Churchyard (Exterior Graveyard Adjacent to Vestry)

Open cliff-top graveyard beside the church holds weathered tombstones like Lucinda Maltree’s, which hide cryptic clues to pirate gold. Smugglers cram desecrated tombs with silks, brandy, rum, spices, and tobacco, including a massive sarcophagus that Pike forces open under cover of silent, deserted nights. Pirates gather greedily around the hoard, but Pike clamps down, ordering transport to shore while fixating on rival Cherub and Avery’s curse. The space serves as tense transition: Doctor, Ben, and Polly banter here before crypt; Squire and Kewper eye the open vestry door, suspicion mounting.