Oliver Cochrane

Oliver Cochrane, a character from the Distant Shores book, is a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and one of Your Character's love interests. He is first seen in Chapter 7.

Appearance
Oliver has brown eyes, blond hair tied behind his head, and fair-to-tan skin. He initially wears a reddish brown tunic under a blue vest with a black and gold design, mustard neckerchief, and tricorn hat. Oliver later changes into a blue navy uniform. He has a rapier sword on his left side.

Personality
When you first meet him, you note that his serious eyes contradict his happy-go-lucky disguise. Although he has been trained in military tactics, he is also a gentleman and believes in a fair fight.

Background
Oliver says wanting to be at sea is a trait he inherited from his father, something that is in his blood.

Distant Shores

 * Chapter 7: Stranger Tides
 * Chapter 8: Enemy Mine
 * Chapter 9: Battle Lines
 * Chapter 10: Deal with the Devil
 * Chapter 13: Friendly Fire
 * Chapter 14: Dance of Death
 * Chapter 15: Race Against Time
 * Chapter 16: The End is the Beginning

Your Character
You first meet him in Chapter 7 where he pretends to be a pirate looking for a crew. If you decide to have a drink with him and learn more about him, you also can try to kiss him and he appears smitten with you. However, he pulls away and confesses that he is actually a lieutenant looking for the Revenge. If you do not take him to the pub, you overhear him talking to a Royal Navy officer and figure out his identity that way.

In Chapter 8, if you went to the pub with him you have the option to actually kiss him. He says he hopes to see you again, but you know it will be under different circumstances. While you are on board the Revenge, you find your thoughts drifting back to him but tell yourself that you find Oliver hard to read. You thought you knew him but you feel mistaken. In Chapter 9, when Henry jumps aboard his ship, you and Edward go after him and the three of you are captured by Oliver's men. Although he doesn't look at you directly during your fight with his crew, he comes to see you in the brig later. His orders were only to deliver you and Edward to Admiral Cochrane and if you tell him that the admiral is evil, he brushes off your beliefs. He tries to warn you about the Admiral, and give you some advice on how to talk to him. In Chapter 10, he reveals that he is the son of Admiral Cochrane, and that his tactics may seem harsh but are above board. You can convince him to let you tend to Edward's injuries or he will put you in a cell further away.

In Chapter 13, after you and your crew are stranded on an island, he and his skeleton crew will come looking for you. He apologizes and tells you he will help you in whatever way he can. If you romance him, he will apologize for hurting you and says that during your first meeting with him, he almost forgot himself and his mission. If you do not romance him, he tells you that he will help you stop his father. Now aboard the Intrepid, you all proceed to Port Monarque. There you sneak into the Governor's ball, where you can dress yourself as a servant or as the Italian ambassador. Oliver himself disguises himself as a servant, and in Chapter 14, if you decide to sneak into the wine cellar with him, you get the option to kiss him again.

When all three ships race to the location directed by the compass, the Intrepid comes in last. You and Oliver as well as the rest of the crew fight Navy officers first before convincing them to stand down; then you all tackle Robert's crew, giving Robert a head start to the temple. The Navy officers help you fight against Robert's crew, allowing you, Edward, Charlie, and Oliver the chance to chase Robert. When the path leads to three roads, you must decide who to go with. If you choose Oliver, you have the opportunity to see a future with Oliver through the pirate's amulet. You two live in England, his father has been decommissioned, and Oliver has been promoted to commodore. You are happy for a short time before you see yourself yanked into another time where you find a museum exhibit noting Oliver's legacy after you disappeared. Back in the temple, you have the choice to tell him your vision or to lie about your tears.

"I had my whole life, my entire existence, planned out. Then I met you, and I discovered how very small my world was. All that matters to me now is your happiness."

- Oliver to You

When you meet back up with Edward and Charlie, before you can continue, Oliver collapses from the poison dart that earlier nicked his skin. With Edward and Charlie's help, he stands and states that no matter what, he intends to stop his father and will not allow you three to proceed without him. When you four defeat the Admiral, you return to the present. If you visit the Maritime Museum, you find out that you had returned at least several times to be with him and to continue your pirate adventures. The museum curator tells you that your relationship with Oliver was a scandal in that time period, the pirate captain and the navy officer. She goes on to say that after you disappeared for the final time, Oliver spent his days in London waiting for your return.

Edward Mortemer
In Chapter 9, Edward challenges Oliver to a duel to try to gain you and Henry freedom. Although they appear equally matched, Edward is distracted by you, giving Oliver the upper hand to knock him down. If you romance both of them, Edward makes jealous remarks towards Oliver but the other doesn't reciprocate. Charlie tells them both to stop posturing, but neither of them makes any promises.

Francis Cochrane
Admiral Cochrane is Oliver's father. If you pursue Oliver romantically, the Admiral sees the looks his son gives you and in Chapter 10, tells you that "his" lieutenant no longer appears to be his. When Oliver defects from the navy and helps you in your pursuit of the Admiral, Oliver is afraid that his father has disowned him but that fear is not proven true or false by the end. What is certain is that the Admiral craves power and will not allow any sentiment for his son to change his quest.

When the Admiral falls through a time rift, Oliver does not appear heartbroken. He tells you that he will remain with the navy and try to right the wrongs that his father did.

Trivia

 * He has a heavy British accent.
 * His ship is called The Intrepid.
 * The name Oliver is derived from the Latin world "olivarius" and means "olive tree planter".
 * The surname Cochrane is a habitational name (a name based on the person's homestead), derived from the "Lowlands of Cochrane" in the Lowlands of Scotland. It is also possible that the name is derived from the Welsh word "cywrain", which means "skilled".