Bad Ignacio Nightingale

"You were born to serve us. You were born to be our instrument of death and knowledge. And you are human - and that is your greatest mistake. You. Belong. To. Me."



"Cool cool! Still going to blow this station up."

-Bishop and Ignacio







Captain Ignacio Nightningale, usually revered and respected as "Bad Ignacio," was a pirate captain famed for his cunning and charisma and his reputation as an open enemy of the oppressive Armada, a vast empire of artificially intelligent clockwork constructs seeking to seize control of the Spiral. Originally an enslaved agent of the Armada's mad tinkerer and devilishly brilliant strategist Bishop with no past, Ignacio would see his liberation at a young age at the hands of the Marleybonian Navy following the raid of an Armada battle station over the world of Cool Ranch, which would be considered one of the first acts of war between the two factions.



His freedom would not be gained easily. Only narrowly surviving the station's destruction thanks to the rewiring of an expedition golem, Ignacio would find himself stranded on the desert world of Cool Ranch with only his twin pistols, a natural taste for the dark arts, and his clever mind. For several years, Ignacio would wander the sparsely populated wastes of Cool Ranch only to be forced into servitude once again by a local pirate by the name of English Bill.







Ignacio would quickly learn under his service that Bill was a practiced hand at magic. While the refugee had a specific affinity for it, Bill had clearly honed his ability with witchcraft over the course of decades and would not easily be defeated in a battle. Despite his disadvantage, Ignacio believed that with practice, he would become a much more powerful witchdoctor than Bill - and practice he did. Serving as cabin boy aboard English Bill's frigate, the Adventure Prize, for much of his young life, Ignacio would practice magic in secret for much of his time aboard the cursed ship. With a pinch of luck and a drop or two of blood, he discovered he could manipulate the minds of the weak willed with ease and, with time, turn his foes' powers against them. Quickly seeking to exploit this new power, Ignacio organized a mutiny aboard the Prize and would quickly persuade more than half the enslaved crew to join him.





<p style="text-align: center;">The Adventure Prize

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<p style="text-align: center;">Though initially Bill proved to be more than a match for the mutinous crew, Ignacio would quickly bring his hidden power to light and begin to drain his hated foe, forcefully stripping him of his power and using it to strengthen himself and his crew. Baffled, the infamous pirate raider English Bill stood no chance and was easily defeated, his very essence stolen and intertwined with Ignacio's. Seeing a glorious opportunity to stake his claim against the evil of the Armada and any others who had wronged him, Nightingale commandered the Adventure Prize and purged any crew members still loyal to Bill.

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<p style="text-align: center;">Captain Ignacio "liberating," a port from the clutches of the Armada.

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