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

Star Trek first contact day was yesterday

April 5th 2063 is when humans made first contact with aliens in Star Trek.

Comm Badge: Tap to talk, hands free positioning on and off planets, and ID badge all in one. 

Humans didn’t do a great job when they made first contact in 2063. We’ve got 42 years to get to a place where we can do a whole lot better. Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

I'm not an artist: Five masks from Majora’s Mask used as a disguise by a swashbuckling hero.

Five masks from Majora’s Mask used as a disguise by a swashbuckling hero.

Gibdo Mask: Link obtains this mummy mask by removing a mummification curse from an unfortunate supernatural researcher. When Link wears these wraps, other mummies think he is one of them and are willing to speak with him. Along with chatting with Gibdos, Link can also avoid being attacked by the undead when wearing this mask. 

Valentine Desjardins is known as a courageous hero to some, an unscrupulous scoundrel to others, and is most truly a bit of both. Hot on the trail of a missing archeologist, Valentine Desjardins had to find a way inside of a guarded research laboratory. By disguising themself as a mummy inside a sarcophagus made by a gifted forger, the guards brought Desjardins into the most secure section of the facility where the missing archeologist, along with many priceless relics, were stored. 

I'm not an artist: Five masks from Majora’s Mask used in a play for children.

Five masks from Majora’s Mask used in stories for children.

Don Gero’s Mask: Link earns this mask by lighting all the torches in the Goron Shrine. A Goron will thank Link for the help illuminating the shrine by giving him a mask that allows Link to speak with frogs. While not a universally useful mask, Link needs this mask to tell frogs that the long winter is over, and the choir is reconvening. If Link can get the whole band back together, he is rewarded with a Piece of Heart.

The many adventures of Hoppy the friendly toad are moral tales written to teach children lessons like always look both ways before crossing the road and never pick up the unholy idol you found in a secret chamber in the basement. Hoppy always know the right thing to do, but they are very easily influenced and are pushed to take the ill-advised action by their peers. In “Hoppy Finds the Pirate Treasure”, Hoppy and friends bumble their way through a heavily trapped pirate cave in search of the recently lost treasure of Diamond Beard.