Some background for Shoann Haabo. Still got some shopping to
Even among pirates, the story of Captain Calais Haabo’s rise to power a quarter-century ago was a grim one. Marooned by the ship Stirge on the Cannibal Isles for some forgotten crime, he reappeared some weeks later commanding a group of lacedons. Within an hour, Calais was the Stirge’s new Captain, with his old crewmates either drowned or devoured.
Shoann was born some months later on the island where Calais had been left, daughter to the Orc necromancer Lum, Daughter of Dust. Lum often took lost or abandoned sailors as lovers or partners, rewarding her most faithful with summoned or commanded minions, and raising the resulting offspring that showed magical prowess (and eating the rest).
Shoann showed enough talent to avoid the cooking pot. But proved incapable of the sort of magic Lum craved, and her mother eventually lost interest in her. She made her way off the island as her father arrived, entrancing a pirate crew to sail her away.
Both mother and father issues. Her mother cast her out, obviously, so there’s some bitterness there and a desire to prove herself. Her father denies she’s his. He’s sought to tamp down rumors of exactly how he came to command the Stirge, and the existence of a enchantress daughter raises questions he doesn’t want to answer.
Leans into the creepy-witch vibe, but it’s only partly sincere — she is her mother’s daughter when it comes to the dead, but she’s also aware how off-putting it is to others, which she feels gives her and advantage.