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=== William Cash ===
<i>(Human, Fighter, Unaligned)</i><br>
(alias Iron Bill)

William Cash was born to a poor earth family. He was the fifth son of the family. The youngest. And the others never let him forget it. At nights William used to look into the sky and dream of being among the stars. When William was about 15 his parents decided to move the family out of the squalor they lived in for so long and move to the country to farm. All his brothers supported their decision. But William decided that this was not the life for him. One night, men came down from the stars, and William took the opportunity to run away. 

William stowed away aboard the Spelljammer to Freeport. Once there he thrived on the motion of the city. He learned to adapt to any situation and move with the flow of people, causing just enough disturbance for himself to profit from. But again William became restless. He longed for a life of adventure.
 
He decided that the quickest way to that life was to serve with the Varian Confederation.

He and another street rat (Elliot) quickly climbed the ranks, becoming fast rivals and eventually were put in charge of their own Spelljammers. William was notorious for breaking the rules. In his world, the ends justify the means. He was ready to break out. William went back to Freeport and gave his men leave for a few days. When they returned the ship was gone. William had rounded up all the scoundrels that felt as he did and set off.
 
The life was lucrative, until his old friend Elliot was given orders to deal with a menace. A pirate named "Iron Bill". Apparently he recieved the name because nobody had ever seen him bleed. "Prove them wrong" was all the captain was told.   Elliot caught up with William on the Archipelego, where William was repairing his ship and enjoying the hospitality of a tribe of noble island savages.  The rest, as they say, is history.

As William was transferred from Elliot's ship onto the prison ship Relentless in shackles, he gazed at the stars. Vowing to not die in captivity, but in the skies . . . .