" (...) This was about twelve years ago, when I was just starting out in the business. There was this fearsome old pirate called Greenbeard. Killed hundreds of people, sank ships, robbed, plundered, pillaged, was generally unpleasant. You know the type.’

‘Why was his beard green?’

‘It wasn’t. But the other colours were taken. (...) "

― Samit Basu , The Unwaba Revelations (GameWorld Trilogy, #3)