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49. Black Pirate (Jon Valor)
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Jon Valor is a ghost pirate.

We found him when we went to Opal City, home of Starman. The city was encased in a dome of shadow, courtesy of Simon Culp (the bad side of The Shade), and during the excursion there, which was a multi-session journey, we encountered a ghost pirate ship. We got them to join up, and since then, we've had a ghost pirate ship back at base.

Now, the ship itself is cool - it was our first seafaring vessel which was needed to take a few missions. It can be corporeal, and at other times, with no living folk on it, it can turn incorporeal and be immune to being attacked and can fly around and shit. This gives it some versatility, and we've done a number of sessions riding the ship so far.

So Jon Valor is the captain, and the one who speaks with us. He has a classic romantic sense about him when it comes to piracy - the kind that, say, loosely inspired One Piece, or the Steve Bonnet of Our Flag Means Death. Thus, when we speak with Valor, we are not talking with some scourge of the high seas, but rather, the more honorable sort, at least on the surface. This makes him align morally with us a little better for sure.

Jon Valor tends to get some good time in sessions, where he tends to be a good character to open things with and get us in the mood. In particular, his interactions with Minerva are great. Minerva goes on many aquatic missions since she is Atlantean - and our boat is a ghost ship. Minerva also has a phobia of ghosts. It's a fun interaction, as she clearly doesn't want to entangle with him, but the encounters are necessary.

Hint for 48: This character is or has been a sidekick.