PCs:Shelly Maroon
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Captain Shelly Maroon
Race: Human, M'Chekan
Class: Fighter/Rogue/Bard
Affiliations: Captain of the M'Chekan privateer vessel Dark Hawk
Active Servers: Mikona
Contact him: Leave a message at the Dark Hawk
Appearence and Mannerisms
Shelly is a tall, broad shouldered man, with brown eyes and skin darkened by a lifetime at sea. One long scar runs from the corner of his right eye down to his jawline, and another crosses the bottom of his left ear. Dark hair hangs in a long tangle to his shoulders, and he usually goes unshaven. He typically wears a long coat and ruffled shirt, often choosing to go without armor even in close combat. He is confident with a wide variety of weapons, but favors the distinctive rapier that he wears at his hip. Shelly enjoys telling implausible tales, often embellishing his own role in events, or relating the activities of unusally-named acquaintences from years past. In general, Shelly is an agreeable person; quick with a joke and prone to indifference rather than outright anger. He is known to have an irrational fear of magical portals, and will not willingly travel long distances underground.
Reknown
As well as his growing reputation as a privateer and fighting sailor, Shelly is known as a teller of stories and as a musician. He was judged Southern Negaria's finest bard in the first and only Battle of the Bards, an (increasingly neglected) title which he still holds. He has penned a number of songs and poems, notably The Black Rose, the story of a Ghost Ship that is reputed to haunt the waters of the Silver Coast to the south of the Seven Cities. In addition, he has been known to perform weddings and give tours of the city, and he is a regular at Kero's Bar and Resturant in Mikona.
Recent Activites
Recently, Shelly has acquired a letter of marque from the M'Chekan admiralty, allowing him to operate as a privateer under the M'Chekan flag. He has armed his sloop, the Dark Hawk, and has engaged Drotid's privateers on a number of occasions. Between these cruises, he has continued to operate the ship as a small trader and transport vessel, embarking on a number of voyages to little-known islands to the south of M'Chek.
The Dark Hawk
The Dark Hawk is a two-masted, Dubunat-rigged sloop of something over 100 tonnes. Her raked masts and long bowsprit make her visually distinctive, and allow her to carry a deceptive amount of canvas for her size. Although Shelly boasts that his ship is the fastest south of Andarr, this is probably not the case. She is a handy vessel at all points of sailing, however, and her shallow draught and ability to sail close to the wind make her an excellent all-around performer. The Dark Hawk was originally built in the later years of the T'Nanshi-M'Chek War. She was constructed from cedar in T'Nanshi, but in a style more frequently associated with Dubunat's shipbuilders. Launched and operated as an armed tender and dispatch ship for as much as a year, the Hawk was then boarded and taken by a party of renegade Drotid slavers. The slavers refitted her with a Gaff Rig, and operated her successfully out of a camp hidden in Northeastern M'Chek for several years before she was captured by Shelly Maroon. Shelly restored her to her original rig and condition, strengthened the deck and structure, and installed 8 18-pounder carronades along with 2 9-pounder long cannon mounted as chasers. Allthough they have limited range and accuracy, the carronades give the Dark Hawk a 72-pound broadside - a significantly greater weight of shot than most ships in her class.
Naval Victories of the Dark Hawk:
- Brigantine Unknown - Sunk South of M'Chek
- Schooner Black Asp - Sunk off Toran Shaarda
- Xebec Spitfire - Sunk off Western M'Chek
- Xebec Deer - Captured and scuttled off Western M'Chek
- Gun-Brig Spritely (fmr M'Chekan Navy) - Recaptured off Southeastern M'Check and returned to Mikona as a prize