Growing up on the streets of Shadowshore in Sasserine isn’t easy; it’s even harder when you have a short fuse and a bad temper. Reggie grew up like this, always in trouble, always in a fight.
Reggie’s mother died when she was only 6 years old, and her father was a dock worker, and a drunk. You could say Reggie was raised by sailors at the rough and tumble docks of Sasserine, feisty girl who learned how to survive from pirates and smugglers.
Things changed what Reggie was about 12 years old. Her father owed money to some local drug dealers and it was time to pay the Piper (literally, that was the street name of the drug lord). In his drunken stupor, he gave Reggie up as payment. Reggie was taken and forced into prostitution at the Velvet Hatch.
This didn’t last long; Reggie was a bit too rough and rather rude to the customers. Her talents were better suited to something a bit more violent. She ended up as bareknuckle street fighter, still working for the Piper. It was here she earned the nick name of two-fist; her signature combo moves.
The Piper ran a pleasure bardge that would head out into the Jeklea Bay, away from unnecessary scrutiny. There he would run prostitution, slave trade, gambling; as well as a safe haven for meetings that one may not want to have overheard. Also, on board, the Piper ran a “Fight Club”. This is where Reggie honed her fighting skills as well as making friends and enemies in Shadowshore.
This kept her out of trouble for a bit until one night, the Piper was entertaining some out of Towner’s. Pirate Lords from across the sea. Reggie was to fight one of their fighters. To make the deal go down, she was to throw the fight. But that didn’t happen. Reggie put her opponent down in the second round after she lost her temper and practically ripped the guy’s throat out.
The Piper became pissed, and now it was Reggie’s turn to “Pay the Piper”. Reggie was abducted, beaten unconscious. She awoke at sea, aboard a pirate ship.
Reggie wasn’t exactly happy with the arrangement, but she made the best of it; until she was captured.
Reggie ended up in a Sasserine prison, held in the garrison in the Champion district; Charged with Piracy. She spent close to two years in the prison and making a name for herself in the prison’s “fight club” (never talk about fight club). She befriended a foreigner that taught her new fighting techniques, and she became a favorite among the guards. Her signature move reinforced her nickname as “Two-Fists”
Things changed for the worst when she lost her temper yet again when a guard’s attempted to “show his enthusiasm” a little too forcibly. Reggie killed the guard and was sentenced to be hung for murder.
She escaped the hangman’s noose by feigning pregnancy and got a stay of execution until she gave birth. This bought her some time to plan an escape.
Escape plans never came to fruition. It would seem that some parts of Sasserine’s prison system can be just as corrupt as the criminal organizations that it housed. Reggie’s freedom was purchased and she found herself flung back into the ring at the Sasserine Arena.
Reggie has been working here ever since, never knowing who was responsible for, or why her freedom was purchased. She is looking for a way out of this situation, maybe going back to sea on a legitimate ship for a change.
She still has a few dock and pirate connections but they are becoming more and more scarce.
