Destiny's Hand

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Destiny's Hand

Genre	Adventure
Manga: Destiny's Hand
Authored by	Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
Publisher	Seven Seas Entertainment
Serialized in
Original run	–
No. of volumes	Ongoing

Destiny's Hand is a shōnen pirate Original English-language manga written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (authors of Amazing Agent Luna), with art by BucketHead. It is published by Seven Seas Entertainment and the first volume came out in 2006.

Destiny's Hand is no longer running as a webmanga on Seven Seas Entertainment's site and has been replaced by the Moonlight Meow manga. The rest of the series is now only in print form.

1 Plot (Up to end of webmanga)
2 Characters
3 Resources
4 External links

[edit] Plot (Up to end of webmanga)

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story begins with a flashback to when Olivia is thirteen. Olivia is in arranged marriage that she is determined to escape. The ship she and her parents are travelling on is taken by the Destiny's Hand. When Diego threatens her father, Olivia manages to defeat him with a knife and her wits. Captain Blaine gives her a favor, and Olivia asks to join the crew of the Destiny's Hand. Her father disowns her, and she joins the crew of Destiny's Hand.

Three years later, it is Owen who is telling Olivia's story to their captives. When they are about to depart, they are attacked by the' 'Kraken, Mulgrew's ship. After a fierce battle, Blaine's only good lung had been peirced. With Captain Blaine dying, he appoints the only person he considers brave enough to lead a crew to find the Devil's Eye: Olivia Soldana.

[edit] Characters

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Olivia Soldana

The daughter of a rich family, Olivia left her family behind to join Blaine's crew. She is 16 years of age and the main character in Destiny's Hand. She became Captain Blaine's right hand woman and the one to lead his crew on one last adventure after his death. However, it is hard for the crew to trust her because she is a girl, now matter how strong or brave.

Sebastian Blaine

Captain of the "Destiny's Hand," he is a noble captain and a gentleman pirate. His ship the Destiny's Hand is said to be unsinkable. He is renowned for sparing the crew and passengers that surrender him. He will merely take the cargo and escort the ship safely to port.

Diego Basteon

Boatswain aboard the "Destiny's Hand," works hard to keep discipline amongst the crew and as such has become one of Blaine's key lieutenants. His weapon of choice is a cat-o-nine-tails which he is very effective in using. He has a very bad temper.

Frederick Matthau

He is the stragtegist and navigator aboard Destiny's Hand, and said to be the best at reading both situations and maps. Matthau is also said to be an excellent judge of character, who by his own nature is a very solitary and lonely man keeping most of his contact with Blaine.

Badru

A native from one of the local islands. He admires Blaine's gentlemanly way with piracy. He is considered by Owen to be stupid, but Olivia claims that he is the smartest man aboard, probably because of his survival skills.

Owen Galviston

Though he came aboard the Destiny's Hand to write a biography of Blaine, he hasn't for six years and has stayed on the ship since remaining a 'guest' of the crew. He is the one who tells the story of young Olivia at the beginning of the series.

Wyatt

Lookout aboard Destiny's Hand, he has keen eyesight and a tendency to be in places he should not be, and someday dreams of working with the sails rather than being a lookout.

Thomas Houghton

Governor of St. Vickensberg, and very anti-pirate making his port very dangerous for pirates to get anywhere near. Also due to his personal troubles with Captain Blaine in the past, something neither man will talk about, there is very bad blood between him fueling his general hatred of all pirates.

Elias Houghton

Son of Governor Houghton who has inherited his father's distaste for pirates. However this is a huge problem for Olivia, who needs his help for the last quest she is setting out to fulfill.

Lars Mulgrew

Is a symbol of everything that Blaine hates, following a path of pillage and killing rather than the more peaceful one Blaine desires all pirates to follow. He takes Blaine's last good lung, which causes Blaine to appoint Olivia as captain.

Michel Langrisse

Captain of the defense fleet of the port of Valroux, which is a very pirate-friendly port. Blaine's crew is particularly welcome because they never hurt innocents and try to avoid killing anyone. He is later revealed to be the man whom Olivia was arranged to marry.

Lady Kate

Lady Kate is the figurehead on Destiny's Hand. Some say it's her protection that makes the ship unsinkable. The only think certaain about her is that Lady Kate is inspired by a real woman, someone who meant a lot to Captain Blaine further the figurehead of Lady Kate also has a sadness about her that seems to hint a lot about her story.

The Kraken

Mulgrew's ship is called The Kraken, named after one of the most feared mythical creatures of the deep. Since Destiny's Hand has Lady Kate, the Kraken has its own figurehead. This figurehead inspires terror in all who behold it.