 Swashbuckler heros are gentleman adventurers who dress elegantly and flamboyantly in coats, waistcoats, tight breeches, large feathered hats, and high leather boots, and they are armed with the thin rapiers used by aristocrats.Swashbucklers are not unrepentant brigands or pirates, although some may rise from such disreputable stations and achieve redemption.His opponent is typically characterized as a dastardly villain.