The adventurers wake up in the hold of a ship at sea, only to discoverthey've been press-ganged into a crew of scoundrels, thieves, and buccaneersfrom the pirate isles of the Shackles. When they're assigned to a captured shipas part of a skeleton crew, the adventurers finally have a chance to stage amutiny, but a sudden storm strands them on an isolated island inhabited bystrange monsters? Can the adventurers survive the dangers of the island tooverthrow their cruel captors and take control of their own destinies? Will theybecome feared pirates with their own ship, or will they meet their ends in awatery grave? A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1st-level characters,this volume launches the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path. This volumeof Pathfinder Adventure Path also features details on the faith ofBesmara, goddess of piracy, as well as details on the life of pirates adding newrules and insights useable throughout this high-seas campaign. New monsters fromthe depths of the sea and exotic islands also fill the Pathfinder Bestiary,while Robin D. Laws (author of the Pathfinder Tales novel TheWorldwound Gambit) pens a tale of pirates and lost treasures in thePathfinder's Journal.