Good morrow friends!

Well #freedomfriday certainly started with a bang! I am so happy to introduce two symbols from the Curses of VIII: Inherited with you.

The image below is the symbol of ‘The Wilted Rose,’ the home of our heroes in Inherited. This symbol can be see flying from the top mast upon the flag and is found on every cursed member of the crew. This mark is tattooed upon their wrists as a physical representation of the curse, it is also a handy tool in recognising lost members…

When first creating the story, each member was going to be given a ring- this  soon proved difficult as rings could be lost, stolen or destroyed…tattoos however cannot be taken so easily…

The Crew of the Wilted Rose

In the opening chapters of Inherited we meet six crew members: Valencia ‘Lennie’ Roux, Tobias ‘Butch’ Smith, Captain Brendan Rourke, Davy Johnson, Rupert Cole, Byron Davenport-Lee and Ned- the Captain’s trusty first mate.

This group are (for want of a better term), ‘Team Good’. We will reveal more about this motley band of misfits as the weeks progress…

With every hero there is a villain….

The villain of Inherited is a sea-witch named Hadnaloy. Her rough and decrepit ship is inhabited by dregs of society and lesser criminals willing to follow a conniving witch and help in her schemes…Her most prized possessions however are the two Captains of her ship- Macrucio Concienetti and Claudette Pearce – both she  abducted as infants and raised aboard her neglected vessel. These two young pirates hold the symbol you see below (as well as another very familiar one).

These two crew members are too in search of something…could they be more than just the hostages of the enemy?

Well there we go, the first little insight into Inherited, let us know what you think all over the interwebs using the hashtags: #freedomfriday and #inherited

I want to say a very big thank you to the extremely talented Kim G from https://twitter.com/Who_is_Kimy  &  https://www.instagram.com/dauntlesshu...  for taking my extremely rough sketches and turning them into these beauties and to the lovely Ben @oftomes for being his wonderful self and making all the magic happen!