Possible Pyke skin idea?

AeonWhisperer·6/3/2018, 2:04:53 AM·5 votes·4,130 views

So I've been thinking about lines and a possible alternate skin that Pyke This man here, Pyke, could have. I've been thinking about it night of release. Given Pyke is an undead harpooner/possible ex-pirate, I was thinking about giving him some of the pirate motif inspired by common ghost pirates, but also with a bit of a zombie twist.


A rotting corpse of a pirate, dead flesh and bone has came back to life after being long gone inside the dying jaws of the jaull-fish that had swallowed it whole. Trudging its way throughout the jaull-fish who had perished from its previous encounter with the crew of "The Terror", a vessel made for harpooning. The zombie was having flashbacks; something they usually are impossible to do without the aid of the blackest of magics. These flashbacks brought the undead to its knees as it saw flashes of faces and its final resting area, jumping right into the jaws of the beast, and the current fate of the crew that had betrayed him. He wanted vengence for his uneeded demise.

Slashing his way through the fish's collapsed body and out its mouth, he came to realize that this monster was also being feasted on by smaller yet big fish, and they were no ordinary fish no; they were Berserker Sharks. He also came to realize that he was standing on the ocean's floor itself, in the deep waters far from Bilgewater. All he had to defend himself was Bone Skewer, the same bone-crafted dagger he used like a harpoon and he'd certainly use it if the sharks took an interest to him. Something clicked in his mind once more and throughout the murky darkness of the abyss he was shown a path to get get his revenge. How though? He doesn't know, he just swam and swam throughout the black waters. How did he swim? It just felt natural.

Eventually he had found something surprising, the wreckage of the old ship he once worked upon. It all had rotted away or became a home for sea life beyond metal and steel things like the bandings that held the ship or the anchor. Yes, the anchor...it'd make a perfect symbol of his return. He'd set fear in anchor on those who had wronged him. Surprisingly light, but that's probably due to not being able to feel the weight and the magic running through his body that'd allow him to pick up something like this.

His clothes were drenched and yet his limbs moved as if they weren't being held down by soaked clothes. His bandana would have no use on his head now as a mark of a crew, but now it'd adorn his face as a fear tactic. Having left the anchor under the dock he now leaned over and yanked it up with a little bit of elbow grease and set it beside him. He was home and his list was made.

"Oi, jus' how in the blue blazes did you manage to pull that out of the water?!" A drunkard had seen a man scrawnier than him lift an anchor belonging to a vessel out of the water and it certainly wasn't natural. Looking on over, the undead saw the man's face. "You... You look familiar," the dead man hissed. "Aye? You know me?"

"Yes... Are you a captain? Captain... Boon?"

The last thing the drunken captain had seen while he had figured out who was behind the mask was an anchor being hoisted up and swung his way. "Pyke please! No-!"

"One off the list..."


A few idea lines of dialogue for Ghost Ripper Pyke: __

Basic dialogue:

"Dead Men tell no tales, they just live enough to the see the myth."

"You don't believe in ghost stories? That's fine, ignorance is bliss."

"The list is growing, and look, your name's on it."

"Cutthroat? More like 'cut throats.'"

"Sea sick? Don't worry, the sharks will keep you company."

"Captain Hook? Ah... afraid I'm not familiar with him, but his name is on the list now... right under yours."

"Who're you calling 'shark bait', chum?"

"You look....familiar."

Ultimates - R:

"Anchor!"

"I can't do that with an anchor, but this I can!" - in reference to Alestorm's song "F@#cked with an Anchor"

"Consider yourself sunk."

Jokes:

"One Piece? Why not many?"

"I'm not stretchy."

"My name isn't Jack."

"Will you stop staring at my holes?!"

"I'm making a list, checking it twice."

4 Comments

AeonWhisperer6/3/2018, 2:09:50 AM3 votes

Let me know what you guys think! [sg-ahri-2]

Frink2026/3/2018, 8:07:47 AM2 votes

It defenitely has some potential, though the anchor idea is a bit vague for me.

Tree Citizen6/3/2018, 3:16:31 PM1 votes

I think it seems too similar to his current motif.