Poor old Fella. You would have thought that after two years of being haunted, first by an elderly relative (~GreatGrandFella) and then by his evil twin brother Frank, that the universe would cut him a break this Halloween.

Sadly, this isn't the case. Sad for Fella, but good for us however as we get to help our green friend solve this years conundrum!

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All Aboard The Good Ship DeviantART.

Late last night, Fella had a visitation from another ghost! In the middle of the night, he was awoken to strange sensations; a gentle rocking motion, the salty smell of rotting seaweed and an eery sea mist drifting into his bedroom. Just as he was rising to find the open window, a glowing shape appeared out of the mist and a ghostly wail transfixed him...

"yyyyaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!"

The mist solidified into the shape of a ghostly pirate captain!

Muttering under his breath about his thrice cursed halloween, Fella began to notice something very familiar about his visitor.

"Yarr young Fella! Ye be right to think me familiar, I am yer long lost great great great grandfella, the Dread Pirate Allef!!"

"Well, that would explain the rotting seaweed then.." thought Fella to himself as he settled himself down to hear the tail of his salty seadog ancestor.

"I be here in yer scurvy locker..." started the dread pirate

"bedroom" corrected Fella and immediately wondered if correcting a ghost pirate was a good thing to do under the circumstances...

"yar, bedroom" replied the Pirate, "here in yer scurvy bedroom t' tell thee about yer heritage! Ye have the blood of buccaneers runnin' through ye veins! Ye are from pirate stock! Jus' like me!"

"I are? I mean, I am?" asked Fella.

"YARR! and I means to find out if ye be deservin' to be called a pirate!" Exclaimed the apparition.

"oh." said Fella.

"Ye have t' prove yerself to be of proper pirate mettle m'lad. I 'ave set ye a treasure trail to follow. A ghostly trail of riddles that will lead ye to the location of me treasure!"

At the mention of treasure Fellas eye lit up.

"Ahha! I see ye ARE of pirating blood after all. I sees it in yer eyes.That be good, now just follow me clues that be hidden throughout deviantART and fetch back a fortune in gold!"

"sounds easy" said fella confidently

"yarr I bet it does at that young Fella, but this is a trail more cunning than the sea herself. You'll need all ye guile and smarts to outwitt me riddles." replied the Pirate

"Where do I start?" asked Fella, curious to know how he would find the start of the trail.

The pirate yarr'd thoughtfully for a moment.

"I shall start ye with an easy one. Watch closely young Fella...." Whispered the ghost.

In a blink the pirate Allef was gone, but hanging in the air in his place was a ghostly riddle, formed out of the curling mist.

"Warmer than silver, a nugget to seek,
Fortunes to halt your bad losing streak,
Splender and sheen, a glowing bright light,
Dazzling all within it's gilt sight."

Before Fella had a chance to consider the riddle, the Dread Pirates voice echoed through the room one last time. Which, thought Fella, was quite impressive given the small size of the room in question.

"There! What think ye? Before the month is out, will ye find m'treasure and claim yer heritage? Or will ye fail? Laugh, by thunder, laugh! For at the close of all hallows eve, ye'll laugh upon the other side. Should ye fail then ye shall be cast into Davy Jones locker, cursed into the great black depths o' the sea! Yaaaarrrrrrr......"

and with that, the ghost was finally gone.

"I knew there would be a catch. Always the death threats...." said fella, quietly pinching his nose in frustration "Better find the treasure then...."

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The hunt begins! The rules are very simple, just solve the riddles, find the location of the treasure and unlock the prize! Each riddle leads to the next and some contain extra clue information needed to solve the location of the pirates treasure.

We have some cool prizes up for grabs, including Subscriptions and DevWear goodies!

To find out more and to take part in the hunt please visit us in #ghosthunt

The hunt closes at midnight on 31st October, so you only have four days to solve the riddles!

Good luck and have fun!



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The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. ~ Bern Williams