There is no first mate aboard a pirate ship. Instead, the role of second in command falls to the quartermaster. He is the crew’s spokesman, their trustee, and no decision made by the captain comes to fruition without the quartermaster’s approval. He maintains order in the ranks, deals out punishment for infractions, and is always the first pirate to board a merchant or treasure ship.
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Shark Mutant Pirate (Papo)
4.5 (2 votes)
During the Golden Age of Piracy from the 1650s to the 1730s, merchant and treasure ships from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean were terrorized by the likes of Henry “Long Ben” Every, John “Calico Jack” Rackham, Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, and Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts among others.
Basilisk (Fantasy World by Papo)
4.6 (14 votes)
The basilisk is famously known as the “king of serpents,” a venomous creature so lethal that simply looking into its cold eyes brings upon death. According to Pliny the Elder’s Natural History, written in 79 AD, “When it hisses, all the other serpents fly from it: and it does not advance its body, like the others, by a succession of folds, but moves along upright and erect upon the middle.
Kraken (The Enchanted World by Papo)
4.8 (8 votes)
Originally posted on the Animal Toy Forum for April Fools.
The kraken (Microcosmus marinus) is a cephalopod native to northern Europe that’s renowned for its size and ship sinking abilities. Although its true size is unknown, Erik Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen and author of Natural History of Norway wrote that the kraken is “the largest sea monster in the world…round, flat, and full of arms, or branches.