A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord

@jojo-buddy-v2 said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

What do you mean, he has a good amount of lore behind him,

Frankly, he doesn't have much. His main gig is he hunted down the crew of the Morning Star, and wanted to reach the Shores of Gold. That's like over half of his lore.

but also are you suggesting that he should come back for a third time? That would be rediculous.

Nah, just want more stuff themed around the character. Or more info on what his loyal followers are up to at the moment.

Also there are no cosmetics attached to killing the regular fort skelly lords (The duches, the mutinous helmsman, and the two faced scoundrel).

That's also pretty sad, we need more cosmetics themed around these guys too! Also, i'm pretty sure they aren't skeleton lords, as all skeleton lords can talk. Pretty sure they fall into their own category.

The regular forts have no cosmetics attached to them where the tall tale and the fotd both have cosmetics attached which I would say is equivalent to being attached to graymarrow himself

Again, that sucks that the regular forts are there only for money and useless commendations. The tall tale gives Morning Star ship pieces, which is the ship of Greymarrow's enemy. And the Fort of the Damned gives the Ferryman's cosmetics. Greymarrow is just there, and that's about it. He was put at the FotD because Rare didn't feel like adding a new boss there, as it's cheaper to just reuse Greymarrow's ghostly model from the 7th Tall Tale, and slap the "battle" code from the physical model in the 8th Tall Tale.

@mrstinkyfart169 said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

Id disagree because of the talltale, FOTD, and he even plays a role (albeit a small one) in the Athena's Fortune book! I do agree that there should be Greymarrow cosmetics! Hopefully Pirate Legend rewards for the seasons to come :)

Fair enough! I just think he really doesn't have too much involvement, at least compared to Flameheart, The Gold Hoarder, and even the Ashen lords. Briggsy and Greymarrow are pretty even, but i put Briggsy higher because she has like 4 cosmetic items tied to her.

Also which chapter of the audiobook does he do something in? I never heard of it and would like to check it out!

@realstyli said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

I wouldn't say Graymarrow is unappreciated, he is very much woven into the lore around Flameheart, Sir Arthur Pendragon and others who have had their souls trapped. He is the go-to for that kind of dark magic.

Fair enough! It's more of a personal opinion tbh. I just think other Skeleton Lords generally have a bigger spotlight. I always think of the other Lords like they are the main villains (except Briggsy, she's more of a like a not good but not bad character that shoved her hand too far in the cookie jar, and now regrets her skeletal form for vanity reasons). Greymarrow always struck me as a sort of side villain, kinda like a Waluigi type villain, whereas Flameheart and The Gold hoarder are more of a Bowser and Wario type villains, with a lot larger influences, (and followers, for that matter).

A lot of players are indifferent to him because it was seen as lazy when he was re-used as a ghost for the Fort of the Damned (and the Fate of the Damned limited time event), having already been a major boss in the Tall Tales with the same move set earlier that year (it didn't help that he's such a bullet sponge). Feedback which was addressed when they added later bosses.

Yeah, definitely was kinda lazy, and Rare kinda stupified the character in my eyes, as he's a literal shadow of his former self, he doesn't even have any dialogue. He just acts like a Caveman instead of a cunning and scheming Lord.

I'm fairly sure we will get more involvement from him as the Flameheart saga continues.

Probably! I do hope It goes beyond the usual, "Oh, this famous pirate is another guy Greymarrow preformed voodoo on and slapped in a rock" or whatever. IMHO his followers should have more impact to the Sea of Thieves, like a Tall Tale where we find out they have one of Greymarrow's book of curses that they want to use to capture Flameheart, and we have to steal it and eventually use it on Flameheart in the tall tale(s).

Regarding cosmetics, I wouldn't be against them adding some based on him - sword, bandana, beard, jacket and trousers.

I am a sucker for cosmetics, so I definitely agree! Even his bandana would be nice!

As for his appearance in the Athena's Fortune book/audiobook, that's in Chapter 13, mainly, though he is referred to later as well. Briggsy and Slate also appear in Chapter 13.

Thanks mate! I'll have to check it out.

@el-spaniardchi said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

...and Captain Grim now has a jacket we can get! (not to mention their ship, the Ashen Dragon).

Oh no you don't! Not mah jacket!

@muirist said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

@el-spaniardchi

I would love some cosmetics centered around him. He has been my favorite lord since he was first introduced. I need that beard!

That beard would be sick! I always loved how he tied silver coins in his beard. It probably would also be the longest beard Rare ever added.

@greengrimz said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

@el-spaniardchi said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

...and Captain Grim now has a jacket we can get! (not to mention their ship, the Ashen Dragon).

Oh no you don't! Not mah jacket!

Shhhhh. You didn't see anything....

@mrstinkyfart169 said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

@el-spaniardchi I can't give you a chapter unfortunately as I can't quite remember it exactly. But it's when Ramsey attempts to get all the pirates to work together. Greymarrow's opposed, and he and his crew walk out. It was very small and his name might be mentioned at most 3 times. I will say that I agree he should have at least 4 cosmetics to put him on the same level as Briggsy (who is also mentioned in the book!)

Ah, thanks mate! Pretty interesting that he was around the time of the pirate lord. And yeah, if Greymarrow had 4 cosmetics, i'd blow my ship with 20 kegs in happyness!

@el-spaniardchi Hmmm... After looking at some pictures, I'd say they should add his beard and his eyepatch. It kinda looks like he has pajama pants on, though, so maybe not all of his cosmetics should be introduced...

Also- there's a slightly disturbing thing I noticed while looking through the pictures- Graymarrow's right shoe has a hole in it, revealing some claw-like toes. Not so alarming at first, until you see it's resemblance to the pirate lord's peg leg. Does this mean something?

@mr-whaletoes Agreed! Although the pj pants might be interesting.

I always remember his sharp toes, although i never drew the corelation between that and the somewhat similar Pirate Lord's pegleg. Perhaps it's a coincidence? Or maybe there's a lore reason why the Pirate lord has such a odd pegleg, either to do with Greymarrow or something else.

@pithyrumble said in A post in honor of a unappreciated Skeleton Lord:

Graymarrow REMOVED a crew. Lore wise this is terrible.
Vicious.

EVIL.
OP.
Bruh

I think people aren't giving it agency or a voice to keep it weak. Lock this thread plz. You give him more power............

Nonsense! I'm a honest pirate! I'm totally not a skelly secretly forming a new Dark Bretheren, where we devote treasure to Greymarrow and try to resurrect him, so he can be the new Flameheart, and take over the Shores of Gold, and bind everyones souls to bananas, and i'm totally not trying to spread Greymarrow propaganda to help draw more pirates to our cause, while at the same time, posting topics to distract other pirates from my nefarious schemes...

So, now that that's settled, we need more skelly lord
cosmetics! Am i right, fellow normal pirates?