Oooh, a chance to share my grand vision for an idea I really wanted to happen back in POTCO:
Long ago, the dreaded Captain Casper Reis raided numerous ports along the African coast, taking a massive haul aboard his ship throughout his career. He is most notorious for a raid in which he and two other ships attacked a treasure fleet departing the African coast, laden with more gold than the most prosperous of the mines in Spanish South America, and a cache of weapons that rivaled even El Patron's legendary hoard.
But legend has it that Reis had another reason for raiding that particular fleet...
After this one raid, he reneged on his end of the bargain to split the treasure three-ways, holing himself up on Jazirat Alrramal, an island on the eastern outskirts of the Caribbean, and home to a sizable desert, Reis' castle, and some small areas of civilization. The betrayed captains, Amira Qadira and her lover, Nadir Yasin, banded together and attacked Casper Reis' stronghold, but were repelled.
Now, decades later, a mysterious old sailor has arrived in the Faithful Bride, seeking help from Jack Sparrow and any pirates he may recommend. Jolly Roger has set his sights upon Jazirat Alrramal, reviving the two captains and their crews in an attempt to attack the fortress and find the treasure for himself, while terrorizing the settlement of Alssuq. This old man claims that the treasure of Casper Reis, supposedly the only reason Reis was able to defeat the two captains initially, is a voodoo staff with an unknown but immense amount of power. Jack, being the "selective" pirate he is, has proposed to delegate the footwork to any pirate who volunteers, so long as the staff gets brought back to him for use in the war against Jolly Roger.
(Name meanings, since they're Arabic)
Casper - "Treasure Master"
Reis - Surname of numerous Barbary corsairs throughout history
Amira - Princess
Qadira - Full of power
Nadir - Beloved
Yasin - Famous and wealthy
Jazirat Alrramal - Isle of Sands
Alssuq - The Market
(Side note: This quest line would do two things: It would introduce a Legendary Voodoo Staff to the mix, and it would also serve as a good place for adding in the scimitar sword-type, maybe making it so that scimitars only drop on Jazirat Alrramal. There's also a plot twist that I have in mind for the story, but I don't want to include it here - Suspense
does have to be built, after all
)
Some pics (Forgive me for the first one, lol, but these are legit the only things I could find online that capture how I envision it):
Picture One
Picture Two (For the Alssuq part of the island)
Picture Three (For Reis' castle)
Picture Four (For the desert part)
Picture Five (What's a desert without an oasis or river?)