Name: The Shadow Postmen.

Ship: They have branches located all over the world.

Captain: Every branch has its own leader, and they all report to a team of notoriously corrupt businessmen, who are actually honest enough to follow and enforce a strict code, be upfront and clear with all details, and will always hold up their end of a deal as long as the other party does the same.

Crew: Trained birds, races of bird people, and men with fast cargo ships.

Notable crewmembers: Currently unknown.

Note: Rather than engaging in piracy, they thrive by working as postmen and deliverymen for pirates. They carry letters and packages to pirates and other criminals who pay a substantial fee for the services rendered. They are responsible for the transfer of treasure, prizes, food, supplies, information, and written communication between pirates all over the seas. And since transponder snails can be intercepted by the Marines, its a safer way to get your messages to your allies. And by not committing any actual crimes themselves and exploiting a series of technicalities and legal loopholes, they keep the Marines off them. They're hated by pirates for the prices they charge, and they're hated by everybody else for aiding pirates, but it seems nobody's about to do anything about them.

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Name: The Parrot Pirates.

Ship: The Sea Falcon. (A large ship decorated with a large bird figurehead, armour in the form of feathers, and is armed with explosive egg-shaped cannonballs, and bird-shaped missiles that have great range and incredible power.)

Captain: Red Parrot. (The self-proclaimed smartest man on the seas. He's a bit short, and his title is exaggerated, but he's no fool, is very opportunistic, and is nasty in a fight.)

Crew: An abundance of able-bodied men.

Notable crew-members: Unknown.

Note: Their captain is very crafty and has a small fleet, but only his flagship is of great quality. Despite this, the captain makes it far more formidable by planning for every possibility, and keeping his men organized, in top form, and able to switch tactics on the fly.

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Name: Lord of the Seas.

Ship: The Gaston Fortress. (6 large ferries that were fused together and rebuilt into 1 gigantic floating castle, that easily dwarfs nearly all other ships.)

Captain: King Gaston. (A king who was overthrown and exiled, who took to the seas and then took over part of the ocean.)

Crew: Mostly his loyal subjects.

Notable crew-members: The Royal Guards.

Note: When the king was overthrown and exiled from his island kingdom, he managed to talk them into letting him keep everything he bought and paid for using his own money and not the taxes, in exchange for stepping down without a fight and not making the revolution a bloody one. What nobody realized at the time was that he personally paid for the ferries that served as the lifeblood for the island, the ships and weapons that protected the island, and the statues that helped bring in the tourists, while the taxes only covered the maintenance on them. He was also responsible for business deals that brought money and valuable trade to the island, and with him gone they fell through. The island fell into poverty and decay not long afterwards, while the exiled king and his loyal subjects thrived more than ever before, thanks mainly to his leadership and their newfound lack of sabotage, making it one of the most regrettable and messed up coups ever. He now rules over a stretch of ocean nearly a thousand times bigger than his old kingdom, including many small islands that total up to be almost as big as his old island, and everybody who wants to sail through must pay his tolls.

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