Santos

Santos has been tied to the Silver family since he was a young boy. He grew up alongside Ryder, Johari and Emil, as his father worked as a master shipbuilder for Ryder's grandfather.

His father was of Spanish heritage, although he grew up on the island. His mother was descended from the island native maroons, and worked as a cook in the Silver's tavern.

Because of his father's vocation and his close relationship with the Silver family, he has vast knowledge of both ships as well as business. Therefor, when it was time for Ryder to take over his families empire, Santos was an immediate choice to put in place at his side. Ryder is like the brother he never had.

He is also close with the other Silver heirs. He has been in love with Johari since they were children, however due to his restless nature, Johari married another that had ties closer to shore than sea.  He has never been able to get her out of his mind though, and after the smallpox took her husband, he has made inroads back into her life. She is now content to be his lover when he is around, but is not anxious for another marriage at this point. He hopes to change her mind.

Johari's Family

Attempting a family portrait of Johari and her children

And while it started out fairly well.

When children are involved there are always challenges.

Addie 

Mo

And Tion

And things can go awry pretty quickly

The Power of Three

Pictured below are the three "Silver" cousins that are continuing on the legacy their grandparents started.  Their grandparents, John Silver, a pirate with a head for business and his wife Maddie, an island Native, also with a head for business and a natural born leader, married and had 3 children. Their eldest son died in a sailing accident before he ever had a family of his own. The remaining 2 daughters are the parents of the 3 remaining heirs. 

 Ryder is the eldest of the remaining grandchildren. His mother was the middle daughter, and older than her younger sister by a year. Ryder was his mother's only child, although as mentioned in a previous blog post, due to the nature of his father, he imagines he does have half siblings out there somewhere. 

As the Silver daughter's were close, so were their children. Ryder, Emil and Johari were raised together and are more siblings than cousins. Ryder and Johari are close in age.

Johari and Emil's older brother, who died in an accident, was a couple of years older than Johari and Ryder. Emil is several years younger.

Johari also lost her first husband to smallpox. He was the father of her 2 biological children, Mo and Addie. She also has an adopted son, Tion, who was the son of a childhood friend who died during childbirth. Johari and her husband adopted the baby and he has been raised by her since he was born. Johari runs their family's tavern/inn.

Emil is the "baby" of the family. He has always had a head for numbers, and has never had the stomach for sailing, so he works from his office on land and is in charge of the accounts. He is also considered the bleeding heart among the 3 cousins. He is passionate when he encounters a "cause" that speaks to him. He loves his nieces and nephews and always makes time to spend with them. He also genuinely loves women...…………..a subject for another blog installment.😊

Origins

The idea for the characters in this blog came from watching the TV Show Black Sails on Starz. I was intrigued by the characters of John Silver and Maddie and wondered after the show ended, did they end up having a family? If so, what was their family like? I have always been a bit intrigued by Pirates, and my character "Ryder" was a bit "swarthy" so I imagined him as John and Maddie's grandson and the characters in this blog were born. I'll put up descriptions in the doll bios on the side of the page, but as the first entry I thought I'd spotlight Ryder and his family. Ryder is the eldest surviving grandson of Silver and Maddie and the current head of his grandparents empire.

You can read more about his family in the side bar, but he is very close to his cousins Johari and Emil, as the 3 of them grew up as siblings. Their mothers were close, and all of the children were close with their grandparents. Shown with Johari below.

And with Emil

Ryder is married to Cristina and has 2 children, Nora and Lydia.

With Nora and Lydia, who are his greatest treasures.