Capn Syn took an interest in piracy while working at the Mouse House in Anaheim and has been captain of the performing group Stranglehold, which includes the Scurvy Dawg sword group, for over 30 years. He sails the accounting seas in his normal life and appears at Renaissance faires, is involved with Scouting, and serves as a Venture Crew leader. Capn Syn believes that a pirate home is a happy home, so his wife agreed to let him turn their house into a pirate realm with a treasure room and dead pirates all around.