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===Izolda=== | ===Izolda=== | ||
− | A young peasant girl, | + | A young peasant girl, Izolda ran away from home when she was only thirteen, escaping the oppression, the hardship, but mostly the boredom. She stowed away on a merchant ship. Naturally, she was caught and thrown in the brig, but when then the ship was attacked by Captain Rhawl, an ambitious pirate captain. After subduing the ship, Rhawl offered the surviving sailors a chance to join him, always looking to build up his crew. Izolda (who had heard form the brig) volunteered, loud enough for them to hear her up above. Rhawl laughed out loud at this young girl trying to join his crew of felons, but something in her determined eyes warmed his old heart, and he had her hauled up to join the ranks, as the cabin girl. |
− | For three years | + | For three years Izolda served loyally under Captain Rhawl. He was a good captain, as far as murderous pirate scum go, treated her kindly and kept the men from doing anything too uncouth to her. But, Izolda wanted to move up in the world, she was sick of being cabin girl, and Rhawl wasn't willing to put her in harms way, or help her on making foolish choices. |
− | So, | + | So, Izolda left Rhawl and settled in Ilwuzia. For the past two years she's worked as a barmaid, apprentice to any number of dull jobs, a pickpocket, and, during one extremely bad week, a midwife. Most proper employment gets cut off not long after she punches a customer in the face. |
− | Throughout it all, | + | Throughout it all, Izolda tried to find her way back to sea, but not many pirate crews have much use for a girl whose never fired a gun, doesn't know how to hold a sword properly and, worst of all, doesn't show the captain proper respect. |
− | So, these days she's mostly known for hanging around | + | So, these days she's mostly known for hanging around "The Tilted Ruq" cussing out everyone with three miles, telling dirty jokes, singing bawdy songs, gambling, selling merchandise that "fell off a boat", and losing fights almost as often as she loses drinking matches. |
Physically, she's less than impressive. She's still rather small, getting in at 5'4". If you could get her to take a bath, put on a proper dress, and managed to get makeup on her face without her biting your finger off, she might pass for plain. She's tough and wiry, and unfemininely proud of both the bulge of her biceps (a misplaced pride, at that) and her many scars. Despite having short cropped mousy brown hair, she's earned the nickname red because of her ability to be almost completely sunburned, practically constantly, even under a layer of dirt. It doesn't help that, proud as she is of her scars, she displays them quite openly, meaning she's dressed down enough to sometimes get mistaken for a discount harlot. | Physically, she's less than impressive. She's still rather small, getting in at 5'4". If you could get her to take a bath, put on a proper dress, and managed to get makeup on her face without her biting your finger off, she might pass for plain. She's tough and wiry, and unfemininely proud of both the bulge of her biceps (a misplaced pride, at that) and her many scars. Despite having short cropped mousy brown hair, she's earned the nickname red because of her ability to be almost completely sunburned, practically constantly, even under a layer of dirt. It doesn't help that, proud as she is of her scars, she displays them quite openly, meaning she's dressed down enough to sometimes get mistaken for a discount harlot. | ||
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But, for all her terrible manners, bravado, and blue language, is a girl just trying to get the scumbags around her to show her some Respect, and take her for more than an off island bumpkin. | But, for all her terrible manners, bravado, and blue language, is a girl just trying to get the scumbags around her to show her some Respect, and take her for more than an off island bumpkin. | ||
− | :'''Story Hook:''' Captain Rhawl, his crew, and his ship have gone missing. No one seems to know what happened, save that, before the disappearance, Captain Rhawl was reportedly working for someone called the Crimson Markiz. | + | :'''Story Hook:''' Captain Rhawl, his crew, and his ship have gone missing. No one seems to know what happened, save that, before the disappearance, Captain Rhawl was reportedly working for someone called the Crimson Markiz. Izolda is filled with a new resolve and determination to find out what happened to her former captain, and old friend. |
===Zafiri=== | ===Zafiri=== |