The ship is under the command of Captain Sonny Blackbones, who is also the pirates fearless leader and the father of snowkids striker D'Jok. The ship is home to Sonny Blackbones and his men when away from the Shiloh archipellago. In season 3 it was revealed that Magnus Blade built the Black Manta and flew it for many years. In The Stars of Akillian Are Eternal, Magnus steals the Black Manta.