I created three during the week "pre-launch (you could play that week if you bought the Boochbeard Bundle). I don't remember the order. I recreated them the following week when the game went live. They were:

Brynn Laveer, Witch doctor
Taryn Devereaux, Privateer
Chase Nichols, pirate

From the start, Brynn, who teamed up with a Privateer of Fiorenza's, ran ahead of the pack; they were the first to hit the level cap at 50, and when the new material came out and the level cap was raised to 65, they were the first of our pirates to hit that level.

Tarynn ran solo for a few levels, but early on teamed but fairly early on teamed up with Fiorenza's swashbuckler. Taryn was the third of mine to hit the max level cap.

Chase ran solo up until roughly Cool Ranch, then fell into the habit of running with Fiorenza's bucky. They ran a lot for a time, then hit a cool-down period of months when we did not run them. But then we revisited them and he was the 4th of my pirates to hit level 65,

The second pirate I had hit 65 was a solo swashbuckler, David Gordon. I probably created him within the first month that Pirate101 went live, but he was not one of my original three. But he was my solo guy when Fiorenza could not play, and he beat Taryn to max level.

-Indigo

The first pirate character i created was Reckless Nicole Ramsey, a Moo Shu raised Buccaneer. Prior to her parent's death on an Armada Ambush she was just a regular girl from Avalon.She was originally trained to become a fire wizard, to protect the king.She was captured by the clockworks at age 14,ten long years of strife, struggle and torment.She was on the verge of death, when Captain Bouchebeard and Mr.Grandy rescued her.She was nursed back to health by her crew mates and friends.Now trained under her mentor, to become the warrior pirate class also known as the Buccaneer class.

Name : Nicolette James Ramsey ( Reckless Nicole Ramsey )
Occupation : Buccaneer Pirate
Weapon of choice : Heavy two handed weapon ( usual )
Motive: Just to destroy the Armada felt, unknown after wards

That's my first character, originally for the free zone but end up playing her as my main character. As a Buccaneer I have progressed rapidly to the main storyline up to early Aquila. I find this class easy to work with and in my opinon a great class for beginners.

My first pirate was a Bucaneer, I still have him, but I've been leaning more towards Swashbuckler, Witchdoctor, and Musketeers since.

Slick Michael Radcliffe was my first character and is so far the ONLY character of mine that is max level, since he is the only one I use. He is a Musketeer with a crew of 124, and wears the badge of Nefarious 6th proudly, always reminding him of the bravery of his three towermates who faced him and the Nefarious Five down and beat each one of them soundly. He has a full set of the maximum level Musketeer gear from the Tower of Moo Manchu, and he is equipped with either the Staff of Power (Musketeer) or the Nefarious Novablaster.

My first pirate is Careless Natalie Evans - lvl 45 Swashbuckler. Haven't been progressing in story cuz...just like u dragonmaster...always in need of crowns.... -_-

My first class was dear ol' goofy Valkoor, my Buccaneer, who also happens to be my only maxed pirate thus far. He's a bit odd, what with wearing sticks through his head and horns and such, but he gets the job done. I've enjoyed taming the Spiral as a Buck, but I'm now slowly giving my Musketeer, Dashing Boris De Bouff, a try.

I think I will alternate between melee and ranged as I level up and max my pirates, just to give me even more change of pace. But ol' Valkoor sure holds a special place in my heart. It's been quite tough getting use to running around with a different pirate-- guess I should have named them all Valkoor....no, no, no, my pirates just beg to be a bit different-- like me!

My little brother made the account I use (the very one that I am using right now, in fact). He was under thirteen at the time (and the account still registers as a younger pirate, sadly), and was quite upset when one of his favorite games stopped working. With the approval of our parents, he made this account. When I came home from work, he was so excited to show me this amazing world of Pirate101! I was a bit surprised at first because he and I used poke at fun both the Wizard and Pirate101 commercials. Despite this, I quickly took interest in Pirate101. What can I say? I love history -- one thing that this game had no shortage of! Since the account was his, he made the first character. He randomized everything, and here was the product:

Name: Trustworthy Zachary Holystone
Parents Death: Armada
Raised in: Mooshu (at the time, choosing this would give your pirate Vengeance Strike)
Alleged Crime: dueling an Armada officer / Swashbuckling
Zachary was fairly handsome in appearance. He had brown hair, fair skin, but his eye color has escaped my memory. What will probably never escape my memory was his hideous looking jolly roger. Poor Zach. When I bought the account from my brother (he is easily swayed when a doubloon or two is thrown his way), I deleted Zach. RIP Zachary Holystone, Trustworthy to the end.

When my brother made the account, he was kind enough to let me make a character:

Name: Ruthless Jack Jackson
Parents Death: Squid
Raised in: Mooshu
Alleged Crime: Brawling / Buccaneering
Jack has white hair, red eyes, and lightly tanned skin. “Red eyes?,” you may ask with disgust. It was actually a pretty nice touch (in that it looked pretty good), but he wears glasses now. He isn’t actually all that bad looking, either. Jack was my first maxed-level pirate and I use him quite often.