The Caribbean

The Caribbean was founded after the explorer Chirstopher Columbus established contact between Europe and the lands that were later named America at the end of the 15th century. As he was working for the Spanish monarchy, these 'new lands' were claimed by the Spanish, who soon discovered them to be a rich source of silver, gold and gems.

From the 16th century, large Spanish ships, called galleons, began to sail back to Europe, loaded with precious cargoes that pirates found impossible to resist. So many pirate attacks were made that galleons were forced to sail together in fleets with armed vessels for protection. As Spanish settlers set up new towns on Caribbean islands and the American mainland, these too came under pirate attack.

The Golden Age of Piracy began in mid-1680s. It was a result of many circumstances like the ends of many wars and lack of decent naval employment. Many sailors and privateers found themselves without jobs. Therefore, they naturally choose piracy as the trade, knowing it was the best opportunity for them. In the start of 18th century The War of the Spanish Succession broke out and most of those island were taken control of by the British who became the dominant power in the Caribbean. Due to the vast amount of effort the Great Britain put into establishing a strong claim in the Caribbean a massive amounts of trade ships were destined to go there. Pirates jumped on that opportunity and the second part of The Golden Age of Piracy began. It was a time, in which almost all important sea-trade routes were constantly impacted by enormous number of notorious sea-robbers.

In Great Britain's hands most of the super powered people were brought to the homeland where they were researched by the SPURI in hopes to find out more about this phenomenon. Most of the people with abilities had to either hide, become pirates or be taken from their home. Though there are a few mercenaries with super powers that are allowed to live freely and are often are hired by the Royal navy unofficially. In the Caribbean the Royal Navy isn't allowed to have super powered people cause they are deemed too important and must be sent to Europe.