Background: Pirate (Sailor) [Using Skill Proficiencies of Criminal]
Personality Traits: I work hard so i that i can play hard when the work is done. I try to be free and opportunistic, but i often get attached to people around me.
Ideal: Someday I’ll own my own ship and chart my own destiny.
Bond: I'll never forget my first ship and Ianmorn, my father and mentor.
Flaw: Once i start drinking, its hard for me to stop.
Backstory
Zillyanna wasn't old enough to remember her parents when the ship they were aboard crashed during a storm. With no space for them on the lifeboats, all they could do was convince the other passengers to save their baby. That lifeboat was eventually found by a merchant vessel, where a halfling crew member called Ianmorn decided to raise Zillyanna as his daughter.
Raised into two different homes, she would spend one or two years with Ianmorn on a small and calm village, but then the halfling would return to the sea for about five years, and she would live with an elven couple in Waterdeep. The couple received money from Ianmorn to cover all the expenses related to her, as well as additional money to raise her and teach her. Except for the money, they didn't like her very much, and neither did she. Zillyanna would only obey her adoptive father, and acted in a rebellious and stubborn way when staying in Waterdeep, constantly getting in trouble and staying with bad company. Every once in a while, she would find a way to get some coins and run to the docks, offering money to whoever agreed with taking her to her father, those attempts never ended well.
As she got older and more irritating, the elven couple decided raising her wasn't worth the money. Since she was already always hanging out on the docks and trying to board a ship; Ianmorn decided that the best thing to do was bring her along on his next sea journey. Expecting her to give up after seeing how the life aboard a ship could be hard.
That never happened. Zillyanna really enjoyed being with her father, and the crew really liked her. As time went on, she learned many things from the crew: how tie a knot, how to read the stars, how to drink rum, and how to throw a punch. Ianmorn always expect his daughter to be a fine lady, and didn't like what he saw, but reluctantly agreed that teaching her how take care of herself in the sea was important. And so he taught her his tricks as well, how to open locks, to move in silence and to strike with a rapier.
As the years went on, while Zillyanna's elf body was barely reaching maturity, Ianmorn was getting old and sick; old enough that he wasn't capable of boarding a vessel anymore, and so she took upon herself to take of him. She would spend years at the sea, sending money back to the same elven couple that raised her, and they would take care of her father. Every five years, she would have enough money to take a break from her duties at sea and spend some time with her father.
But Ianmorn wasn't getting any younger, and Zillyanna, still immature and naive, started getting impatient, selling her skills to whoever paid the most and taking jobs regardless of what she had to do. Working mostly with pirates, she was able to get coin at a much faster rate, and to see her father much more often. Yet, every time she got back, he seemed more distant and melancholic.
As her father was on his very last hours, she discovered trough the elven couple that decades ago, before finding her, Ianmorn lost his pregnant wife to a pirate raid; seeing her become one was his biggest fear in life, and now he felt like a failure as a father. On hearing this, she ran to his bedside, promising she would never step on a pirate ship again, and would have a life that would make him proud. Ianmorn didn't answer, but died smiling.
After that, Zillyanna packed and went away, deciding to take a break from the sea for a few years; trying to cope with the loss and the loneliness, searching for a good cause.
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Appearance:
Zillyanna is a lithe moon elf of pale skin, dark, long hair, and blue eyes. She has scars from lashes on the back and a moth tattooed on the back of the neck. The forelock of her hair us often dyed in some other color, usually red.
Zillyanna still favors her sailor’s clothes, liking loose light shirts and pants on casual situation; and resorting to corsets or long elvish dresses when she needs to be fashionable. Her usual adventuring attire consists of a tight leather breastplate over a white shirt, thick gloves that cover her forearms, a large belt where she can keep her weapons and tools, black pants and long boots.
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Personality:
Despite having decades of experience with her craft, Zillyanna still isn’t an adult yet by elven standards. She might know how to conduct business and take care of herself, but is still somewhat childish and irresponsible, specially when it comes to knowing when to stop having fun; she is also prone to showing adult behavior without really understanding all the implications, such as flirting for fun without knowing what it implies. Besides that, Ianmorn really infused in her the idea that helping other people, specially family or friends, is a really important thing.
