The Lighthouse — Family Pirate Network
"A digital craftsman, reluctant Montanan, and keeper of strange corners of the internet."
◈ The Captain
T.J. Morris — PirateMouse
PirateMouse — The Drifting God
T.J. Morris is a digital craftsman, amateur pirate, and reluctant Montanan — though after twenty-some years in the Treasure State, the mountains have mostly claimed him. Originally from Oregon, he landed in Montana in 2003 and hasn't found a good reason to leave.
He's a husband, father of three daughters, and keeper of two cats, one horse, and a goldfish of questionable ambition. When he's not working at a local dispensary or building strange corners of the internet, he can be found deep in a VR headset, arguing with an AI, or simply sitting still and listening to music — which he considers an underrated skill.
The Family Pirate Network is his flagship project — a slow-growing digital universe built for the love of craft, not the chase of metrics. This site is the lighthouse at the edge of that fleet.
◈ The Fleet
NODE 01 — FLAGSHIP
The Family Pirate Network
thefamilypirate.comA multi-realm digital universe anchored by a custom MUD called Ebon Tides. A tavern, not a theme park. A kingdom, not a product. Slow-growing and family-rooted.
NODE 02 — WORLD ENGINE
Ebon Tides MUD
ebon-tides.comA dark nautical MUD set in Aethermara — a world changed by the Wandering Star. Built on Evennia 6.0, Python-powered, with custom combat, guilds, and lore systems.
NODE 03 — KINGDOM
Kingdom of Aethermara
thefamilypirate.netThe world archive for Ebon Tides. Seven Lands, the Veiled Court, religions, guilds, artifacts, holy sites, and forbidden texts. The lore lives here.
NODE 04 — HAUNTED ARCHIVE
Ghost Ships
ghostships.liveThe Ghost Ship Protocol. A haunted library of digital archaeology — retired services, pirate archives, lore-wrapped memorials, and old logs from the fleet.
NODE 05 — OBSERVATORY
Pirate Observatory
pirate-observatory.comReal-world pirate history. Essays, maps, timelines, and artifacts. The grounded historical counterpoint to Aethermara's fiction.
NODE 06 — HONEYPOT
Honeypot Observatory
tjbellishere.com/honeypotLive attack monitoring dashboard. SSH, FTP, and HTTP honeypots tracking real-world intrusion attempts. Watch the bots knock on doors that were built to catch them.
◈ The Observatory
⚓ Fleet Services
🌐 World Systems
📄 Naval & Goofy
◈ The Archive
◈ The Captain's Log
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