Post by Brighid Murphy on Mar 3, 2017 19:14:58 GMT
Name: Brighid Molly Murphy
Nationality: Irish
Profession: Pirate Captain
Born: 1637 (age 29)
Ship: Corsair named Scáthach
Skills
Fighting:
Brawling: 40
Swashbuckling (Cutlass favoured): 80
Artillery: 30
Physical Attributes:
Strength: 30
Agility: 60
Swimming: 10
Stamina: 40
Social Skills:
Influence/Persuasion: 30
Willpower: 40
Professional Skills:
Sailing; 30
Navigation: 60
Tactics (ship): 40
Fishing/Hunting: 20
Languages:
English (free)
Portuguese: 20
Biography:
Brighid is the only daughter of pirate captain Sean Murphy and his lover, Margaret Flynn, a flame-haired tavernkeeper's taughter. Her earliest years were spent in the Golden Harp tavern in Dublin run by her maternal grandparents. With her father so often at sea, Brighid became the focal point of her mother's life, and beloved of her grandparents and uncles, who adored her bold spirit and lively tongue The tavern's patrons were likewise amused by the little girl and took delight in letting her sip ale from their tankards when her mother wasn't looking. Best of all, she liked her father's visits, when he would bring gifts for his mistress and their daughter then gather the family and patrons around a roaring fire to tell tales of the sea, of fierce winds and bloody battles. Captain Murphy's crew were initially bothered by the little girl firing questions at them but soon they too treated her as a favoured niece, taught her games of chance, bought her toys and trinkets and made her laugh. Her favourite present of all was the wooden sword her father gave her on her fifth birthday. He paid a former crewman, Seamus O'Reilly, to give her lessons in swordplay. Brighid learned much more than swordplay from the old man, who soon became an honorary uncle to the young girl and taught her skills such as the theory of navigation. On her ninth birthday he began teaching her to fire a pistol.
Brighid's life continued to be divided into daily life, when she helped out in the tavern and did her lessons with Seamus, and her father's visits. By the time she was ten, she had begun to dream of life at sea, but her mother would not let her go. As Brighid would later learn, Captain Murphy was not faithful to Margaret, but he loved her dearly and refused to break her heart by taking away her only child. He would only promise that Brighid would be allowed to sail with him when she was a grown woman. Fate, however, intervened. Brighid was twelve when she caught the attention of a particular mercenary soldier who had become a recent patron at the tavern. One day he cornered the young girl and kissed her. Brighid struggled but could not escape his grasp. Her cries of anger and fear brought her mother running. In the confusion, the mercenary turned on Margaret and slammed her hard against the wall. Brighid drew her dagger and plunged it into the man's stomach. By this time Seamus had come running and quickly dispatched the wounded mercenary while Brighid, her hand dripping with blood, ran to her mother. but Margaret would not rise and Seamus gently told Brighid that her mother was dead. The mercenary's body was disposed of by Brighid's uncles and the family went into mourning for Margaret. Brighid wept bitterly, blaming herself. She spent hours with her weapons, and refused the company of the inn's taproom. When her father came, she would barely speak to him until he gave her a cup of ale and made her promise to honour her mother's memory. He then offered her a place on his ship, promising that no man would touch her without her consent. Grieving, but desperate to escape the home that felt lonely without her mother's presence, Brighid accepted.
At first life at sea was hard for Brighid, who was used to being the spoiled darling of the tavern. Aboard her father's ship, Scáthach, she began to learn that that the pirate's life was not all glamour and glory. Given the place of "cabin girl" she learned the business of sailing from the bottom up. She grew fit and strong from hours spent climbing the rigging, scouring the decks and performing any such task as the senior crewmen saw fit. At first she was not allowed to join in any battles, since her father valued her too highly, but she saw the dark side of her new lifestyle when men came back from battle wounded, or their corpses wrapped in sailcloth and sent to the depths of the ocean. Eventually the time came when Captain Murphy deemed Brighid skilled enough and she learned then that battle was nothing like the fireside tales. She was fourteen when she made her first kill at sea. This was also the first time she got so drunk she passed out. The crew teased her about it for weeks afterwards, but soon enough she was back drinking with them. Time passed and soon the crew largely accepted her as their equal. By the time she was twenty Captain Murphy had been giving her responsibilities, preparing her for the time when she would take his place, or captain a ship of her own. She began accumulating her own small treasure hoard, though she spent as much as she saved.
Brighid was twenty-five when Captain Murphy was killed in battle against a French ship. Forever afterwards she would refer to the battle as a close-run thing, in which Scáthach's crew was lucky to survive the encounter with the larger vessel. After dedicating her father to the waves, Brighid and her crew swore a blood oath of vengeance against the French captain, Jean-Baptiste Sauveterre. She has yet to fulfil that oath yet she is making her name and seeking to make her crew strong while she waits for her chance to battle Sauveterre.
(NB, more detail on Brighid's pirate career may be added at a later date)
Nationality: Irish
Profession: Pirate Captain
Born: 1637 (age 29)
Ship: Corsair named Scáthach
Skills
Fighting:
Brawling: 40
Swashbuckling (Cutlass favoured): 80
Artillery: 30
Physical Attributes:
Strength: 30
Agility: 60
Swimming: 10
Stamina: 40
Social Skills:
Influence/Persuasion: 30
Willpower: 40
Professional Skills:
Sailing; 30
Navigation: 60
Tactics (ship): 40
Fishing/Hunting: 20
Languages:
English (free)
Portuguese: 20
Biography:
Brighid is the only daughter of pirate captain Sean Murphy and his lover, Margaret Flynn, a flame-haired tavernkeeper's taughter. Her earliest years were spent in the Golden Harp tavern in Dublin run by her maternal grandparents. With her father so often at sea, Brighid became the focal point of her mother's life, and beloved of her grandparents and uncles, who adored her bold spirit and lively tongue The tavern's patrons were likewise amused by the little girl and took delight in letting her sip ale from their tankards when her mother wasn't looking. Best of all, she liked her father's visits, when he would bring gifts for his mistress and their daughter then gather the family and patrons around a roaring fire to tell tales of the sea, of fierce winds and bloody battles. Captain Murphy's crew were initially bothered by the little girl firing questions at them but soon they too treated her as a favoured niece, taught her games of chance, bought her toys and trinkets and made her laugh. Her favourite present of all was the wooden sword her father gave her on her fifth birthday. He paid a former crewman, Seamus O'Reilly, to give her lessons in swordplay. Brighid learned much more than swordplay from the old man, who soon became an honorary uncle to the young girl and taught her skills such as the theory of navigation. On her ninth birthday he began teaching her to fire a pistol.
Brighid's life continued to be divided into daily life, when she helped out in the tavern and did her lessons with Seamus, and her father's visits. By the time she was ten, she had begun to dream of life at sea, but her mother would not let her go. As Brighid would later learn, Captain Murphy was not faithful to Margaret, but he loved her dearly and refused to break her heart by taking away her only child. He would only promise that Brighid would be allowed to sail with him when she was a grown woman. Fate, however, intervened. Brighid was twelve when she caught the attention of a particular mercenary soldier who had become a recent patron at the tavern. One day he cornered the young girl and kissed her. Brighid struggled but could not escape his grasp. Her cries of anger and fear brought her mother running. In the confusion, the mercenary turned on Margaret and slammed her hard against the wall. Brighid drew her dagger and plunged it into the man's stomach. By this time Seamus had come running and quickly dispatched the wounded mercenary while Brighid, her hand dripping with blood, ran to her mother. but Margaret would not rise and Seamus gently told Brighid that her mother was dead. The mercenary's body was disposed of by Brighid's uncles and the family went into mourning for Margaret. Brighid wept bitterly, blaming herself. She spent hours with her weapons, and refused the company of the inn's taproom. When her father came, she would barely speak to him until he gave her a cup of ale and made her promise to honour her mother's memory. He then offered her a place on his ship, promising that no man would touch her without her consent. Grieving, but desperate to escape the home that felt lonely without her mother's presence, Brighid accepted.
At first life at sea was hard for Brighid, who was used to being the spoiled darling of the tavern. Aboard her father's ship, Scáthach, she began to learn that that the pirate's life was not all glamour and glory. Given the place of "cabin girl" she learned the business of sailing from the bottom up. She grew fit and strong from hours spent climbing the rigging, scouring the decks and performing any such task as the senior crewmen saw fit. At first she was not allowed to join in any battles, since her father valued her too highly, but she saw the dark side of her new lifestyle when men came back from battle wounded, or their corpses wrapped in sailcloth and sent to the depths of the ocean. Eventually the time came when Captain Murphy deemed Brighid skilled enough and she learned then that battle was nothing like the fireside tales. She was fourteen when she made her first kill at sea. This was also the first time she got so drunk she passed out. The crew teased her about it for weeks afterwards, but soon enough she was back drinking with them. Time passed and soon the crew largely accepted her as their equal. By the time she was twenty Captain Murphy had been giving her responsibilities, preparing her for the time when she would take his place, or captain a ship of her own. She began accumulating her own small treasure hoard, though she spent as much as she saved.
Brighid was twenty-five when Captain Murphy was killed in battle against a French ship. Forever afterwards she would refer to the battle as a close-run thing, in which Scáthach's crew was lucky to survive the encounter with the larger vessel. After dedicating her father to the waves, Brighid and her crew swore a blood oath of vengeance against the French captain, Jean-Baptiste Sauveterre. She has yet to fulfil that oath yet she is making her name and seeking to make her crew strong while she waits for her chance to battle Sauveterre.
(NB, more detail on Brighid's pirate career may be added at a later date)
