Corbin Cray's page

Corbin Cray -- or simply "Cray", as he prefers to be called -- was born a bastard, the only son of a prostitute in Riddleport. His mother did her best to raise him, but poverty forced Cray to grow up quickly, and the boy was not above pickpocketing if it meant he and his mother could eat another day.

Cray's childhood wanderings frequently took him to the docks, and there he spent many an afternoon watching in fascination as all manner of massive, exotic ships came and went. One fateful day still stands out in his memory, when he was twelve years old: As he was sitting on a hill by the pier, a bald, wiry man called out to him, "Ey, boy, wanna make a few coppers?" Cray jumped at the chance, and spent the next hour unloading crates. Exhausting as it was, he was excited to actually be aboard a ship -- and even more excited still when the bald man asked if he wanted to join the ship's crew as a swab boy.

The next morning was when Cray told his mother that he was leaving home, determined to make an honest wage as a sailor so they both could have a better life. She protested fiercely at first, but made no attempt to physically stop him, perhaps acknowledging that it was as good an opportunity as he would get.

Now, over twenty years later, Cray is a seasoned sailor, having undertaken countless ventures, legal and otherwise, and made sure to make good on his promise to his mother. Yet despite his successes, and now far from home in the exotic lands of the Shackles, he still doesn't quite feel at ease with himself, as though he was meant for greater things. He keeps a keen eye out for an opportunity to satisfy his greatest ambition: To have a ship -- or more -- under his command.