Post by Terezinha Mão de Ferro on Mar 3, 2017 5:40:51 GMT
Name: Maria Terezinha Mão de Ferro e Souza, (short: Terezinha de Ferro)
Nationality: Portuguese
Heavy Infantry: (Greatsword or Poleaxe, Pike, Flintlock, Armor): 65
Strength (base 10): 60
Agility (base 10): 20
Swimming (10 points, modified buy agility): 15
Stamina (determines how long one can fight/run/etc): 20
Influence/Persuasion: 20
Willpower (resists Influence, reduces roll penalties from wounds): 20
Deceive: 20
Perception (detect lies, sense attitudes): 40
Disguise: 15
Observation (detect stealth, disguise, can be PM'd secret details of what can be sensed in posts): 30
Sailing (needed to be proficient crewman): 20
Navigation (needed to be a decent captain): 40
Tactics (ship): 40
Fishing/Hunting: 25
Languages:
Portuguese: (free)
Spanish: 40
English: 40
Born in the colonies to a widowed mother in a port town, Terezinha had to grow up poor, hard, and fast, in order to survive. She learned to lie when she was young, steal to have a meal, and to fight for herself, since nobody else would. When she was still a child, she disguised herself as a boy and sneaked aboard a trade ship, sailing for 2 years until the age of 14, when her ship was boarded and she was taken aboard a pirate vessel, the captain decided she, the old ships doctor, and a few of the work crew, would do well on his ship, and left the rest with torn sails and little food to drift and hopefully make it back to land. Terezinha did well on the vessel, managing to strike a deal with the ships doctor in order to keep quiet about her being a woman. She slowly managed to climb the ranks, managing to keep her disguise for 4 years aboard the ship, eventually making First Mate.
During a raid of a spanish schooner, the captain was hit with a stray bullet in the neck, Terezinha the first to his side. She took the opportunity and shoved her finger inside the wound, widening it just enough to allow for a guaranteed bleed-out, before pretending to try and stop the bleeding and call for a medic. The captain passed away, and a battle between herself and the quartermaster ensued to see who would lead the ship. Terezinha was revealed to be a woman then, but challenged the quartermaster to a fight to see who would win. Not wanting to be humiliated by a woman, he agreed, and the two fought blade against blade, Terezinha armed with an axe, often favoring heavy weapons and generally being stronger then she looked, while he used a hanger sword from the captain. The fight was bloody, but she won, and in a show of practicality spared the quartermaster and set sail for port. She offered the crew a choice, follow her and continue to raid, or leave, and find work elsewhere peacefully.
Some left, others didn't, and Terezinha had a crew of her own, one who knew of her true nature and thus, one she did not need to hide among. She began a new career, as a sellsail for the kingdoms and empires seeking to get ahead of their competition, and allowing the crew to work as agents of a great power rather then running from the law. Her contracts have mostly been with the portugese, securing their slave ships from attack by the spanish and other pirates, as well as allowing trade to flow northward uninterrupted. However, she has also worked with the English as well, willingly to fight for whichever side allowed her the most pay, and the most chance for easy bloodshed.
Nationality: Portuguese
Heavy Infantry: (Greatsword or Poleaxe, Pike, Flintlock, Armor): 65
Strength (base 10): 60
Agility (base 10): 20
Swimming (10 points, modified buy agility): 15
Stamina (determines how long one can fight/run/etc): 20
Influence/Persuasion: 20
Willpower (resists Influence, reduces roll penalties from wounds): 20
Deceive: 20
Perception (detect lies, sense attitudes): 40
Disguise: 15
Observation (detect stealth, disguise, can be PM'd secret details of what can be sensed in posts): 30
Sailing (needed to be proficient crewman): 20
Navigation (needed to be a decent captain): 40
Tactics (ship): 40
Fishing/Hunting: 25
Languages:
Portuguese: (free)
Spanish: 40
English: 40
Born in the colonies to a widowed mother in a port town, Terezinha had to grow up poor, hard, and fast, in order to survive. She learned to lie when she was young, steal to have a meal, and to fight for herself, since nobody else would. When she was still a child, she disguised herself as a boy and sneaked aboard a trade ship, sailing for 2 years until the age of 14, when her ship was boarded and she was taken aboard a pirate vessel, the captain decided she, the old ships doctor, and a few of the work crew, would do well on his ship, and left the rest with torn sails and little food to drift and hopefully make it back to land. Terezinha did well on the vessel, managing to strike a deal with the ships doctor in order to keep quiet about her being a woman. She slowly managed to climb the ranks, managing to keep her disguise for 4 years aboard the ship, eventually making First Mate.
During a raid of a spanish schooner, the captain was hit with a stray bullet in the neck, Terezinha the first to his side. She took the opportunity and shoved her finger inside the wound, widening it just enough to allow for a guaranteed bleed-out, before pretending to try and stop the bleeding and call for a medic. The captain passed away, and a battle between herself and the quartermaster ensued to see who would lead the ship. Terezinha was revealed to be a woman then, but challenged the quartermaster to a fight to see who would win. Not wanting to be humiliated by a woman, he agreed, and the two fought blade against blade, Terezinha armed with an axe, often favoring heavy weapons and generally being stronger then she looked, while he used a hanger sword from the captain. The fight was bloody, but she won, and in a show of practicality spared the quartermaster and set sail for port. She offered the crew a choice, follow her and continue to raid, or leave, and find work elsewhere peacefully.
Some left, others didn't, and Terezinha had a crew of her own, one who knew of her true nature and thus, one she did not need to hide among. She began a new career, as a sellsail for the kingdoms and empires seeking to get ahead of their competition, and allowing the crew to work as agents of a great power rather then running from the law. Her contracts have mostly been with the portugese, securing their slave ships from attack by the spanish and other pirates, as well as allowing trade to flow northward uninterrupted. However, she has also worked with the English as well, willingly to fight for whichever side allowed her the most pay, and the most chance for easy bloodshed.
