Welcome to the far-off land of the Caribbean, a land of sailing ships, swashbuckling heroes, famous love ballads, and more glitz and glamour than any other place in the world.

Of course, you all know what the Caribbean's famous for: The infamous Black Pearl.

Long ago, there was a legend of that very black ship so ghostly that it sometimes appears when a thick fog grew. It sails were big and black as they'd been cut from the shadow and sewn with sin. Timbers stained dark with the blood of those who were unlucky enough to cross paths with the ship.

And it was said that its crew were pirates, cursed to sail for all eternity under a wind of mayhem and mischief.

That ship once belonged to the most notorious swashbuckler...until a set of events led to the most unexpected tales more legendary than those ever told and had even put the Caribbean on the map.

And this is where our tales begin...