Legend of the Norse Captain

Legends say the Norse fleets were powerful, but one ship and one captain reigned over all. This captain stole the largest and strongest of the Norse ships, Thunder Lane, but was renamed Ebony Night when the new captain stole the vessel. There was one other thing that was particular about this though. Not only did this captain rule the crew with an iron fist, this captain was also the single woman on in this ship. She was called Mary Diress, but went only by her surname.

Aboard her ship with her all male crew, she made sure no other vessel was left standing, nor any man that got in their way.

"They think they can bring us down? They are clearly mistaken." Diress spoke up after destroying a smaller British ship

She hated British most of all for they were one of Norway's biggest rivals, although, she wasn't planning on returning home, for her love for the sea was greater than her love of her homeland.

"My lady." her first mate called "They seek help and the rest of the fleet surrenders."

Diress looked to him as if he was the stupidest man alive.

"That is not our way, execute them all, leave no one alive." Diress demanded

"My lady you should…" her first mate started before he was cut off

"Don't even thinking of finishing that sentence or you'll be thrown overboard, left to die with them." Diress told him, then glared "Do as you're told."

The rest of the crew aboard the Ebony Night did as they were told, for they knew Diress meant what she said, she would've had them killed too. She may of been the only lady on the ship, but she ruled them like a tyrant, and and scary one at that. However, one night was about to change her entire ship.

On course, the Ebony Night was sailing at night, but it sailed danerously close to the accursed Devil's Triangle. Now the triangle was dangerous during the day, but at night, the curses with it where much worse. It was the point where you don't have to enter the triangle to get cursed. Sailing right next to it was bad enough and that's what happened to the Norse vessel.

Under the veil of darkness, the waters around the Devil's Triangle gave off a shadowy black fog and Diress made the worst decision: going through it. It was a big mistake, for her ship, her crew, and the captain was cursed. The Ebony Night became coal black and emitted shadowy mist off of it.

Diress saw herself in her mirror located in her quarters. Her skin turned white, her long black hair started blowing as if wind went through it, her garments turned black, her once brown eyes were now red, and her lips were covered in bright red blood as if the blood was lipstick.

The rest of the crew became shadow spirits too, but she was the most terrifying.

"What have you done, my lady?" One of the lower ranked crew members asked

"What I've done is cursed us, but it might have made us stronger too." Diress told him "We'll make this curse work and we'll be the true terror of the sea."

"She could be right on that." the first mate spoke up "What's terror, when you're not terrifying yourself."

However, the curse caused a terrible fate to happen. Once the sun came up, the entire ship with the crew on it disappeared and can only reappear in darkness or at night.

Wanted posters were soon sent out about the deadly female captain, her face drawn on them, but the posters were more for warning. This is what they read:

Wanted: Mary Diress

Beware, she kills without mercy and brings terror to the sea. Last seen on a large black Norse ship. If you manage to capture her a huge reward will be given.

Word spread about Diress throughout most of Europe, one of the wanted posters falling into the hands of a high ranked Spanish Captain: Armando Salazar. He grew interested in this infamous female from Norway. Not only did he go with his men to seek and kill pirates, but to find her too. But before he could find her, he soon found himself cursed and trapped by the same Devil's Triangle that cursed Diress. If he was to be freed, only two things were on his mind: Kill Jack Sparrow for trapping him, curing him too, and find Mary Diress, but not for money, for another reason.

To be continued….