History Main / NotSoSafeHarbor

** Port Phasmatys was once an example of Type 2, until it became a literal Ghost Town when all the residents were transformed into spirits. Surprising lack of {{GhostPirate}}s, although Bill Teach and Pirate Pete are pirates who are still very much alive.

** Port Phasmatys was once an example of Type 2, until it became a literal Ghost Town when all the residents were transformed into spirits. Surprising lack of GhostPirates, although Bill Teach and Pirate Pete are pirates who are still very much alive.

*** In RealLife rape wasn't ''that'' widespread as it is often thought now. After all why bother with a screaming and kicking victim who has generally as little qualms about human life as you do and isn't at all shy to give you some nasty knife slashes (there were ''no'' YamatoNadeshiko women in those parts), when you can spend a paltry sum on a professional hooker and get whatever you want without any fuss?

* Innsmouth in the CthulhuMythos is a Type 2 TownWithADarkSecret.

* Madripoor in the Marvel Universe is a Type 1 set in modern times.

*** The Tortuga of the film is still somewhat cleaned up and [[Disneyfication Disney-fied]], compared to how you'd expect it to be in real life; women can walk safely around without any fears of being raped, for example. Considering that a lot of the pirates have no qualms about murder ( [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything at least in theory]]), that there are much more men than women everywhere in the film, and how most pirates spend a long time in boats without women, you'd expect that even pretty young men wouldn't be safe, let alone Elizabeth Swann.

* Gloucester in ''Captains Courageous''
* Rhodes in OverTheWineDarkSea is the home port. A whole bunch of other cities are where they visit.

* {{EverQuest}} 1 has the entire ''Legacy of Ykesha'' expansion. All the zones in that expansion are located on an island called Brokenskull Rock, and Brokenskull Rock swarms with pirates. One of the zones is called Dulak's Harbor.

* VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor has the aptly named "Rogueport".

-->-- '''Tortuga Bay''' by RunningWild

* RunningWild's "Port Royal" also dwells on the subject.

* ''The Mariner's Revenge Song'' by TheDecemberists seems to be set around a place like this.

* [[PaperMario Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door]] has the aptly named "Rogueport".

*** The Tortuga of the film is still somewhat cleaned up and [[Disney Disney-fied]], compared to how you'd expect it to be in real life; women can walk safely around without any fears of being raped, for example. Considering that a lot of the pirates have no qualms about murder ( [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything at least in theory]]), that there are much more men than women everywhere in the film, and how most pirates spend a long time in boats without women, you'd expect that even pretty young men wouldn't be safe.

Type 1 is the ''Booty Bay'', usually the hangout of your favorite {{pirates}}, whether they're idle or not. Expect them to be on an unknown location where authorities try to be on the margin of things and raids every once in a while. Set either somewhere in the [[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanLuv Caribbean]] or in Southeast Asia, though not exclusively, expect it to be on the 18th or the early 19th century.

As far as mankind has dominated the sea, sailors have been considered as one of the lowest links of the social hierarchy, since these men spend many, many weeks at sea and usually not having a steady place to live, traveling a lot and usually, but not always, using the little wages they have on lowly pleasures. Hence, the typical image got through times on the settlements made to give these men a place to spend their wages and satisfy their urges.

* Libertatia (or Libertalia), the free communalist colony forged by pirates on Madagascar under the leadership of Captain James Misson in the late 1600s. There is little historical evidence to suggest that Libertatia ever actually existed.

* Tortuga, Singapore and Shipwreck Cove from ''{{Pirates of the Caribbean}}''.

* [[OnePiece The Grand Line]] in all it's cliched piratey glory.

* In ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
** "Look alive, men! It's not for naught it's called Shipwreck Island, where lie Shipwreck Cove in the town of Shipwreck."
** Tortuga is equally unsafe, if not worse.

Type 2 is the ''Stormalong Harbor'', generally associated with the novel ''MobyDick'' and a staple of the NewEngland culture in general, though it is not a requirement to be. Expect sea shanties, whalers, maidens who wait for their men to return, and privateers around, usually set during the 19th century or the early 20th century.

* The pirate island in ''{{Ultima}} IV: Quest of the Avatar''.
** It appears in every Ultima game since number four, and its name is Buccaneer's Den.

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