Gale
First Name: GaleLast Name:
Appearance:
Race: Tiefling
Age: 22
Height 17 hands
Weight: 8 1/2 stones
Eyes: Black with dim red glow
Hair: Black
Hair Style: Straight shoulder length
Personality Profile:
General Health: Well
Deity: Liera, but questions beliefs in all gods
Initial Alignment: NE
Profession: Ships crew to dock hand to con-artist to adventurer
Base Class & Proposed Development: Swashbuckler/Duelist/Tempest/Weapon Master
Habits/Hobbies: Card games
Languages: Many
Weapon of Choice: Her wits. But if that fails. Twin rapiers
Background:
1330 Eleasis, Waterdeep shipyard: An old wizard and a weathered ship captain verbally quarrel for a cloth wrapped package the mage carries. The robed man hand the package to the captain, who turns and angrily storms back to his ship. As the "Silver Cutter" pulls out of port full of traded goods, a tear paths it's way down the cheek of the old mage watching the ship depart. In a flurry of magic he disappears.
At the main deck, Captain opens the blanket enough to reveal the face of a baby. Looking like an elf or maybe half-elf baby. her skin is the color of wet ash with trails of plague or poison etching through it. Her eyes open, revealing the depths of The Nine Hells. The large black orbs glow with a sinister fire. Stealing your soul with just a look. Placing the cover back on to the babe. Captain mumbles to himslef, "What curse have you laid on me this day?"
1335: Named Gale by the captain after the tempest that can either speed travel or set you far from course, The young planetouched girl has proven to be a quick study. In just a few seasons the girl has learned to speak the common and dwarven tongues. Her teachers being the dwarven ABS that crew the "Cutter", her accent is odd to most speakers. A less than subtle combination of dwarvish and salt. While the captain is often busy running the ship, most of the care taking duties to the infant tiefling belonged to the captain's son, Hoihe. The boy just 9 years older than Gale, does the best he could under the circumstances he was tasked with.
1342: Gale is now a fully capable member of the "Silver Cutter" crew. Younger than the others working along side her, she must work very hard to keep up with the experienced crew. She learns to play cards and perform card tricks from a half-elf rigger and musician. But as she grows older, she becomes more devious. Her fiendish heritage reveals itself in ways that her young mind doesn't understand. Her displays upset the cohesiveness of the ships workings. Many times upsetting the crew and most of all Captain. The guidance she receives from her naval family is often misunderstood or misguided. She is left to figure it out on her own.
1346 Ches: Gale is left at the Balder's Gate dock. Told she will not be returning to the "Silver Cutter". Captain, declares that her life off the ship must start here. He is no longer beholden to the wishes of the wizard that left her to his care. He tells her she does no belong on his ship anymore. She must find her own path now.
Gale takes work at the docks, but life is hard and she must sleep on the streets many nights. A long way from safe, she takes up using her skills with cards and skill games to make extra income. In these games she meets Garreck "One-Eye", the leader of a local thieving company called the "Red Rogues". Security from the hard streets comes in the protection of this crew, but she soon learns that what is protecting her is a much larger danger.
1352 hammer: Gale loses favor with the Red Rogues. She fights her way out of a sticky situation after being caught "altering" the cuts of money games due to Garreck. Her life worth nothing more than a few hundred pieces.
1352 Kythorn: Gale joins a diverse band named Darkhorse. Seeking adventure, fame, and treasure. This path will either be the rise of her greatness or the short stroll down the plank. Great reward demands great risk.
Goals: To captain her own ship someday
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