drawing storyboards like crazy now!

Anyway we have to finish talking about the characters, right?

And next I'll have to leave a little message in Italian, if you don't mind.

Height: 162 cm (5,3 feet tall)

Age: 16

Hair color: ash blond

eyes color: blue

The Vain one!

Yes, she is vain... she is elegant and has refined manners. She is a true lady, won't get corrupted by anything that isn't exactly like she thinks it ought to be. She likes beautiful things, dresses, shoes, jewels, and boys... In Japanese, one would say, she is a Menkui - that is... affected by the beauty of beautiful people!

She never acts on impulse and knows exactly what she is doing, most of the times, of course she has some limits too but, she is very careful and plans ahead. She also gives the wrong impression... but remember: good manners and etiquette come first with this girl! She is strict about them!

Cassandra

I realized I explained how I picked the names before finishing the proper introductions. Well, let's finish then!

Height: 162 cm (5,3 feet tall)

Age: 16

Hair color: ash blond

eyes color: blue

The liar!

Cassandra is a very creative, compulsive liar. Of course, nobody believes her so she is a real Cassandra!

She has a very good appetite and a hot temper. If one were to make a list of the twins from the most dominant to the less dominant... Cassandra would be number 3.

But I am telling you, she is not as strong as she makes other believe... she is sweetie and let's consider the fact these 5 girls have never seen the world outside of the Island and have been kept captive in a Military Academy by 3 nuns for 16 years! Townsfolk don't think much about Castalia but the others don't have an easier life... that is why even when she yells: but I am not the crazy one - while kidnapped - the peasants don't care.

Well, it's not the crazy one it's the liar, what's the difference? All the Papadopulos girls are kind of odd, anyway.

So I guess she had to fight against prejudice all her life - in a different way than Castalia who would pick a fight . but still...

I guess, with time, her heart will be woed by a pair of interesting eyes that can see right through her and still find her charming, no matter what!

Foxy

I start by saying that I'm 5 pages away from finishing chapter I.

Let's introduce our pilot, Foxy!

Height: 5,7

Age: 19 years old

Hair: black

Eyes: black/Dark blue

Foxy the Pilot

Here's our little emo pilot! Yes, he is not very talkative and yes he is not very sharp - even though his name might seem to hint otherwise.

He is Cat's best friend and buddy, he can be mischievous without realizing it and he is hypochondriac! That brings him to worry about things and people and sometimes his conversation is about health...

Touching things that could be covered in germs can be alarming to him so he double check: do I really have to? - to see if he can avoid it.

Of course that and being on a pirate ship don't go well together hahahaha so he vexes Cat to be sure the ship is always clean and neat - else he might go nuts.

Gloomy and concerned about everything, he still manages to be around his shiny, positive friends in a calm way... which doesn't mean, though, that he can handle everything with no stress at all!

The names!

We are going to have 5 girls with peculiar names in this story, they all start with a C and they all have Greeks origins.

Eventually I boy will show up... with the same characteristic, but this will happen very far into the story.

I will not reveal soon why the girls have these names and so you stay with the fact that they grew up in a small Greek island, they do speak Greek and have a Greek upbringing.

Of course nothing is never what it looks like.

This is the reason why, here, I am going to explain HOW I chose these names and why. :D

It all started with...

Castalia : who risked to be called Sibyl. That is because every time I get to go to the Sistine Chapel... I stuck my nose up and look at her: the Delphic sibyl. Then one thought led to another... why call her sibyl? Why not making her the sibyl? She could be from Delphi! But then again Sibyl is not a very Greek name. So I went and studied a bit about Delphi and there I found the coolest story ever: Castalia was a nymph and Apollo wanted to kidnap her, but she fled and drowned in a spring. Another version say that Apollo turned her into a spring, the Castalian Spring, who has the power to inspire all those who drink its waters.

We have a kidnapping here and my girl needed to be inspiring. So I thought: Castalia has a nice ring to it. - and Castalia was.

As the spine of the story progressed and I decided to create gags and misunderstandings... the other girls were born and I needed names for them too. I was once listening to a radio program and found out the guy talking was named Calisto. You know... Piedi/Feet was already Piedi/Feet in my head. She is based off of my best friend in Italy and... Calli - in Italy - means corn (you know, the ones you get on the feet) and the callista is a chiropodist. The pun on words tempted me. And Callista was born.

The original name is actually Calisto, she was a huntress, loved by Zeus. The name means "most beautiful". Another perfect Greek name and now I had Castalia and Callista.

So two names with C's... what about the other girls? They needed a perfect Greek names beginning with C as well, right?

Calliope: we all know who Calliope is, she is one of the Muses and Orpheus' mom. She inspired Homer to write Iliad and Odyssey. Her name means "she has a beautiful voice". Although in my story Calliope sounds quite monotonous and has a vocation for nursing others... she will be quite inspirational at some point so the name was a-okay!

Cassiopea: I needed someone elegant and vain. Oh, Cassiopea, you could not escape from me.

Andromeda's mom caused a big fuss about beauty and elegance, didn't she? She said that she and her daughter were far more beautiful of the Nereids and the Nereids, daughters of Poseidon, got so upset that demanded Andromeda's head... well sort of, there's a flood and an horacle and a seamonster in the story... but in the end she got chained to a rock to be fed to the monster but, lucky for her, Perseus came to her rescue and we all know how the story ends.

But what of Cassiopea after her daughter's happy ending? Well, Poseidon turned her into a constellation, after she died, so that sometimes she would hang in the sky... upside down!

Cassandra: since my Cassandra is a compulsive liar... a creative liar... I needed someone very famous for her. Cassandra, whom nobody believed, was given by Apollo the power to see the future. Well, she could predict the destruction of Troy, for example. Of course nobody believed her because Apollo gave her the powers but did not receive what he wanted in return (lol) therefore, out of spite, he cursed her: you will see things but nobody will believe you.

So she was taken for a fool and a liar.

My Castalia is too creative in her lies and that is the main reason why nobody believes her!

The boy's name is Callimaco... but we'll talk about him when the time comes.

Callista/Piedi

Callista/Piedi/Feet

Height: 162 cm (5,3 feet tall)

Age: 16

Hair color: ash blond

eyes color: blue

The Stumbling one

Even though she has a beautiful name, Callista is also known as Piedi or Feet due to the fact she stumbles a lot (truth be told she has a big heart and big feet as well and wear small shoes to hide them).

Stumbling with her feet makes her stumble with words too, so stuttering and stumbling she cannot avoid. She trips and falls with spututunf or gets stuck on b-b-b-beginning of sentences!

She is a shy, simple girl, not too brave but direct when needed.

Eventually all she needs is self confidence and someone special who'll make her understand that having big feet isn't always an ugly feature! People with big feet stand tall and strong!

Cat

The boatswain

Height: 5,6 feet tall.

Age: around 20 years old

Hair: dark brown

Eyes: green/golden

He looks like an unrefined and rude guy but he has a very good heart. His duty is to keep the deck and the crew in order - the crew fears him due to his skin color.

He is friendly but stern and finds it hard to integrate with the rest of the crew.

He can be stingy with money but not with feelings.

Kane has found him in very sad circumstances, he set him free and gave him a new name, a new life and serenity.

When he meets Callista he finally finds someone who doesn't see walls and respects him for what he is able to do.

Wilson Kane

Here's our protagonist.

Height: 5,97 feet tall

Age: unknown

Hair: dark brown

Eyes: dark brown, almost black.

THE PIRATE BALTHASAR

He is an interesting fella. Very hard to figure out what he thinks.

There's a secret about his identity and his past... and he seems to be bothered by it. He likes books and reads a lot - to him books are the real treasure - and likes comfy but simple clothes. Sometimes he goes around dressed like an Arabian, speaks many languages and every single things he does comes as a surprise but demonstrate that his past must have been truly complicated too. He never lies but likes to tell the truth a bit at the time. He also likes reptiles and his toilette set.

The thin he hates the most is: potatoes!

Castalia

Castalia

Height: 162 cm (5,3 feet tall)

Age: 16

Hair color: ash blond

eyes color: blue

The Crazy One!

Our protagonist... is a very strange girl. She likes to forge swords and then goes to the local tavern every night to test if it does work... or if it does not. Most of the time the sword breaks on the head of some poor peasant and she starts a fight way too often... so much that the townsfolk can't stand her anymore, they call her The Crazy One and try to avoid her!

She has almost forgotten her real name... because everybody calls her that!

She lives with her Uncle Aristotle, his 8 Swiss guards, her 3 aunties (all of them nuns), her sisters and a cousin who went to school but came back more stupid than before and with a despicable pronunciation problem.

She looks like a boy (cut her hair short because helps her out with the forging of the sword and the training with the sword as well), just like her sisters she is way too skinny for beauty standards of that time - the uncle does not feed them well - and a particular trait of her is: her hands are huge.

A normal person hands go from chin to a little over the eyebrows. Hers are as big as her face. This might come from many years of handling tools (she also has strong arms muscles and larger shoulders than her sisters). Her hands are also... not so soft and not very lady like.

Why she acts so strangely... you'll have to find out. Who's taking her away from this routine? You'll have to find out that too.

Don't miss the first chapter of The Pirate Balthasar... soon on these pages!