"So you claim to know the future of the Sea of Thieves for at least the next three years and a bit, my appetence?" Tia asked me after my training duel with her, "I don't believe that you have such knowledge,"
"I do know the future, Tia," I said, "I already spilled the beans on the enemies that can and will come in the future. It's only a matter of time until they do come and give the Pirates of the Sea more riches and more things to do,"
"I had my fair share of others knowing the future like my Mother, who turned herself into a mad pony with that power to keep things the future of this world intact and even went to great and madding lengths to keep it so. Like when she told me to ignore my sister from all of her sadness and despair, but I wouldn't do what she said, so years later, Mother used her god-like magic to turn my sister into Nightmare Moon, used the Elements of Harmony on her and then have the history books say that I was the one who defeated my sister in battle. Just to keep fate in check," Tia said with huge amounts of venom in her words.
"This time, I won't be driven mad with this knowledge of the future," I told her, "Unlike her, I was going to tell you about the future of the Sea of Thieves and the threats that come with it,"
"You may continue,"
"The words I will be using will be in gaming terms, like content updates, human release dates and nicknames for the threats in the Sea," I told her before I began to explain the future threats and changes of the Sea of Thieves.
I took a drink of water before I began to explain the future of the Sea. "The first is The Hungering Deep. Released on May 29, 2018, it was about the arrival of the Megalodon to the Sea of Thieves, brought by 'Merry' Merrick by translating the cave paintings throughout the Seas and making shanty and brought the Megalodon to the Sea of Thieves by mistake. The update gave us the Drum, the Speaking Trumpet, Flags, Tattoos and scars, and a new permanent threat into the world," I took a drink, "Next is Cursed Sails. Released on July 31, 2018, It brought with it Galleons that are maned by Skeletons from the deeps of the Seas by a blacksmith turned skeleton name Wanda or her new Skeleton name, Warsmith, after the outpost drove her away from her home and swore revenge on all humans. The update gave us a new ship type, The Brigantines, Alliance Flags, Cursed Cannonballs, new hairstyles, hair colours, new ship liveries, and permanent slashed prices for cosmetics," I took another drink of water. "The third free update is Forsaken Shores. Released on September 27, 2018, it brought a new region to the Seas, The Devil's Roar, a volcanic land that may look like a more 'tamed' version of the Dragon Lands, but it's far from tamed even with an Outpost in that region. There's geezers, lava, falling rocks from the volcano and boiling water surrounding the islands when their volcanos erupt. It gave us rowboats, a new Merchant Alliance voyage, new Ashed versions of the loot that's already in the Seas and Seaposts that are scattered across the Seas," I took yet another drink of water, as the rest of my crew begin to sit and listen to what I was telling Tia. "The fourth update is named Shrouded Spoils. Release on November 28, 2018. It brought new riches to plunder like the famous or infamous Stronghold Gunpowder Barrel or as I like to call them, The Mega-Keg, a new weather type fog, more ship items to customize like cannons, capstans and helms, roaming Skeleton Galleons, Skeleton Sloops, more forts to plunder from, more Megalodons like the Shrouded Ghost (Which is real, fight me), a more aggressive Kraken and Merfolk Statutes that now give mermaid gems," I took a muzzle full of water and continued, "Next is the biggest update to come to the Seas, The Anniversary Update, Released on April 30, 2019, it brought The Arena made by the newest Trading Company called the Sea Dogs that are owned and founded by Lesadi and Demarco Singh, the twin children of the Pirate Lord and now you Tia, 'Merry' Merrick is back with the second post-launch Trading Company called The Hunters Call that brings fishing, more fruit and meat from the animals, harpoons, and a new set of lore-based voyages called Tall Tales that will take you to the Shores of Gold. You will fight Skeleton Lords, sail to new lands and face traps of all kinds," Someone handed me a new bottle of water. "Next several updates are monthly updates. They're as followed. Black Powder Staches on July 17, 2019, is an update that allowed selling the gunpowder kegs to the three Trading companies on the Outposts for the update. Cursed Relics, released on August 14, 2019, an update that brings new items for the Order of Souls to retrieve and sell, and brought Reapers Chests to the world to sell to Duke the Bilge Rat at the Outposts and rowboats that have harpoons on them. Smuggler's Fortune came out on September 11, 2019, an update that brings both the Black Market and the Pirate Emporium to the Seas that sells Pets like Parrots and Monkeys, New Emotes and Ship Cosmetic, can be brought with the new currency, the Ancient Coins. The Fort Of The Damned update came on October 16, 2019, brings a new, corrupted fort to the Seas that sits on the border of the land of the living and the Sea of the Damned and can be activated by the Flames of Fate and a Ritual Skull and gives you lots of loot more than regular forts, a new instrument, The Banjo, new female clothing options and new two-tone hair dyes. The Seabound Soul was released on November 20, 2019, as it gave us a new Tall Tale named after the update, and at the end of the Tale, the person who does the tale is the one that releases the greatest threat to the Seas. Captain Flameheart-"
"WHAT!?" Tia yelled with her Royal Canterlot Voice, then can into my face, our muzzles touching each other and eyes locking on to each other as Tia spoke in an angry voice. "You mean to say that WE ARE THE ONES WHO RELEASE FLAMEHEART!?"
"Yes," I said in a small voice that only Tia and myself could hear.
"We'll be talking about this after you tell me the rest of these 'updates," Tia said in a threatening tone.
"Y-y-y-yes, Tia," I said, then carried on with the updates, "The update brings with it Ashed chest that holds Ashed Tomes to collect and sell and a new weapon called Firebombs that can be used as ammo for your cannons or a throwable like the smoke bombs that Trixie uses. The Festival of Giving was brought to us on December 11, 2019. it came with new items like the Generous Gifts, new Skeleton Lords, more Ashed Tomes. The Legends of the Sea came out on January 15, 2020. It brings a new type of Reapers Chest called The Reapers Bounty that gives gold instead of Doubloons, a new island called The Reaper's Hideout on the uncharted island on N-13, more Ashed Tomes and a new Pirate called Umbra, She brings a list of Legends immortalisations for Pirates to find and learn about the legends of the Sea of Thieves that came before us. Crews of Rage came on February 19, 2020. It gave us a new cursed chest called The Chest of Rage, a new potion called The Pirate Appearance Potion, and a new fort in the Devil's Roar called Molten Sands Fortress. The Heart of Fire update came out on March 12, 2020. It brought with it a new Athena voyage called Athena Runs that sends Pirates to Thieves Haven and the surrounding large islands with new Athena loot to gain, a new throw or shoot weapon called the Blunderbombs, a new cannonball ammo type called the chain-shot and a new Tall Tale name after the update that sends you to Flameheart's lair, The Heart of Fire, to save Pendragon's crew from Flameheart. Next is the Ships of Fortune update, released on April 22, 2020. It brings a new way to become one of the Trading Companies Emissary from the Gold Hoarders, Order of Souls, Merchant Alliance, Athena's Fortune, and the newest 'Trading Company' I use that term loosely the Reaper's Bones. They are a company of Pirates that live for battle and bloodshed and will hunt down the other Emissaries for rep and gold. You can also revive your fallen pirates to bring them back into the fight and the arrival of cats. Next was Lost Treasures, which came out on May 27, 2020. but no one talks about that update anyway. On June 17, 2020, Haunted Shores comes with a new voyage and World Event that brings Ghost Ships to the Seas. Flameheart can now summon Ghost Ships from the Sea Of The Damned to conquer the Sea of Thieves. There are also new shanties that you can play on your instruments. Up next is Ashen Winds. On July 29, 2020, another World Event came to us with Flameheart's commanders, the Ashen Lords, they are Old Horatio, Warden Chi, Captain Grimm and Red Ruth. They are slower than Skeleton Lords but are more powerful and can use more attacks to fight off the Pirates of the Seas. Defeat an Ashen Lord and claim their skull, the Ashen Winds Skull, sell them to the Order of Souls or use them as a flamethrower. Now it's time for Vaults of the Ancients. Released on September 9, 2020, you can now plunder the vaults that belong to the Gold Hoarders for a great amount of gold and a new chest, The Chest of Ancient Tributes. Also, the new pet, dogs, can now be found in the Emporium. After Duke's run of bad luck, the leader of the Bilge Rats, Larinna, has taken over the reins of leadership on the Outposts. Two months later is Fate of the Damned. It came out on the 28th of October, 2020, and brings not that much soo we'll skip that. Next is the second Festival of Giving, and it was only remembered for being the last of the monthly updates, so I will go straight to Seasons," I took a big drink of my water bottle and finished the talk of the future of the Sea of Thieves Seasons with Season 1. "The first Season is Season One. It was released on January 28, 2021, and it comes with it 100 levels of Renown to grind through with things for regular Pirates, Pirate Legends and never-before-seen items from the Plunder Pass. It also comes with a new Merchant Alliance voyage that lets you play detective to find the missing Merchant Ships lost to the waves for unknown reasons. The next and final update that I will talk about is Season Two. Released on April 15, 2021. And it brings another 100 levels of Renown, more rewards to gain and more things to do in the world, like proper Merchant Trading that allows you to bring goods from one Outpost to another and gain a bit of coin if you bring the right resource to the right Outpost. A new World Event will appear, and it's called the Fort of Fortune. It's the hardest fort in the Seas up to that point, with Skeleton Captains every three waves, a Skeleton Lord on the 16th wave, two Skeleton Lords on wave 17th and an Ashen Lord on the 18th wave, defeat them, and the rewards will be worth it,"
"That's a lot of things to come to the Sea of Thieves," Tia said at last. "And that all three years worth of content?"
"Yes, Tia," I told her, "Every update will change the Sea of Thieves and will make the Pirates stronger and richer along the way,"
"I see," Tia said, then got on her hooves and said this to me, "I don't want this info to spread to the other Pirates on the Seas. If word gets out about a Pirate who knows the future of the Sea of Thieves, we will be a target for our enemies to exploit and make things harder to predict,"
"Once the first three years and a bit of Sea of Thieves content updates are over, then we will be sailing blind from then on and forevermore," I said as we got back to training, now harder than ever before.
TO BE CONTINUED.