Wind Waker: A taste of the wild side.

A taste of the wild side

Triforce Shard 2: In the calamity that flooded the old world and created the Great Sea, the Triforce of Courage was broken into eight shards. This is one of the eight shards that must be reunited to craft the Triforce of Courage. Link can find these shards spread all over the Great Sea. The talking fish can often help him find the shards, though the rumors they repeat are so old that they send you looking for triumph forks instead of the Triforce.

A small brass cup used for wine tasting by a pirate lord well known for their love of wine and charcuterie. The cup was a gift to the pirate lord from fallen nuns whom he educated in the ways of hedonism. This is one of the nine nereid keys, so it is kept safe on the Corsair’s person at all times.

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Here is the third piece of eight from the Pirates of the Caribbean. This one is owned by Ammand the Corsair.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A lucky bottle top.

 A lucky bottle top

Triforce Shard 1: In the calamity that flooded the old world and created the Great Sea, the Triforce of Courage was broken into eight shards. This is one of the eight shards that must be reunited to craft the Triforce of Courage. Link can find these shards spread all over the Great Sea. The talking fish can often help him find the shards, though the rumors they repeat are so old that they send you looking for triumph forks instead of the Triforce.

This shard of a bottle is kept by a pirate captain as a sign of luck’s favor. The bottle helped the captain in a bar fight that earned them their first ship and holds immense sentimental value. The shard is also one of the nine nereid keys to the great seal.

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This is the second of the Nine pieces of eight from the Pirates of the Caribbean. This one belonged to Eduardo Villanueva, the very reserved Spaniard.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A simple jade necklace

A simple jade necklace

Pirate's Charm: This glowing blue crystal is one part of a matched set of amulets. The bearer of one of these amulets can communicate with others who wear a matched amulet, even across great distances. Link is given his charm by Tetra the Pirate during his first visit to the Forsaken Fortress while he is trying to free his sister. With the amulet, Link can communicate with Tetra and with the King of Red Lions.

A rough piece of jade treasured by a pirate captain. This simple necklace acts as both a token of office as well as one of nine nereid keys. The current owner of the necklace is a young upstart captain that inherited the necklace with the position without ever learning the secret of the nereid keys.

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This is the first of the nine pieces of eight from the Pirates of the Caribbean films. This piece of jade was first seen in the possession of Sao Feng, the scourge of the South China Sea.

We’ll go through all nine pieces of eight, so there is an item card for each of the pirate lords.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: L'âme de la Mer.

L'âme de la Mer. 

Nayru's Pearl: This blue rune-etched pearl is held by the Greatfish Jabun. Jabun, a descendant of Lord Jabu-Jabu, is hesitant to part with the sacred pearl, but is convinced to part with it by Link’s ship The King of Red Lions. It helps that the ship is one of the few beings in the Great Sea that can still speak ancient Hylian, the only language Jabun knows. With all three pearls, Link can raise the Tower of the Gods up from the seafloor to commune with divine power.

This necklace is known as the Soul of the Sea. It was intended to be a wedding gift for a young baroness, but it was lost when the ship she was sailing on sank into the icy waters of the Winter Sea. Divers and treasure hunters dream of recovering such a prize from the sea’s depths, but the wreck of the sunken ship has yet to be found.

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This is my take on the Heart of the Ocean from Titanic. The highlighting and the faceting on this one left much to be desired in the color version.

This is the final of the three “great gems” mini-set I drew for Wind Waker. The next few items are also a mini-set, but this time we are going to explore the nine pieces of eight from the Pirates of the Caribbean.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: A diamond of hope.

A diamond of hope 

Farore's Pearl: This green rune-etched pearl is held by the Great Deku Tree of the Great Sea. Link is given this second pearl by the Great Deku Tree for heroic deeds in service to the Korok people. Along with the other two pearls, it is used to draw up the Tower of the Gods from beneath the waves.

This diamond once decorated the crown of one of the most excessive and out of touch monarchs in history. While their people starved, they commissioned ever grander displays of wealth. When the stone was stolen and sold by revolutionaries to feed the hungry, it became a true symbol of hope to the people.

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This is my take on the hope diamond. The jewel probably began its life as the Tavernier Blue, a massive violet gem with perfect clarity that was cut for King Louis XIV of France and was stolen during the French Revolution.

Gems and other transparent materials are difficult for me to capture so this set of three great gems was a tall order to complete.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph