Control a skeleton army!

What if you could harness the awesome power of skeletons and wield it against other players? Here's how it works:

1. Every server gets a single bone flute artifact.

2. When a player controls the bone flute, their ship is visible on the map for everyone to see.

3. When you own the bone flute, you can play it for skeletons and they'll fall under your spell. Skeletons are of course attracted to gold, so the more wealth you have on your ship, the more skeletons you can control, up to 10. They'll crew for you, attack for you, but are pretty easy to kill. Also, possessing the bone flute and a boat full of treasure makes you a tempting target for other crews.

4. You can claim an island. If you carry your treasure ashore, your skeletons will begin work on a fortress to protect it, which also becomes visible to the map. Each fortress has a different layout, depending on the island's topography. The more treasure you have inside your fortress, the more skeletons you get working for you, the quicker the construction goes, and the better your defenses.

5. Defend your fortress (and its treasure) from other crews and skeletons not under your command.

6. If another crew steals the bone flute, your fortress starts to crumble. If the bone flute sinks, it disappears from that server for several days, and then is buried and available to find via treasure map.