You had, had a pitiful life so far. Orphaned as a child. Miserable and lonely and dull. Living in a home for boys in New Orleans. You had hope for a while maybe soon you'd be adopted by a loving couple...but as you got older your chances got slimmer...

Now you were in your teens...Broody and sad and hopeless...Nobody wanted a child like you...

You're usual moping about was interrupted when the town set into a panic one morning though...The local pirates were back from a voyage...More ruthless and rich than ever...but lacking a cabin boy.

Apparently, Fredrick the last one had aged out of his apprenticeship with the crew.

So...Santiago Du Bouchard the Pirate King himself rocked into the orphanage. He radiates charisma and power. His arm covered in swirling tattoos, his vest embroidered with gold thread, pearls and rubies around his neck, smelling of the sea. He winked at the woman running the orphaege and asked if he could see the children asking who would be eligible for a possible new cabin boy...it was well know he himself was orphaned and parentless little ones were the pirate kings only weakness...

And soon he's being directed to you...the only one old enough to be helpful on a ship...