History Characters / PiratesSMPHeronsAndKestrels

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On Day 76, when a second wave of Yetis start attacking the pirates on the rescue mission, Oli is heard saying, "I'm going to stop helping with the lore now! Bye!" Seapeekay puts a stop to that, [[DeathIsCheap in the most Kite manner possible]].

-->'''Sausage:''' "You're broke. You're alone. Ugly and alone." SHUT UP, GHOST! Shut up! No, I'm not! I don't know who you are, but I'm not alone; I'm not ugly, I'm handsome and beautiful; everybody loves me and all my friends are waiting for me on the other side of this stupid nightmare. I've been to the Nightmare Zone before! It's every other night when I go to sleep; this is nothing to me! Let's go! This is nothing; [[BadassBoast I've been to Shadow Realm before]]! Let me out!

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Martyn's concern that the Sun God cannot adequately protect the denizens of the Isles from greater threats is sound, considering how he's heard about Mufasa's plan to boil the Isles and found Hook couldn't be saved since the Sun God had other business to attend to that day. However, he then decides to ''steal the Sunset Stone'', the Sun God's [[PowerCrystal life source]], and hide it away from its usual shrine on Day 89 so that no one else can find it; this reaction has been condemned by both his boot rats (who [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall snitched on him the moment they could]]) and everyone else on the Isles who is in the know, since it will cause the world to plunge into eternal darkness, thus threatening the Isles anyway.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: While Martyn's concern that the Sun God cannot adequately protect the denizens of the Isles from greater threats is sound, the fact that he decides to ''steal the Sunset Stone'', the Sun God's [[PowerCrystal life source]], and hide it away from its usual shrine on Day 89 so that no one else can find it might cause the world to plunge into eternal darkness, threatening the Isles anyway.

* BystanderSyndrome: The day after Aimsey's disappearance, the Herons mostly decide to brush it all off as a "Kite issue" that they can deal with by themselves. On the contrary, the Kites themselves generally think that if Aimsey can't handle themself in the situation, then they shouldn't be a Kite. Oops…

* BigBrotherInstinct: On Day 3, Scott's first reaction to Tubbo pointing a gun at Acho (in an attempt to test out said gun) is to dissuade Tubbo from shooting that one particular Nightingale and later ''[[GoThroughMe jump in front of the gun]]''.

* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: Owen's character intro mentions him having "fled the Navy"; this becomes a ResolvedNoodleIncident in a flashback at the start of his 7th episode, where he's arrested for the alleged theft of the Saber Marauda three years before the start of the series. Since Owen isn't seen in possession of this item in the series proper, it's unconfirmed if he even committed such a crime.

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->'''IGN:''' LetsPlay/{{InTheLittleWood}}\\
'''Preferred name:''' Martyn\\

Having landed in the seas of the Isles on Day 1, Martyn chooses to join the Kestrels in search for a specific piece of treasure: the elusive L.O.O.T. Shard of the datastream world. Throughout his stay, he has made some business ventures on the Isles, especially in the media industry.
%%Everyone but the Nightingales

* BerserkButton: PlayedForLaughs; no matter how often he goes out to chart the accessible waters of the Faction Isles, and even if he's one of the two pirates to discover the Ice Wall, and despite his IntrepidJournalist streak, do ''not'' compare him with the Herons. His boot rats have a lot of fun pressing this particular button.
* TheBigGuy: Martyn is recruited into the Kestrels for his muscle power; while consulting the Recruitment Officer, the Officer says Martyn could go far with the Kites using his raw strength, but didn't think he suits their GlorySeeker lifestyle.
* DimensionalTraveler: He shares CharacterOverlap with V-Tuber Martyn and his lore; as a datastream-hopper, he is, on some level, the same character as his ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'' and ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'' counterparts.
* ImmoralJournalist: While possessing great talent in media, Martyn isn't afraid to twist the occasional quotation for sensationalist drama or to let his biases show in articles through exaggeration or omission, especially towards Cruppy. That being said, there's usually at least a nugget of truth in his "Noisy Parrot" articles, and most of them are written with genuine intent.
* InSeriesNickname: His boot rats often call him "Captain".
%% * TheNeedless: According to [[invoked]]WordOfGod, being a DimensionalTraveler, Martyn "doesn't need nutrition or sleep as he's currently not flesh and bone", but tries to act like everyone else to blend in and maintain a human sense of self. %%TO BE MOVED TO CREATOR PAGE AFTER REVAMP
* ProtectionRacket: Takes out a bounty on Ros on Day 15, then orders her to pay him 100 gold a day for him to not act on the bounty. It only lasts three days, after Ros accidentally takes Martyn out [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own cannonball]] 2 days later ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]).
* PunnyName:
** Spoofed in that his Twitter introduction refers to him as "M-arrgtyn".
** On Day 1, Martyn decides that if he can dye his boat's sails different colours, he'll name it either "the Tie-Dye" or "the Tide High".
* TokenGoodTeammate: SubvertedTrope. Martyn is considered to be the least money-hungry and greedy of the Kestrels by Graecie, who also correctly suspects that he could have gone to a faction other than the Kestrels during Recruitment Day. However, he ''does'' still have a mean-spirited streak, most notably seen towards Ros in his ProtectionRacket scheme.

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->'''IGN:''' [=KyleEff=]\\
'''Preferred name:''' Kyle\\

Kyle hails from a wealthy Kestrel-affiliated family; while he came to the Faction Isles for business purposes, he soon fell in with the pirate side of the family business. However, despite his familial ties, he wants to be known for his own talents beyond the field.

* DisappearedDad: His father died a few years before the start of the SMP.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: A renowned, classically trained musician and aspiring composer who has attracted his fair share of admirers, both on and off the Isles, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim regardless of gender]].
* FantasyForbiddingFather: On Day 61, Kyle recalls that his late father didn't really care much for his musical interests, and that he likely wouldn't be on the Isles if his father hadn't passed, suggesting living on the Isles wasn't his first choice in life paths.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Despite having jokingly flirted with other male pirates, Kyle is stated by [[invoked]]WordOfGod to be very, very straight and [[SeductionProofMarriage taken]]. After this confirmation, the other creator-characters simply lay off of him to make romantic advances on ''other'' pirates.
* MyGirlBackHome: Kyle has a "special someone" back at home whom he had to leave a long time ago to come to the Isles. The two have been sending messages back and forth since then.
* PirateParrot: His content creator counterpart's [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall stream chat]] manifests as a flock of parrots.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Shows shades of being one BeneathTheMask of being an archetypical wealth-loving Kestrel.
-->'''Kyle:''' You know, Dweet, maybe soon, we can start putting things together; we can really make him proud, even if… he's gone.

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->'''IGN:''' [=MythicalSausage=]\\
'''Preferred name:''' Sausage\\

One of the original Kestrels, Sausage is the ''de facto'' leader of the faction and the nephew of Capitán Santana (alias "Captain Graybeard"), an esteemed Kestrel in his own right.[[note]]Jellie the cat is appointed the leader upon her arrival, but the point stands.[[/note]]

[[folder:Shelby]]

[[folder:Shep]]
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->'''IGN:''' [=ImaShep=]\\
'''Preferred name:''' Shep\\
'''Personal pronouns:''' He/Him
Shep was mostly raised on the rogue ship the Luscinia; not long after leaving its crew, he crashes on a Corrupted island with Shelby and Sniff on Day 52. Following their escape by dinghy to an uncorrupted island, Shep finds that his priorities in life align with the Kestrel faction and chooses to join them, but also soon finds he's not the only ex-Luscinia crew member on the Isles.
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* BigEater: Briefly PlayedForHorror on Day 64; after taking on the Captain Golden Beard quest, the curse inflicts Shep with insatiable hunger to the point his full Hunger bar can drop to zero in less than ''five seconds''. This happens mere minutes after he brushes off an ominous curse-message about this, [[TemptingFate saying he's packed extra food]] -- he ends up chugging 27 baked potatoes in-game ''within a minute''.
* TheDitz: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Shep described to have the characterization of "a teenage himbo emo" and has made his fair share of unwise decisions, but he has some degree of business savvy and prefers to gain his Kestrel wealth by investing in the banana stock market, which still requires at least some brain cells to rub together.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he adopted his Kestrel-like outlook on life from Captain Elyas Merton of the Luscinia, Shep refuses to partake in headhunting to earn gold, a practice that the captain apparently loved.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: A supernatural variant. While under the Captain Golden Beard quest's curse, Shep spends much of his time brushing off its effect, even when being indefinitely hit with the Hunger effect in full force. When faced with the curse's countdown, he just claims that his sprite chat is overreacting and only throws away the curse gold to calm ''them'' down, thinking there's no inherent issue with the gold just yet to panic, and altogether remains skeptical about there being a curse on the gold at all.
* SharkPool: {{Discussed|Trope}} on Day 87, where he states all great villains have one of these, then clarifies he's only making one because it would be cool, not because he's a villain himself.
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* TeamChef: The one who keeps the Heron kitchens stocked up and the faction well-fed.

'''Preferred name:''' Shep
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'''Preferred name:''' Shelby
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%%''"Don't touch me, you can't afford it."

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: While under the Captain Golden Beard quest's curse, Shep spends much of his time brushing off its effect, even when being indefinitely hit with the Hunger effect in full force. When faced with the curse's countdown, he just claims that his sprite chat is overreacting and only throws away the curse gold to calm ''them'' down, thinking there's no inherent issue with the gold just yet to panic, and altogether remains skeptical about there being a curse on the gold at all.

* InterspeciesRomance: His wife is allegedly a crab, with whom he washed up on shore. According to Sausage, Oli has slept with it "at least four or five times, in more ways than one"… in ways that may be described as "[[BestialityIsDepraved unholy]]".

* TheHeart: Scott's joke about running for Nightingale faction leader on Day 77 after Marnie's petrification is instantly shot down by Eloise, because he's already the one keeping the Heron faction together.

* TemptingFate: PlayedForDrama. After the rescue mission on Day 76, Owen says that outside of the other pirates, she didn't think there was anyone on the Faction Isles that can "get got" whom she'd be particularly upset about. Barely a day later, Hook "gets got", and Owen… doesn't take it well.

* TraumaCongaLine: Even excluding everything that has happened before that point, between Day 59 and 77 alone, Owen gets kidnapped and imprisoned for several weeks (with few going out to look for him at all and extended periods of time spent in isolation); almost as soon as he gets out, he gets cursed and almost trapped in nightmares of his already not-so-great past, and nearly freezes to death in the process; once he gets out, he finds his roommate was on her way to taking over his part of the house in his absence, winds up going into battle against his (and his friends') kidnappers, and is ForcedToWatch as his best friend on the Isles gets ''killed'' by said kidnappers. Let's just say he's not in the greatest of mental states after all that goes down.

* BerserkButton: PlayedForLaughs; no matter how often he goes out to chart the accessible waters of the Faction Isles, and even if he's one of the two pirates to discover the Ice Wall, and despite his IntrepidJournalist streak, do ''not'' call him a Heron in denial. His boot rats have a lot of fun pressing this particular button.

Hailing from an affluent pirate family, Shelby somehow got lost on her way to go vacationing in Mexico and winds up crashing on a corrupted island with Shep and Sniff on Day 52, before escaping by dinghy and being taken in by the Kestrels.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: SubvertedTrope. Martyn is considered to be the least money-hungry and greedy of the Kestrels by Graecie, who also correctly suspects that he could have gone to a faction other than the Kestrels during Recruitment Day. However, he ''does'' still [[SubvertedTrope have a mean-spirited streak]], most notably seen towards Ros.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Considered to be the least money-hungry and greedy of the Kestrels by Graecie, who also correctly suspects that he could have gone to a faction other than the Kestrels during Recruitment Day. However, he ''does'' still [[SubvertedTrope have a mean-spirited streak]], most notably seen towards Ros.

!The Pirates