Post by Frances Harte on Mar 15, 2017 16:15:55 GMT
Name: Frances J. Harte
Nationality: English
Profession: First mate and surgeon of the Defiance.
Born: 1640 (age 22)
Skills
Fighting:
60 Brawling (Unarmed, Improvised weaponry, knife fighting)
80 Swashbuckling (Rapier, Saber, Cutlass, Dagger, Pistol, dual wield w/dagger)
Physical Attributes:
30 Strength (base 10)
60 Agility (base 10)
10 Swimming (base 10)
60 Stamina
Social Skills:
20 Willpower
10 Deception
Professional Skills:
20 Sailing
30 Stealth
20 Disguise
30 Observation
60 Medicine/Healing
Languages:
English (free)
40 Spanish
Biography:
Not much factual is known about Frances Harte as she tends to give away very little or nothing at all. Only a few people know she hails from a strict Puritan family in Jamestown and even fewer are privy to the reason she turned to piracy. An admirer of tall tales, Frances has given various contradicting accounts of her departure from home, usually referring to it as "the colonies". One of these sees her escape from a marriage to a rich old merchant aboard a trading vessel only to be boarded by Spanish pirates. Another has her fall in love with a handsome young Spanish trader she meets in the town square and elopes with - the captain of his ship is furious when he learns of the englishwoman; given an ultimatum, the young trader kills him and raises a black flag.
The only constants in her stories seem to be her uncle Philip, the owner of a medical practice she assisted in her youth, and her family's indentured native girl - sometimes boy - who is either beaten and strung up or flees "the colonies" with Frances, depending on the version. Frances often changes the name of her Spanish lover, but credits him with being the greatest teacher she ever had. In some stories, he is killed by English privateers, in others by mutineers.
Unlike the rest of her personal history, Frances' pirate career's fairly common knowledge. For five years, she served as a surgeon on Capitán Hector Galán de Castilla's La Tempestad. After Galán was killed and replaced by Miguel Rivas in a 1660 plot, Frances abandoned the crew, citing irreconcilable differences. When she left, she took a good chunk of Rivas' gold with her. In 1661, she joined Captain Audrey Rose's Defiance on Roatan.
Nationality: English
Profession: First mate and surgeon of the Defiance.
Born: 1640 (age 22)
Skills
Fighting:
60 Brawling (Unarmed, Improvised weaponry, knife fighting)
80 Swashbuckling (Rapier, Saber, Cutlass, Dagger, Pistol, dual wield w/dagger)
Physical Attributes:
30 Strength (base 10)
60 Agility (base 10)
10 Swimming (base 10)
60 Stamina
Social Skills:
20 Willpower
10 Deception
Professional Skills:
20 Sailing
30 Stealth
20 Disguise
30 Observation
60 Medicine/Healing
Languages:
English (free)
40 Spanish
Biography:
Not much factual is known about Frances Harte as she tends to give away very little or nothing at all. Only a few people know she hails from a strict Puritan family in Jamestown and even fewer are privy to the reason she turned to piracy. An admirer of tall tales, Frances has given various contradicting accounts of her departure from home, usually referring to it as "the colonies". One of these sees her escape from a marriage to a rich old merchant aboard a trading vessel only to be boarded by Spanish pirates. Another has her fall in love with a handsome young Spanish trader she meets in the town square and elopes with - the captain of his ship is furious when he learns of the englishwoman; given an ultimatum, the young trader kills him and raises a black flag.
The only constants in her stories seem to be her uncle Philip, the owner of a medical practice she assisted in her youth, and her family's indentured native girl - sometimes boy - who is either beaten and strung up or flees "the colonies" with Frances, depending on the version. Frances often changes the name of her Spanish lover, but credits him with being the greatest teacher she ever had. In some stories, he is killed by English privateers, in others by mutineers.
Unlike the rest of her personal history, Frances' pirate career's fairly common knowledge. For five years, she served as a surgeon on Capitán Hector Galán de Castilla's La Tempestad. After Galán was killed and replaced by Miguel Rivas in a 1660 plot, Frances abandoned the crew, citing irreconcilable differences. When she left, she took a good chunk of Rivas' gold with her. In 1661, she joined Captain Audrey Rose's Defiance on Roatan.
