Bollun Torbane

[Fleech-Hunter]

Your character's full name: Bollun Torbane
Age: 32 seasons (years)
Species: Bilge Rat
Gender: Male

Appearance: Bollun is the epitome of what a searat is and should be. He stands at only slightly tall for a bilge rat and is slightly thick, with muscle and a grog belly. His eyes are a sickly yellow-green and shine with the feral fright of a harvest moon in black water. He wears an outfit traditional to a roving pirate, an oversized blazer jacket, worn with the seasons and of a dark blood color. Brown leather breeches adorn his legs and tuck into folded top black leather boots. A thick belt rounds his girth and holds the scabbard to his cutlass, a skinning knife lovingly tucked into the opposite side. With fur of an ash gray darkened with filth over the years, he looks every inch the pirate captain he should be. Three brass earrings loop in his right ear while just one loops in his left. His wrists are ringed with ill-obtained jewelry of all sorts, rings upon his fingers and a gold fang stands prominently in the top left of his maw. Many of his other teeth are rotten and black but it doesn't seem to bother him much. Scars criss-cross the sturdy rat's body, one such tell-tale cross upon his muzzle, pink with age.

Belongings: A sturdy cutlass and scabbard, a skinning knife, a throwing-weighted boot knife tucked and hidden in his right boot, assorted jewelry and riches ammased over a lifetime of pirating. Nothing much, but it keeps him happy.

Job or Position: First Mate

Personality: Bollun flip-flops between two personality extremes. His crewmates would tell you he has no middle ground. Bollun Torbane is either in a mood of great pirate cheer, singing and drinking and tending his ship, or, he's in the foulest of tempers, kicking those below him about like garbage, especially if they fail to do their jobs properly. If there's one thing Bollun hates, it's incompetence. Do your job, do it well. Live like a true pirate and aspire to die greatly in high battle. Cowards get on his sore side quickly, as do those who are lazy and don't do as they are commanded. He runs a tight ship and is ever loyal to those equal to his rank or above him. He believes in an unspoken code among pirates, that mutiny is a sin punishable by nothing less than death, and loyalty to one's captain is the greatest of things a pirate can give. Fight alongside your fellow beasts, kill with them, bleed with them, and you'll have a crew who trusts you as much as you can trust them.

A pity not all pirates live by that same code of honor among thieves.

All in all Bollun is a true pirate at heart with a lust for plunder and a love for battle. He does not hesitate to charge into the fray alongside his crewmates, and this has earned him a hearty reputation as a true blue corsair, one to be admired and sung about perhaps in future seasons.

History and Background Information: Born and raised on Sampetra Isle, what was left of the corsair island after it had once been destroyed and razed several seasons ago left much to be desired. The beasts could only speak of old tales and old captains, those who rose to greatness and fought in great battles. As he grew from pup to teen, Bollun aspired alongside eight brothers to recapture the greatness the corsairs had lost so many seasons ago. Their father, mother and several others had dreams to rebuild the corsair fleets and regain the fear and respect the pirate clans had had so many seasons ago.

Bollun and his brothers grew and worked alongside the others, tending their isles to promote tree growth so they could build a new fleet of ships. It took several seasons but the plan came to fruition, and soon the clans were sailing once more, spreading out far and wide to seek fortunes of their own.

The Torbane family broke off into sections, their mother and father went off to captain their own vessel, some of the brothers partnered up while others joined the ships of other captains and sought their fortune wherever it lied. Bollun became a crewrat on one particular vessel captained by a vicious weasel and his stoat first mate. Bollun liked the viciousness of the pair and sought to earn glory and renown in their midst.

But disaster would strike shortly after a great victory against a sea otter ship several seasons later. The pirates found themselves in the middle of a fierce hurricane which they later learned destroyed several vessels in that area of the sea. Bollun and only a handful of survivors clung to what was left of their ship and were eventually picked up by another pirate vessel. Bollun couldn't have prayed for anything luckier.

And it seemed to only get better. The captain of the ship was a fierce vixen with her eye on the prize. Bollun instantly took a liking to the gal, impressed by the maid's mettle and attitude. He swore he and his remaining beast's fealty to her and over the course of a few seasons earned himself the position of first mate after the previous one died of scurvy on a long voyage.

Pleased with his lot, and even more pleased with his captain, Bollun is a happy pirater indeed. With a few shipmates he's known as far back as Sampetra, and new messmates earned on the new vessel, he's pretty happy with his lot. Though he could do with a bit more grog and bloodshed, but that's always something that seems to be missing unless you have it right at paw.

Any other details: Bollun's best messmates who he knew from Sampetra and served with him on their previous vessel are up for adoption. ;3, Might even be room for a younger brother of his who either served with him before or happened to be serving on the fox's vessel now. ^^

Code Words: -correct-

[Treble Tiderunner]

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