Last Name: Gharwyn
Appearance: Faleera is a pale-white skinned woman, extraordinarily tall with a lean, almost emaciated figure. She is a very beautiful woman many might consider an amazon at first glance due to her height and somewhat brutish behavior. Surprisingly, Faleera manages to maintain a beautiful face even with her incredibly pale skin and missing eye, which is covered by a piece of brown cloth.
Race: Human
Age: 22
Height 6'4"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Dark Blue
Hair: Platinum Blonde
Personality Profile: Faleera is always ready for a fight, and almost gets complacent when she goes a long time without spilling someone else's blood. Her and her crew are always her top priority and she is willing to lie, cheat and steal to protect and feed them. She is brazen, and is always looking for a good laugh, typically at the expense of others. But she cannot take an insult herself, and will jump at the chance to pull out her weapons at anyone who even jokingly insults her.
General Health: She is all around healthy, but with time she becomes more and more undead-like. Her skin is unnaturally pale, she is slightly skeletal in her frame and she many physical immunities that might also be find in the undead.
Deity: Unberlee
Initial Alignment: Neutral Evil
Profession: Pirate
Base Class & Proposed Development: Bard / Pale Master / Dread Pirate / Tempest
Habits/Hobbies: She has a habit of always drinking a little too much, to prove that she is the strongest drinker around. Her undead-like fortitude makes her exceptionally great at this. Her hobbies include partying, looting and getting into all sorts of fun, crazy and illegal adventures with her crewmates.
Languages: Common and Gnome
Weapon of Choice: Scimitar
Faleera during her golden years. You know... Besides the cleavage.
Background: Her mother was a pirate captain of a ship named The Leviathan. Her father was the Quartermaster of the ship. When Faleera was born, she donned the name of her mother and grew up on the ship. Faleera was a cabin girl until she was 11, when she took up the First Mate position of her mother's ship, apprenticing under her commanding parent. Faleera's mother allowed her crew to challenge Faleera for her spot as First Mate. Many had tried to fight the 11-year old girl to take her space. None succeeded. By the time she was 15, The Leviathan was attacked by another pirate crew, The Black Skulls which was commanded by the Gnomish pirate Captain Llyod Dursh. During the battle both her father and mother were killed by the hand of Dursh, and Faleera was forced to take command of the ship for the duration of the battle. After losing 27 of her 42 crew members, the battle between The Leviathan and the Black Skull ended in a draw.
After retreating and making their way to land, the crew of the Leviathan held a vote for their new captain between the remaining 15 members. Many of the crew were worried such a young girl couldn't successfully command the crew, and many tried to vote Gorz Blacksword as their captain, the ship's master gunner. The vote ended at a 6-6 between Gorz and Faleera, with the other 3 votes going towards other members. Since the vote was a tie they decided on their new captain the only way pirates knew how: combat. Most figured Gorz would win, but when the two met at the beginning to shake hands, Faleera stabbed him in the leg and put her sword to his neck. She was declared the winner and they all yelled for blood. After all, the only winner when pirates fight are the ones who fight dirty. As the rest of her crew screamed for blood Faleera threw her sword down and said "Now listen here!" She commanded. "Any other day I would kill this man, and give you want you all want. But not today. Today, we've lost most of our brothers and sisters and I'll be damned to the ocean if I were to kill another one. Now, let's recruit some more brothers and get ready to set sail!" the rest of her crew cheered, and Gorz would continue as the ship's Master Gunner, but he grew to like Faleera, reserving a newfound respect for the young pirate captain. The Leviathan would go through a successful campaign of 7 years. During this time Faleera would teach herself how to speak Gnome and even training herself in the arts of singing/performing. Over the years, The Leviathan would have countless men and women come and go, but two things always remained the same. The leadership of Faleera Gharwyn would keep the crew strong, and Gorz would keep rivalries alive.
By the time Faleera was 22 she had heard about the war in The Sword Coast and Faleera saw the opportunity that had arisen. Her plan was to take her crew to The Coast, pillage what little food and supplies they had left and to ransom it off to the highest bidder. They would become legendary in the Coast. However, as The Leviathan made their way to The Coast they hit a legendary storm which tore the ship in two. As she witnessed her ship being torn apart Faleera simply mumbled "Bitch Queen" and nothing else. Almost as a fit of rage against The Leviathan's captain, the sea rocked the remaining two pieces of the ship, which had caused Faleera to fall off her deck and smash her eye against an exposed portion of wood from the ship's hull. As Faleera was swallowed by the ocean, she floated to the bottom of the sea and watched everything that her and her parents had built being torn away. She drowned, crying blood from her eyes.
Days had passed, during that time Faleera could have sworn she died. As she stayed at the bottom of the ocean a voice called out to her. "Faleera... Your destiny isn't over." Was it her Gorz? Was it her own thoughts? She didn't know. The only thing on her mind was why she was alive. She felt the pain of all the water in her lungs that had days to make her body it's home. "Faleera..." the voice continued. "You must command a vessel." She couldn't focus on what the voice was saying. She was in too much pain, but the voice didn't seem to care. It continued to speak. "Faleera... If you make it out of here, you will command a vessel. Continue to sail the seas under my name..." Faleera was in too much pain. She was drowning again and again, but she was able to focus just enough to listen to the last part of it's speech. "Under my name? What could that mean?" She thought. Before she could think anymore on what it said, she passed out. The pain was just too much.
Faleera woke up, choking on water. She spent minutes spitting out the water in her lungs. After taking a few minutes to compose herself, she noticed something. She wasn't cold. In fact, she didn't feel anything at all. Was she dead? "No, that doesn't make sense" She thought to herself. She thought back to what had happened. Did she speak to Umberlee? It was the only thing that made sense in her mind. Faleera had drowned for days, and that wasn't an exaggeration. She felt that pain every second. She cleaned herself off and traveled up and down the beach, looting what she could find. She ended up finding 3 bags of gold and a lute. Faleera also managed to find a piece of hard, brown leather which she used to cover up her revealed eye socket. She walked up to the nearby town and headed to the first place anyone in her situation would go... the tavern.
Goals: Faleera's goals are to (A.) Successfully command a vessel of the drowned, commanding both pirates and the undead to successfully loot and plunder whatever she desires so her and her crew may live like kinds and queens. (B.) To hunt down and brutally murder every member of the remaining Black Skull pirates, along with any other challengers. (C.) To become known as the Pirate Queen.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts: (A.) Faleera may go on a quest stealing her own pirate ship. (B.) Faleera goes to revive her dead crew members(Most notably Gorz Blacksword), enabling an ability where she may summon them in battle. (C.) A quest where she perfects her undead abilities, allowing her to become more skilled in her necromancy. (D.) She goes on a quest to hunt down a legendary pirate artifact. (E.) Faleera goes on a quest hunting down Lloyd Dursh, hoping to avenge her parents and her fellow crew members.