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Aaarrrrrr-Fest! An International Talk Like a Pirate Day event.
codewar65
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Avast ye scurvy son of a seadog!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up September 19th, and this year, Paragon Dawn will be celebrating! Dress up in yer best pirate garrrrrb and meet us down on the docks in Vibora Bay in Champions Online. There will be a pirate themed Costume Contest (categories: Naval Officer, Pirate Scum, Bar Wench, Sea Monster, Best) and a pirate trivia contest! Music hosted by Dawn Radio!! There will also a gathering at Pirate's Skyhold in Neverwinter.
BYOR (Bring your own rum)
If you have any questions about the whats, whens, and wheres, please ask here. We would be happy to answer.
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Dawn Radio is the supergroup's radio station. DJ's are active members of Paragon Dawn. If you wish to check it out go to paragondawn.com and the player is on the left side of the website.
The station is in its beginning stages but working on improving as time goes on. We do have a building schedule of DJ's and hope to have listeners from all of Champions.
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To help bone up on ye pirate speak.
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! - exhortation of discontent or disgust
Able Seaman - A capable and good sailor.
Addled - Mad, insane, or just stupid. An "addlepate" is a fool.
Addlepate - A fool, somebody who is always silly.
Adrift - Floating free, without being steered or with anyone in charge.
Afeard - Afraid.
Aft - Short for "after." Toward the rear of the ship.
Ahoy - Hello!
Ahoy, Matey - Hello, my friend!
Ahoy, me Hearties! - the same as saying Hello, my friends!
All hand hoay! - comparable to all hands on deck
Aloft - Up high, often refers to ship’s masts and rigging.
Ambush - A surprise attack.
Arr - Yes/That’s great/I agree.
Articles - The rules a pirate must follow while on a ship.
Avast ye - stop and check this out or pay attention
Avast! - Hey! Could also be used as "Stop that!" or "Who goes there?"
Aye - yes
Aye Aye - ‘Of course, I’ll do that now.’
Ballast - The weight used to keep a ship steady and upright.
Barbary Coast - Mediterranean coast off of North Africa.
Barnacle - A kind of shell fish which can stick to the hull (bottom) of a ship. They cause the ship to go slower if not scraped off regularly.
Batten down the hatches - put everything away on the ship and tie everything down because a storm is brewing
Be - Use instead of ‘am’, ‘are’ or ‘is’.
Becalmed - When a ship can’t move because there’s no wind to fill the sails.
Begad! - By God!
Belay - Stop that. "Belay that talk!" would mean "Shut up!"
Bilboes - Leg irons attached to the deck of a ship.
Bilge rat - A rat that lives in the dirtiest, smelliest and lowest part of a ship. This is not a nice name to call somebody.
Bilge! - Nonsense, or foolish talk. The bilges of a ship are the lowest parts, inside the hull along the keel. They fill with stinking bilgewater—or just "bilge."
Bilge-sucking - A very uncomplimentary adjective.
Bilgewater - The icky, revolting, disgusting water that covers the bilge floor.
Black Spot - To "place the Black Spot" on another pirate is to sentence him to death, to warn him he is marked for death, or sometimes just to accuse him of a serious crime before other pirates.
Black Spotted - A person/animal that has had a curse put on them or is sentenced to death.
Blaggard - A man who lies and who you can’t trust.
Blimey - ‘Wow.’
Blow me down! - expression of shock of disbelief akin to Holy Crap!
Blow the man down - command to kill someone
Booty - Riches that have usually been stolen.
Bosun - The officer on the ship in charge of deck crew, rigging and anchors, also called a ‘boatswain’.
Bounty - A reward, usually paid by the Government for the capture of a criminal.
Broadside - Next to another ship, side by side, with the long sides of the ships facing.
Buccanneer - Pirates, usually from Hispaniola, who attacked Spanish ships in the Caribbean.
Bucko - Familiar term. "Me bucko" = "my friend."
Cabin - A pirate’s room on a ship.
Cable - A heavy rope.
Cackle fruit - Chicken eggs.
Cap'n - Short for "captain."
Careen - To clean the hull of a ship.
Careening - Scraping off all the dirt and barnacles that have become stuck to the bottom of a ship so that it sails faster.
Cask - A barrel used to hold liquids, foods, gun powder and other things that need to stay dry.
Cast-away - A person who has been shipwrecked.
Cat o'nine tails - A whip with many lashes, used for flogging. "A taste of the cat" might refer to a full flogging, or just a single blow to "smarten up" a recalcitrant hand.
Chantey - The songs pirates sing while they are working. (Also spelt ‘shantey’ or ‘shanty’.)
Chart - Map
Compass - A magnetic needle that spins freely in a casing to point out which way is north, south, east or west, and all directions in between.
Contraband - Goods that are smuggled illegally.
Convoy - A group of ships traveling together.
Corsair - A more romantic term for pirate. But still a pirate.
Cot - A wooden bed, hung from rafters, and is more comfortable than a hammock.
Crow's nest - small platform atop the mast where the lookout stands
Cutlass - A curved sword, often used by sailors.
Davy Jones' Locker - fabled, mythical place at the bottom of the ocean where the evil spirit of Davy Jones brings sailor and pirates to die
Dead men tell no tales - Standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors.
Deadlights - Eyes. "Use yer deadlights, matey!"
Deck - The highest floor on a ship.
Deckhand - A person working on a ship, sometimes shortened to ‘hand’.
Dog - A name you might call a friend if you want to insult them (nicely).
Doubloon - A Spanish gold coin. At different times, it was worth either 4 or 16 silver pesos, or "pieces of eight."
Fair winds! - Goodbye, good luck!
Fathom - A length of 6ft (1.8m ish). Is often the distance from fingertip to fingertip when men stretch their arms out sideways.
Feed the fish - What you do when you are thrown into the sea, dead or alive.
Flog - To whip.
Flogging - Punishment by caning, or by whipping with the cat.
Fore, or forrard - Toward the front end of the ship.
Furl - To roll up and tie in place, often done to sails.
Galleon - A large, squarish ship used in war or to carry cargo.
Gangplank - A plank of wood put on the side of a ship and rested on land, so that people can get on and off the ship.
Gangway! - "Get out of my way!"
Godspeed! - Goodbye, good luck!
Grog - Rum mixed with water or any kind of alcohol.
Grub - Food
Hail - To call to another ship.
Hammock - A large piece of material hung from the rafters that a crew member sleeps in.
Hands - Crewmen.
Handsomely - Quickly. "Handsomely now, men!" = "Hurry up!"
Hang 'im from the yardarm - punishment of those captured in battle
Haven - A safe place.
Head - the pirate ship's toilet
Heave Ho - give it some muscle and push it
Heave to - To change the direction of the ship so it is facing forwards into the wind.
Hempen Halter - a noose for hanging
Hold - The space in a ship where cargo or prisoners were kept.
Hornpipe - A dance or a single reeded musical instrument.
Hornswaggle - to defraud or cheat out of money or belongings
Hornswaggler - A person who cheats.
Hulk - The old, dismantled body of a ship, sometimes used as prisons.
Hull - The body of a ship, not including the masts and rigging.
Irons - Leg irons attached to the deck of a ship (also called ‘bilboes’).
Jack Ketch - The hangman. To dance with Jack Ketch is to hang.
Jack Tar - Sailor
Jacob's Ladder - the rope ladder one uses to climb aboard a sloop
Jolly Roger - The pirate flag - a white skull and crossbones on a black background.
Jollyboat - A small but happy craft, perhaps even one which is a little dinghy.
Keel - The main framework of a ship that runs from the front to the back at the bottom of the ship.
Keelhaul - To pull somebody under the keel of a ship. Done by using ropes and often as a form of punishment.
Kiss the gunner's daughter - A punishment: to be bent over one of the ship's guns and flogged.
Knots - The speed a ship travels. A knot is the same as a nautical mile.
Lad, laddie, lass, lassie - A way to address someone younger than you.
Land ahoy! - ‘I see land.’
Landlubber or lubber - A person who likes being on land, often used as an insult.
Landyard - A short rope that things can be hung from.
Leg Irons - Wide rings of metal that were attached to each other and fastened around prisoner’s ankles.
Letters of Marque - letters issue from governments during wartime to privateers endorsing the piracy of another vessel
Lights - Lungs. A pirate might threaten to "have someone's lights and liver."
Line - Any rope used on a ship, perhaps in the rigging or to tow something.
Log - A daily record written to record where a ship travels and what has happened on it.
Lookout - Someone posted to keep watch on the horizon for other ships or signs of land.
Loot - Gold and riches usually stolen.
Man-O-War - pirate's ship outfitted for battle
Maroon - A common punishment for violation of a pirate ship's articles, or offending her crew. The victim was left on a deserted coast (or, island) with few supplies. That way, no one could say that the unlucky pirate had actually been killed by his former brethren.
Marooned - Left alone, usually on a deserted island.
Mast - The upright pole on a ship that the sails and ropes are attached to.
Matey - A piratical way to address someone in a cheerful, if not necessarily friendly, fashion.
Me - A piratical way to say "my."
Me beauty - How you would address a pretty lady or something important to you.
Me hearties - Friends.
Merchant - A person who sells things.
Merchant Ship - A ship carrying cargo to be sold.
Mizzen - third mast from the bow of the ship on ships that have three or more masts
Mutiny - When a ship’s crew refuse to follow the captain’s orders.
Navigate - To steer and guide a ship from one place to another.
New World - America
No quarter! - Surrender will not be accepted.
Old Salt - an experienced sailor
Peg leg - An artificial leg, usually wooden.
Piece of eight - A Spanish silver coin worth one peso or 8 reales. It was sometimes literally cut into eight pieces, each worth one real.
Pillage - To raid, rob, and sack a target ashore.
Pirate - A seagoing robber and murderer. Contrast with privateer.
Plunder - To steal.
Poop cabin - A room built on the top deck of a ship, often the Captain’s.
Poop deck - the part of the ship farthest to the back, which is usually above the captain's quarters. This is not the bathroom.
Port - The left side when facing the ship’s pointy end, also a strong alcoholic drink, and the area of land next to where ships are left when the pirates go ashore.
Pox - Disease.
Poxy, poxed - Diseased. Used as an insult.
Pressgang - To force somebody to become a member of a ship’s crew.
Privateer - English, French or Dutch sailors allowed by their Government to attack enemy ships.
Prow - The pointy end of a ship.
Quartermaster - The sailor second-in-charge to the Captain.
Rigging - The ropes, mast and sails on a ship.
Rope's end - Another term for flogging. "Ye'll meet the rope's end for that, me bucko!"
Rum (adjective) - Strange or odd. A "rum fellow" is a peculiar person, the sort who won't say "Arrrr!" on Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Rum (noun) - Traditional pirate drink.
Run a shot across the bow - warning shot to another vessel's captain
Sail ho! - "I see a ship!" The sail, of course, is the first part of a ship visible over the horizon.
Salt, old salt - An experienced seaman.
Savvy? - do you understand and do you agree?
Scallywag - mild insult akin to rapscallion or rogue
Scurvy - A disease many sailors got because they didn’t eat enough vitamin C. Also an insult, as in ‘ye scurvy landlubber’.
Scurvy dog - the pirate is talking directly to you with mild insult
Scuttle - To make a hole in a ship’s hull or to sink the ship.
Seadog - old pirate or sailor
Sealegs - What you have when you’re used to the sway of boat on the ocean.
Shantey - The songs pirates sing while they are working. (Also spelt ‘chantey’ or ‘shanty’.)
Shark bait - (1) Your foes, who are about to feed the fish (q.v.); (2) A worthless or lazy sailor; a lubber who is no use aboard ship.
Shipshape - To be neat and tidy.
Shiver me timbers! - comparable to Holy Crap!
Sink me - ‘What a surprise.’
Smartly - Quickly. "Smartly there, men!" = "Hurry up!"
Son of a Biscuit Eater - insult directed towards someone you don't like
Splice the mainbrace - To have a drink. Or, perhaps, several drinks.
Spyglass - A telescope.
Starboard - The right side of the ship (if you are facing the pointed end).
Sutler - The merchant on land who sells pirates all the supplies and things they need to repair their ship.
Swab (noun) - A disrespectful term for a seaman. "Man that gun, ye cowardly swabs!"
Swab (verb) - To clean something. "Swabbing the decks" would be a mild penalty for a disobedient pirate.
Swag - Gold and riches.
Thar she blows! - Whale sighting
Three sheets to the wind - someone who is very drunk. One sheet is mildly drunk and four sheets is passed out.
Titivate - To clean up and make neat.
To be three sheets to the wind - To have drunk too much alcohol.
Walk the plank - To be forced to walk along and off the end of a plank that has been placed over the side of a ship.
Weevil - A kind of beetle that can eat your food before you do.
Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! - pull up the anchor and the sail and let's get going
Wench - An individual of the female persuasion. "Saucy" is a good adjective to add to this, and if ye can get away with "Me proud beauty,” more power to ye!
Ye - Used instead of ‘you’.
Yer - Used instead of ‘your’.
Yo ho ho - A very piratical thing to say, whether it actually means anything or not.
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scuttlebut -- rumors, gossip
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
1) Old fashioned way: Get to level 34 and do the Vibora Bay Apocalypse storyline which starts at Juryrig at the Mods building in Ren Cen. This is the only way to unlock it so you can go back in anytime.
2) Alert run: Do the alert "A Night at the Mall" Once done, RUN to the Powerhouse that's inside it and go in. Then come out and regular VB zone. Once you leave the main Vibora bay zone, you are locked out if did not do the storyline.
3) Stick your thumb out: We will have people with porting powers. Either look for Paraagon Dawn members or if have a buddy already there with port powers, ask them. Just don't wander off obviously.
Any other questions, don't hesitate to ask
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Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
...basically, "Cat Slapped!"
Courage is doing what is right even when it isn't popular or safe. Honor is retaining the dignity and virtue in one's self, so it can light the way for others in the darkest of times. Compassion is showing patience and mercy towards others, even when it isn't returned or deserved. A hero is defined by these 3 words, they set him apart from others as a beacon of hope and excellence.
Because it seems it's not an offcial online thing without a countdown clock
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Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
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Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
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Champions: Vibora Bay Docks by plane
Neverwinter Pirates Skyhold
Star Trek: Quark's Bar
radio to listen vtxemu.com/dawnradio
Wow... costume looks way different with auras. But yeah I was going for evil pirate witch or something.
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