Skull And Shackles (Voice of the Deep)

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1:Percival Stone is what some would call a “dashing rogue”, while others would call him a womanizer, and yet others would just call him “thief”. He gets by on his charm and quick reflexes, and isn't afraid to use them to get what he wants (often in the form of treasure).

2:As Percival would say, “I'm an avid admirer of women.” He thoroughly enjoys the company of beautiful women, and it often leads him into trouble with jealous lovers and protective fathers. This penchant for the opposite sex often leads to him being called a womanizer or a deviant, but he knows it's all in good fun, and if he happens to meet a wench worth marrying along the way, then that's alright too.

3:Percival also has a love of gambling, but it has bitten him more than once. Although he is quite skilled at the various games (and making sure the “correct” player wins), he is by no means the best. The worst loss he ever suffered was losing his ship and crew in a game of dice when someone managed to switch his loaded dice for their own.

4: Percival was once the captain of the pirate ship Lovely Elise, named after the most beautiful of Percival's conquests. They raided the Inner Sea for many years, and although they didn't have the great success that some pirates do, they made a living by staying under the notice of the various organizations who seek to end piracy. Six years ago he lost the Lovely Elise and her crew in a game of dice.

5: Despite his years at sea, Percival is most at home when in a port city. Although this is mainly because it is easier to find women, gambling, and marks for “item acquisition”, he also enjoys the feeling of steady ground under his feet, something still novel to him after life on the sea.

1: Percival wants his ship back. He has tried many times throughout the six years they have been apart, but with no success. He is now desperate enough to seek a group of fellow adventurers to take back his ship, although he worries about casualties for his former crew.

2: I'm picturing at later levels Percival becoming a traditional “Sword and Pistol” swashbuckler, and also am hoping to find a way to get him to the status of Pirate Captain once more.

1: Percival exiled himself from his homeland of Andoran because of his roguish ways. He was spending the evening with a high ranking official's wife, Elise Chastain, and the husband was due to be away for at least one more night. However, he came home early as a surprise to his wife, and caught the two together. Although the man called for the guards, Percival managed to escape, although just barely. The last he had heard, the man had had his wife hung, and offered a reward for anyone who could bring him in, dead or alive.

2: The Lovely Elise sank two days ago when it was far out to sea. Although no survivor's have shown up yet, one lone woman is on her way to the nearest port city to bring the news of the ships destruction.

1: Barleymin Butterburr, a tavern owner in Port Peril. Barleymin is a tall and muscular man, who can drink even the most seasoned pirate under the table. He has a passion for alcohol and despite his gruff exterior, runs one of the best taverns in town, “The Green Gill”. His most prized achievement is his own alcohol formula simply named “Barleymin Butterburr Special”. It is a very strong drink when compared to ale or beer (Think of a very strong whiskey), and he offers it on almost everything. There's the Barleymin Butterburr Breakfast Special, the Barleymin Butterburr Lunch Special, and even a Barleymin Butterburr Special Special, where he pours you two tankards instead of one. If it's on his menu, you can add “ Barleymin Butterburr...Special” to it. Percival tried many times to convince him to join his crew, twice as often after trying the Barleymin Butterburr Special, but Barleymin wouldn't budge from his tavern. They keep a friendly relationship, Barleymin doesn't say who he sees Percival bring upstairs, and Percival brings many sailors in to do business with Barleymin.

2: Olivia Baker, former first mate. Olivia was one of Percival's first flings in the Shackles, and is the closest to an actual relationship he has ever had. She ended up smitten with him, and sneaked aboard his ship. At first he was very opposed to it, but as the days went on she learned more and more and eventually became the second best pirate on the ship, after Percival himself of course. He made her his first mate. They spent their nights together while on the ship, but at port Percival often slipped away to pursue another fair lass. Eventually they were forced to split when Percival lost his ship and crew in a game of dice.

3: Jasper Chastain, a high ranking official in his former homeland of Andoran. He caught Percival and his wife in bed one night and called for his guards to give chase. Although Percival eluded them, Chastain put out a bounty on Percival, dead or alive. With the anger still inside of Chastain, it would probably be best for Percival if he was taken dead.

1: Despite leaving his homeland of Andoran behind, he is still somewhat of a patriot. He will not pirate from a ship flying the Andoran flag unless in desperate need, and even then prefers to try and work it out peacefully through words or gold.

2: Percival is always nice to woman when first meeting. If the woman proves to be hostile, he won't hesitate to defend himself. He will also treat them in the same way they treat him if he has known them for a little while.

3: Percival does everything he can to look immaculate. Clean shave every day, washing before going to sleep, and after he wakes up. He isn't afraid to get dirty, since dirt, black powder, blood, and sea water are all part of his job description, but he does his best to start and end the day fresh and new.

2:His lucky coin. It is a simple gold coin from his first plunder as a pirate. Whether it holds any real luck or not is debatable, but he holds onto it for fear that if he is right, losing it could bring him much misfortune.

It was a period of civil unrest. Orc seaships, striking from a hidden cove, have won their first victory against the Free Captains of the Shackles. During the battle, Orc spies managed to steal secret plans to the Free Captain’s ultimate weapon, the DRAGON’S DEATH, and armored seaship with enough power to destroy and entire city. Pursued by the Free Captain’s sinister agents, Captain Durra races home aboard her seaship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore glory to the Orcs.

Unfortunately Captain Durra’s seaship could not outrun the Free Captain’s Sea Destroyer. Captain Durra was captured and taken hostage while the rest of the ship was slaughtered, save for one small orc child.

There was A NEW HOPE but not really >_>

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As the orc child grew older the captain of the Dragon’s Death took a liking to the boy. However, all the boy did was grunt, which made communication hard for most of the crew. But the captain would not hear anything about it. The orc boy made for a decent worker since he could lift nearly twice as much as anybody else on board, but he was always a little distracted and couldn’t figure out too many things on his own. Even though the boy could only grunt and point he also made for a fantastic fighter. His brute strength usually over coming any obstacle he faced.

As the years kept moving along Grunt, as he was now dubbed, learned how to work more efficiently on a pirate ship, setting the rigging and moving the siege weapons into place. He was also taught how to use his strength to his advantage even more when fighting with other ships. His Earthbreaker could clear entire decks with just a few swings, Grunt was truly someone to be feared in hand to hand combat.

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Grunt was always kept on deck whenever the Dragon’s Death docked because the captain knew he would get lost if he let him roam around the city. There was always at least one guard on the boat to keep Grunt from wandering off and getting lost.

One chance day however, the Dragon’s Death was docked at Port Peril to sell off some of its captured wares and Grunt was up on deck watching people pass by below him longing to be with them. Then a very intriguing woman caught his eye, Grunt could not stop staring at her, he had to go and get her. She was his to inspect. He ran to gangway only to be intercepted by one of his crew mates. ”Ah ah ah Grunt, you know you can’t leave the ship.”

”Gruh arr nugh ruh” points to woman walking away down the pier ”MEHGR!” Points to self

The crew mate looks at what grunt is pointing to, ”Wow, she is certainly… interesting ain’t she Grunt. Though I would have pegged you for a more “normal” looking woman. But hey, if that is what you like, a woman is a wo-“ Grunt grabbed him by the back of the shirt and flung him off the side of the ship and charged down the gangway after the women.

By the time Grunt made it to where he last saw her, she wasn’t there anymore. He looked all around for her, but she was shorter than the rest of the crowd and he couldn’t spot her anywhere. So he went looking, he even tried “asking” a few people but those poor people he asked usually ended up a few feet from where they started, and prone on the ground. As the day got later and later Grunt began to despair, nobody was helping him like they should and he couldn’t find any sign of her. That is until he was walking down the street of the home to the Formidably Maid, Grunt looked up just in time to see her enter the tavern, and again he charged down the street and burst into the common area eyes scanning every last corner like a hunter searching for his prey.

When she was 11, she got into an argument with her father and swam off to go treasure seeking. She had found a site and started to scavenge around it and got cut bad. Blood gushed out and a nearby shark big enough to kill her in one bite started to rush after her. Terrified she swam as fast as she could to get away and got caught in a net set out for fish before the shark got to her. She was now aboard "The Strapping Eel" a fishing ship. The ship had been doing poorly catching fish thus far until the catch they got with Djulla. Captain Carl Mormuck decided to keep the young gillman and called her his lucky "sea charm". They continued to do well fishing with her on board. They were kind to her and let her do as she pleased as long as she didn't try to run off.

She decided to stay with them and abandon the father who hated her. She stayed with this crew for 13 years. She knew the basics of sailing but never had to do any manual labor or get into fights. There was a terrible storm that took the ship and its crew. She managed to save Mormuck and took him to an small nearby island. They were able to survive well on the island and Mormuck apologized for keeping her as his item for so many years. They were stranded there for 3 years until one day she spotted a ship that stopped in sight. She swam near and asked for help.

This ship was "The Temptress' Pleasure". It was a pirate ship led by Captain Catherine "The Succubus" Everfiend. Everfiend agreed to helping Djulla and they went and picked up Mormuck. Once they had both of them in their possession they told Djulla to find this underwater treasure they sough and threatened to kill Mormuck if she ran away. They told her if she did this they would let him live and leave him at the next port. She agreed and went deep down into some ancient ruins that led to an underground cave.

She went up into the cave and encountered deadly traps she was barely able to disable. She went further in and saw tons of treasure of ancient azlanti descent. Among the treasure she saw strange writing on the walls and she found a small statue of a strange creature that looked like a disfigured and twisted mermaid. She kept this hidden for herself as she was drawn and intrigued by it. She returned with some of the treasure and led the others to the area to get the rest. They let Mormuck go as they promised, but "The Succubus" decided to keep Djulla as her "sea charm".

She was aboard "The Temptress' Pleasure" for 3 years. During this time she learned how to fight and was forced to kill. She was kept a close watch on and was forced to sleep in the captain's chambers. Captain Catherine Everfiend was very possessive of her and used her however she saw fit. They continued to find treasure after treasure and Everfiend kept more and more to herself. Finally, Djulla was able to gradually stir up mutiny among the crew after a huge find of treasure. During the fight amongst the crew the only friend she made in the crew let her slip away during the confusion. His name was Nevik "Weird Eye" Cazu and told her that she owed him one day.

Finally, she was out on her own she decided to go out and look for ancient lore. She went to a tavern called the Formidably Maid in Port Peril last night to meet a contact who supposedly had an old map of lost cyclops ruins to sell, but the drink was stronger than she had expected and she passed out before making the deal.