Oh, man... Let's see, Nate Swordwalker was not me first pirate. I deleted all the previous ones because they didn't seem right. When I got Nate Swordwalker though, that stuck. The real date I joined pirates was November 7th, 2007. 1 week after the game came out. Unfortunately, not a founder because of the non membership.
I started out with a hat that was like a triangle, no longer on the game (kind of like Captain Jack's hat

). I loved that hat, until I got the barbossa hat.

I had a white shirt, long sleeves, black pants, and what is now called the plain white basic sash. I really hated wearing shoes, so whenever I got unlimited back, off came the shoes. But I had some lame leather boots. His hair was black, even though mine is really auburn. It is long, it is the same on all of my pirates. A mullet. xD What can I say? I have long hair.
I was never a member until last summer, where I took off the shirt and shoes, got me a black belt, and started my quest to 50. My first membership card ended at level 37, a couple days before the notoriety cap was raised.
My ships are all very blurry to me. I remember on the 7th day that I joined, I had my light galleon, but I didn't have full sail yet. I got into a race from Port Royal to Tortuga with one of my best friends, Jack Daggershot. He told me to go full sail, and so I pressed down on the up arrow key harder. -facepalm- I had no idea. He beat me there by a couple minutes, dang. Lol
Another one of my best friends was Enrique Whaleeaston. We were the best of beds. We helped each other get the doll at our noobish levels, and he was incredibly nice.
Then, I met Kat Five Knives. I was on some random server ( I think Tortos ) and was level 27 and went in to Fort Charles to fight the Mercenary that always spawned in the same place. I was shocked that she was a level 40, because she was the first one I ever saw. I rather rudely (at least I think rudely) and randomly asked her to be my friend. She surprisingly accepted, and thus, a friendship that will never end was born!
The first guild I was ever in was The Baratarians. Kat De Fever, Kat's current pirate in Barataria, guilded me. I then took a couple month break, and when I came back, I was out of the guild. Apparently, the GM went on a rampage for personal reasons and deleted nearly all (out of 500) the members. A couple of my friends from the guild went off and created their own guild. Spanish Muerta. The almighty Spanish Muerta! I had some of my best friends in the world there. Sadly, the GM lied to us, and we left, some of us. Now, most of it is gone.
After all that rambling, I suppose that is enough talking. Lol
As of January 23rd, 2010, Nate Swordwalker is a fully mastered pirate... (except for fishing and potions.

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