Pirate Penguins

Pirate Penguins
Legend of Mana artwork
First appearance	Legend of Mana (1999)
Latest appearance	Echoes of Mana (2022)
Faction	Cap'n Tusk's Pirates
Role	Support
Gender	Varies
Species	Human

Pirate Penguins are minor supporting characters in Legend of Mana and a recurring character in the Mana series.

Background

The Pirate Penguins are known to be extremely proud of the position that they collectively fill as pirates of the sea, although it is said that they hardly, if at all, behave like typical pirates.

History

Legend of Mana

“Penguins that have the tendency to tell silly jokes a little too often. Extremely proud of the fact that they are pirates, though they don't seem to act like pirates that often.”

—In-game Encyclopedia

The Gorgon Eye

Cap'n Tusk sent one of his crewmen to scout the area around Lake Kilma but he hasn't returned, making the captain worry that the faeries might have done something to him. As the protagonist introduces them, the pirate penguins ask them for a password. Answering "What?" makes the crew giddy, but Cap'n Tusk replies that they are not a member, despite having guessed correctly. He then orders his crew to get back to the ship before the faeries get a hold of them. After continuing deeper into the woods, the main character encounters the chief walrus and his crew, urging them to head back to the ship. The remaining pirates can't seem to put their mind to rest as long as their crewmates are petrified, but the chief's orders are to be observed.

To flee a belligerent faerie, a flock of penguins are seen jumping off a cliff along with Cap'n Tusk himself. Tote, the local Wisdom and aging tortoise appears near the cliff the Faeries have pushed the pirate crew off, telling the hero they should thread carefully and decide whether or not they want to save them. He decides to jump off as he sees the main character doing the same. Down there, he reveals to the Pirate Penguins whose leader has been turned into stone that the master of the lake holds no treasure and Faeries believe they will die if their master perish. According to him, both are myths. One of the penguin crew tells the old turtle to shut it and to be useful for once. Tote tells them to lure the master of the lake with the protagonist. The crew is suddently apprehensive about the monster, asking how big is it, which the turtle demonstrate by walking from quite a large distance. Feeling their hesitation, Tote takes the Cap'n Tusk stone statue and hurls it into the lake, his pirate penguin crew immediately following him. After defeating the monster the penguins are seen making a live ladder up the cliff they fell in earlier. The crew give the protagonist the Firefly Lamp artifact as thanks.

The Quiet Sea

After giving out the right coordinates to Ramtieger the oarsmen the wind stops blowing and a pirate penguin on the upper deck is found to have fished out a strange bottle. He opens it up, letting out a mysterious ghost claiming its loves the place. Cap'n Tusk tells the protagonist they have to find the bottle in order to capture the ghost and throw it back to the sea. Fortunately, the bottle is found in the lower deck and the pirate who found it is tricked into giving it back to the hero. This angers Gova the ghost who attacks them, but is eventually sealed back in. The Captain rewards the protagonist with a chunk of Altena Alloy for their good deeds.

The Treasure Map

A fellow crewmen tells Ramtieger the Captain wants him in his office. Cap'n Tusk tells of a treasure map hidden in the Mekiv Caverns, and that he must get his flippers on it before the Diggers. He mandates the hero to search for the treasure map inside the cave while the Penguins go ahead. There he finds Roger, head of the Diggers, berating his dudbear crew for losing the map. Helped by the Pirate Penguins, the main character must now find each of the Dudbears holding a piece of the map scattered around the caverns. After retrieving all the pieces in time, Cap'n Tusk congratulates the hero on the SS Buccaneer.

The Snowfield Faeries

The Walrus Captain is excited to have landed near the Fieg Snowfields has he heard of some treasure buried there. The protagonist gladly joins the pirate crew for the expedition, but the penguins's bodies rapidly freeze due to the harsh climate, leaving the hero alone in their quest to find the treasure. They finally obtain the fabled Draupnir after solving the faeries's puzzle and returns it to the Captain.

Buried Treasure

The SS Buccaneer has docked on the coast of Madora Beach, as women are know to sunbathe with their tops unlaced. There, one of the pirate penguins inform the captain the Dudbears have already found the place, but Tusk reminds his crewmen they badger creatures are known for their greed. He orders the protagonist to use 15 Halo Coins to make distract them. After bribing them with money, the hero finds treasure on a secret beach, but Roger stops him, claiming the booty for the Diggers. The main character gives some Halo Coins to his lackeys, who take the gold and grab their boss away from the treasure boxes. Cap'n Tusk rewards them with a single ore.

Gilbert: Love is Blind

A peculiar couple is seen aboard the SS Buccaneer, where Gilbert encourages Elle to sing her love to him. She replies she cannot, but Gilbert reminds her that the wings of a siren who doesn't sing will wither. She still refuses to do so, telling him the ship wil sink if she does. The pirate penguins suddenly tie the poet to a mast, thinking they will become rich if they sell the peculiar animal. Elle finally sings to help Gilbert out of his misery, which attracts a sea creature that attacks the ship. After taking the monster down, the pirate crew accuses the siren of trying to destroy the ship. Gilbert presses his beloved to fly away, but she adamantly refuses to leave him to die. Cap'n Tusk tells his crew to stop their shenanigans and let the centaur free.

Where's Putty?

Putty has been kidnapped by the Pirate Penguins, believing the Diggers will be not threat to them without their revered idol. They escape before the Dudbears guarding the dog wake up, enraging Roger who storms in hearing about his beloved dog crying for help. He blames the protagonist for this and orders him to retrieve His Graciousness. The main character finds the precious pup inside a barrel in the hold of the SS Buccaneer, but he immediately escapes the vessel. He is later found near the beach of Polpota Harbor, with Roger spotting him and telling him to don't hold back and cry his heart out.

Summer Lovin'

David, a Pirate Penguin in Madora Beach is in a pickle, as her girlfriend Valerie wants him to leave his crewmates for her love. He needs to depart soon and complains there's no freedrom for a deckhand like him. The girl feels that she's made a mistake falling in love with a pirate. She diverts her attention to a horde of crabs prancing on the sand. She suddenly needs to confess something to David, but tells him that he should get going while she hatch her egg herself. The pirate is in a state of shock after learning this and decices to go after her. The protagonist follows the couple into Sunrise Caverns, but get ambushed by a giant crab he must defeat. After taking care of the oversized crustacean, the main character catches up to the penguin couple, while David states that he'll never gonna leave her side anymore. Valerie tries to get him go back to his ship, but David insists that he wants to be with her. The lady objects by saying that she wants him to tell him all his adventures on the sea and bring her back sea monster treasure. The male penguin inquires about her wanting to lay an egg, but she replies by saying she was talking about the future. Their conversation ends with him telling he won't come back until he becomes captain and have a hundrend penguins under his wing. After he's gone, Valerie confesses to the protagonist that she don't think she can live with a pirate and that she'll hatch the egg herself. She gives a nugget of Ishe Platinum to the main character as thanks.

Li'l Cactus

Upon learning that Bud was sick, Li'l Cactus took on himself to gather the necessary ingredients to make a cure for the ailing apprentice. He first went to Luon Highway to ask Gaia on how to make a potion, then went to follow the Wisdom's advice to ask Selkie deep within the Jungle. There, he learns that this rare illness is caught by mages every once in a while and refers the spiky creature to Brownie the student in Geo who just went over this ailment. There, the young magician tells the cactus he drank a potion he got from David the pirate penguin. He finds the pirate on the SS Buccaneer who gives him the medicine. He then calls on Amalette the mail carrier to fly all the way back to the main character's home to give the potion to Bud.

Echoes of Mana

The pirate penguins appear in numerous story segments.

Captain Shiloh's Swashbucklers!

Pirate Penguins stars in the side story Captain Shiloh's Swashbucklers!, where they elect Shiloh as their new captain while Cap'n Tusk is taking a vacation. Together with Raxa, Riezs and Amanda, they set sail to a new destination after discovering the missing part of a treasure map left in a bottle fished out earlier by Shiloh.

Howver, their voyage leads them to cross path with the Ghost Ship. They eventually find a terrifying ghost haunting the vessel and defeat it. They escape in the nick of time as the ship crumbles into thin air.

Siren Arc I: Flora & Fugue

Gilbert was caught by the Pirate Penguins and Flameshe needs to free him and convince him to serenade for her ailing friend Elle in Madora Beach. The mermaid hops on the SS Buccaneer where they brought the captive poet of love. Captain Tusk explains to his crewmen he intent to lure every sea creature to his ship with the poet's voice. Flameshe decides to nab the centaur while no one is watching, but a tremor is felt. A huge sea monster is fished out on the main deck, attacking the vessel. Mistaking her heroic act as a declaration of love, the poet showers the mermaid with praise, but Flameshe has an other idea in mind. She drags Gilbert all the way back to the birdcage where he sings to Elle, curing him of her illness.

Secret of Santa

Another pirate penguin appears next to Cap'n Tusk in Domina during the Secret of Santa story. The Captain is gifted a treasure map by Honeycomb dressed as Santa as he travels multiple Echoes with his friends to spread joy across the world.

General information

Personality

Filled with overwhelming pride over the fact that they are pirates, the Penguins are unabashed in expressing the unbridled joy and passion that they derive from the occupation of choice. Speaking to any Penguin while on board the SS Buccaneer will yield responses that are very telling of the Penguins' enthusiasm as pirates, singing songs and exclaiming ardently while diligently executing their tasks on deck.

Although they are raucous in declaring their statuses as pirates, the Penguins do not, like their encyclopedia entry states, behave in a manner that is remotely similar to a traditional crew of bloodthirsty, ferocious and anarchic brigands; on the contrary, the Penguins are instead advocates of peace, seeking to steer clear of trouble wherever possible, and prefer indulging in activities that are markedly more relaxed and phlegmatic in nature.

Named penguins

• Valerie
• David (Located in the SS Buccaneer)
• Ramtieger (Located in the SS Buccaneer)
• Roane (Located in the Jungle)
• Selkie (Located in the Jungle)

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Pirate Penguins.

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