Season 2 of Outer Banks introduced several new characters including Carla Limbrey and her brother Renfield, who actually connect to the real-life shipwreck the Royal Merchant is based on. Outer Banks’ second season follows John B, Sarah, JJ, Kiara, and Pope as they race Rafe and Ward Cameron, and now the Limbreys, to recover the Royal Merchant’s gold and Cross of Santo Domingo. The cast and characters of Outer Banks season 2 face their most challenging adventure yet as they uncover new secrets associated with the island’s history and Denmark Tanny’s descendants.
Carla Limbrey is introduced within the first few episodes of season 2 as a member of Pope’s scholarship board, who recruits him to Charleston, South Carolina to meet about the Royal Merchant, particularly a key she believes his family possesses. Along the way, they discover Pope’s great-great-grandparents were Denmark and Cecilia Tanny, who Limbrey’s family killed when Denmark attempted to bury his wife and free his children. While they don’t necessarily seek harm to Pope, the Limbreys use him to find the Merchant’s Cross of Santo Domingo, which they believe belonged to their ancestor. It also harbors a holy garment, rumored to heal any ailment, which Carla Limbrey desperately needs to cure her illness and save her own life.
When meeting Pope, the Limbreys explain that their great ancestor, Herman Limbrey, was the captain of the Royal Merchant, who ended up perishing in the shipwreck with all but Tanny, who escaped with the ship’s gold. Much of the Royal Merchant’s history is fabricated, but the Limbrey connection seals its link to the real-life English Merchant Royal ship on which Outer Banks’ wreck is based. In the 17th century Merchant Royal shipwreck, the boat was also captained by a man named John Limbrey, who actually survived the affair along with 40 crew members.
Not only do Outer Banks Limbreys share a surname connection to the real Royal Merchant ship captain, but they also share a history of a vast collection of wealth, with current descendants trying to claim the shipwreck’s treasures as their inherited rights. The Limbreys in Outer Banks don’t really need the increased wealth, they simply want to claim the Cross of Santo Domingo to find the garment that can save Carla’s life. In the real world, according to Daily Mail, descendants of Captain John Limbrey have tried to claim his personal riches that apparently went down with the ship.
How Outer Banks’ Limbreys amassed their fortune in South Carolina following the supposed death of the Royal Merchant’s captain is ambiguous, but it likely has something to do with the businesses of the real-life man that inspired him. John Limbrey gained his vast wealth by engaging in the slave trade center of colonized Jamaica, which may just be what Outer Banks’ season 2 character was doing. The series reveals the Limbreys held Denmark Tanny’s family as slaves with one of Charleston’s largest slave plantations, so it’s possible their ancestors engaged in the Caribbean slave trade as well. While Denmark Tanny was fabricated for the series, the transference of Captain Limbrey from real-life to TV show ship captain leads one to wonder what other aspects of the real wreck will find their way into Outer Banks.
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