who's the wee guy at the front?

ermm... well... he's a ghost pirate who happens to be a monkey... actually he's more of a privateer than a pirate but it sounds shite when i tell people

ME "the hero's a ghost privateer monkey!"

THEM " haha...a what? whats a privateer then?"

ME "forget it."

Soo, for clarity's sake, here's a sort of dictionary definition if you can be arsed to read it.

A Privateer was an armed ship under papers to a government or a company to perform specific tasks. The men who sailed on a privateer were also called privateers. The papers were usually referred to as a Marque of Letters. Some times these letters would give the captain rights to act in the behalf of a certain company or government to commit acts of reprisal, escort merchants, or protect coastal areas or property. Often the limits of the Marque were vague, leaving it up to the captain and crew to determine what they could take or attack. Sometimes the privateers ignored the Marque and just did what they bloody well pleased. Most of the time, Privateers were engaged of act of reprisals against other nations, that is engaged in acts of war. A key distinction between a Merchant and Privateer, is the privateer was not paid by the nation or company but paid by taking spoils from ships or properties they attacked or fought off.

Got that? Well, for those that didnae bother reading it, a privateer was a sort of legitimate pirate. He would be 'paid' by a country to attack 'enemy' ships and other pirates. Just like the A-team or Sir Francis Drake. The infamous ghost duck pirate..... haha... whats the bets he's going to make an appearance in a later episode.... if I can ever get round to making the first one that is.

So, I'm gonna call him a pirate but he's more of a pirate for hire who hunts down the bad pirates sort of pirate. Right? Glad thats all clear then.