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Tar-es-Kamal
Updated: Sept. 17, 3:29 p.m.
This island is a canonical part of the DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND setting. You can still edit it, but aware that the admins may revert your changes if they don't align with the overall vision of the setting.
Summary
Most famous for being home to infamous Ingolo Heart-Eater, one of the most feared pirate captains in the islands.
Virtually uninhabitable if you aren’t in Heart-Eater’s anchorage; the island is overrun with terrible predators, cliffs and swamps and creepy ruins full of monsters. A bad place.
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Tar-es-Kamal is a long island that stretches across several major trading routes in the area. Along one side, the island forms one half of the feared “Crocodile’s Jaws”, a narrow straight between Tar-es-Kamal and the neighboring island, and through which a good deal of traffic is forced to travel.
The island is thickly forested in hardwoods and undergrowth, which hides the fearsome predators that lurk within. For Tar-es-Kamal is home to many of the great theropods that fear nothing, and cannot be stopped by any weapon short of a heavy cannon. Expeditions to this island usually end in screams, and later harrowing tales told by those who were wise enough not to venture ashore.
There is one safe anchorage: a narrow inlet at the north end of the island. Getting in requires some tricky sailing, and it is well known that the entrance channel is covered by a number of carefully-laid guns. There have been a few Imperial attempts to storm the harbour, but the blasted hulks of the warships around the entrance testify to the strength of the defenses. This, of course, is the home of Ingolo Heart-Eater, the notorious cannibal pirate, feared not only by the Empire but by everyone in the islands. Nobody has yet challenged the supremacy of his massive flagship and lived to tell the tale.
Ingolo Heart-Eater
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“Why do you THINK they call me Heart-Eater?”
A massive warrior, scowling and preparing to eat his enemies, preferably while they still live — this is the popular image of the infamous Ingolo Heart-Eater.
And unlike most popular images, it’s largely true.
Ingolo is a terrifying man, utterly without remorse or compassion. What drives him is a mystery, but he seems bound and determined to acquire wealth and to spread fear in the largest portions possible. He spends most of his time sulking in his base on Tar-es-Kamal (well, people assume he’s sulking. For all anyone knows, he’s practicing the tin whistle), waiting for the moment to sally forth, to pillage and burn… and eat.
Yes, Ingolo Heart-Eater eats hearts. He believes the hearts of his enemies give him strength and life, and that he can live forever if he keeps up this practice. It’s hard on his crew, but they are well-motivated to find and conquer prizes on their captain’s behalf.
He is brutal in combat, but far more subtle in his ship-handling than most suspect. It’s no coincidence that he’s been so successful — for all his superstition and savagery, Ingolo is intelligent and perceptive, and he learned his seamanship well. His massive flagship is handled with alarming skill, and many a merchant captain convinced his little sloop could easily out-maneuver the great warship has been unpleasantly surprised.
