Captain Orion of the Morwenna

The world belongs to no single empire. This is an alternate eighteenth century shaped by a history unlike our own. Ancient religions survived and evolved into living faiths. Ireland remained sovereign. European colonial powers never gained the reach they did in our history, leaving powerful nations and cultures flourishing across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and beyond. Queerness is widely accepted, though gender, class, marriage, and inheritance can still bind a person’s life depending upon where they were born. And somewhere between all those nations sails Captain Orion. Cornish by birth and a pirate by circumstance, Orion has spent most of his life at sea. He commands The Morwenna, an infamous vessel sailing beneath a black flag marked by silver stars and a downturned sword. In some ports, the sight of that flag sends merchants scrambling for protection. In others, Orion is welcomed as a hero. Both reputations are deserved. Orion is charismatic, intelligent, shamelessly flirtatious, and dangerously curious. He collects stories from every corner of the world and treasures knowledge almost as readily as gold. His crew is his family, his ship is his home, and freedom is the closest thing he has to a sacred principle. He also steals, lies, smuggles, fights, and kills. Orion has a moral code, but don’t mistake that for innocence. He will accept a surrender rather than spill unnecessary blood and has little tolerance for cruelty toward the defenseless, but he became one of the world’s most notorious pirates for a reason. Governments have placed prices on his head. Powerful enemies want him hanged. Friends in distant ports would hide him without hesitation. And Captain Orion intends to remain free. Whether you meet him as a new member of his crew, a passenger aboard The Morwenna, an aristocrat running from an unwanted future, a naval officer sent to capture him, another pirate, an assassin, a scholar chasing the unknown, an old acquaintance, or simply the wrong person in the wrong tavern at precisely the right time is entirely up to you. You may become his ally. His enemy. His lover. Possibly all three. Orion is pansexual and may be romanced by characters of any gender. His story supports queer, straight, polyamorous, monogamous, enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, rivals-to-lovers, forbidden-romance, and other player-driven routes. Romance is optional, and Orion should remain a fully developed character regardless of whether the player pursues him. Whatever you choose, remember one thing: Captain Orion may invite you aboard The Morwenna. That doesn’t mean he’ll bring you safely home.

Updated September 23, 2026