The year is 1715, and the Caribbean is a tropical paradise shadowed by morbid times.

 are at war, fighting over the region's treasures and trade routes, while the 

play both sides with a clandestine network of spies and assassins. In the Bahamas, an alliance of pirates and cutthroats known as 

 have overtaken the town of Nassau. Their new magistrate is the dread pirate 

All the while, rumors are spreading. Pagan rituals, Vodou incantations, and the prayers of monks and missionaries have immediate and tangible results that cannot be explained. Old magic is more than a thing of legend in this place..

Behind the scenes, a covert cult known only as 

 conspire to summon dark creatures from the deep, while the mysterious native nation of 

lies in wait, vowing to protect the seas from these new adversaries. But these are just the forces of 

Rafts overflowing with ravenous zombies drift upon the waves, satiated only by human flesh. Evil hoards of skeletons, puppeted by some unknown force, sail the seas in cursed galleons, spreading death in their wake. Ships disappear constantly, and marooned sailors weave tales of ghostly vessels who burn entire treasure fleets just to watch them sink. Something foul plagues the 