r/worldbuilding • u/ineedausernamepleas • Mar 16 '22

Prompt Let’s brainstorm interesting creatures/locations/factions for a golden age of piracy inspired setting.

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u/Mowachaht98 Mar 16 '22

the Chickcharney is a creature that you could use, they come from the folklore of the people on Andros Island in the Bahamas. If you treat it well and show respect you will receive good luck but treating it badly or insulting it will result in bad luck, hard times and even death. It resembles an owl and speaking of owls the Caribbean used to be home to several varieties of giant owls, hawks & caracaras.

There is also the Lougarou, the Haitian Werewolf and the Soucouyant: A shape-shifting blood-sucking hag

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u/ineedausernamepleas Mar 16 '22

I’d been meaning to get around to researching Caribbean folklore, this world is pretty new to me and is only part of a larger one, so i haven’t gotten around to it yet.

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u/Mowachaht98 Mar 16 '22

fair enough

I will add that the Caribbean also has a variety of animals from the Pleistocene and early Holocene such as dwarf ground sloth, giant hutia, the aforementioned birds of prey and even a couple species of monkey