Through The Skies: The City Of Gold

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[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Floating high above the streets of London, the H.M.S. Adrastea awaits anyone willing to give it business. Adra (the ship’s nickname, dubbed by Cpt. Delia Rosteau) is a somewhat disheveled aircraft, dealing in business legal and otherwise—whatever will put food on the table.
Recently, however, the media has cast light upon something that will make the crew search for jobs no more…
An airship had crashed into London, aflame. A man had staggered out of it saying he and his crew had found a city of infinite beauty, with buildings made of solid gold. However, he claimed, his crew had been ambushed and killed, his ship getting caught in booby traps.
Needless to say, the entire city of London found him insane.
That is to say, except Capt. Delia Adrastea, who quickly went to the man and asked for directions. He told her all she had to do was “keep heading up and up and up…” before he died from the burns he’d received.
Now all the crew has to do is find the city. Little do they know, they’re not the only ones looking.

The H.M.S. Prestige is a government ship set out to find this alleged “city of gold” before anyone else does. If they encounter anyone who plans on getting in their way, they have no intentions of being anything but merciless.
The British government has taken a recent hit in its ego: the American colonies had fought a war against them and won, now becoming its own nation. Not to mention, the recently acquired France seems to be less than happy about being usurped. Not to mention the tension the news of the American Revolution is bringing to all of the other British colonies: India, China, their portion of Russia (Khaitland), Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Algeria, the Oceania (Australia and New Zealand)—even the almost-always neutral Sweden and Belgium (though they seemed to have great opposition to being turned into giant factories, as the government had done with them…)
A war may be imminent, and in that case, the already-near-impoverished British Government will need as much funding as possible. Without it, they may be overtaken completely—which is simply not an option.

The S. S. Deimos is a pirate ship with a dark reputation. The crew is known to do anything and everything for money, even though they're well known to be extremely wealthy already, some of the higher-ranking pirates owning their own towns and islands. Once the crew heard about the rumor of the city of gold, they were more than excited to find it and claim it for themselves.

Table of Contents
1. Intro, Table of Contents, and References
2. Rules and character skeleton
3. H.M.S. Adrastea, S. S. Deimos
4. H.M.S. Prestige, The Island Aureum

References
~OOC/Hangout Thread~
~Story So Far Thread~
~deviantART Account~

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Rules
1. Please be literate. 2 sentences min, 3 paragraphs max, unless your character has to tell some detailed backstory or something. Just no novels, please.
2. I don’t really care about cussing. I mean, c’mon, half of us are going to essentially be pirates.
3. Please tell me when you log off before you do if we’re RPing. Also, please PM me when you log on.
4. Please PM me with the word “Gears” in the subject line if you’d like the join, with the PM containing your profile.
5. Don’t fight on my glorious lovely board. Take up any and all struggles you might have with another player/character/the plot/etc. with me first.
6. This is a Steampunk RP, so please stay in the genre (i.e., no "She put on her iPod...".) If you're not sure what Steampunk is, feel free to ask.

Character Skeleton
Screen name:
Name:
Ship, Position on Ship: (i.e., Captain, H.M.S. Adrastea.)
Age:
Appearance: (Pic not necessary; you can just give a description. I’d really like to avoid any anime pics, though, please.)
Bio: (Past, family life, personality, etc.)

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Screen name: Vellocet or Drencrom
Name: Captain Delia Augustine Genevieve Rosteau III
Position: Captain
Age: 23
Appearance: Brown hair, brown eyes, medium-height (a little bit taller than medium with her boots on), slim but curvy. Her boots are a normal staple of her tight-bodiced, full-skirted outfits, as well as her bracelet.
Bio: Delia is one out or thirteen children—the youngest. Her parents were extremely wealthy and often threw large, lavish cocktail parties. Delia, however, showed signs that she was not to follow in her parents’ footsteps when she was quite young. At the age of four, she played with her brothers’ toy dirigible instead of the dolls she was given. By fourteen, she had taken to smoking her father’s pipe instead of drinking tea.
Delia is a tomboy, but her family’s class shines through at times. She always pays far too much for clothing—especially boots, and airgear. Although the rumor has never been clarified by Delia, it has been said she once paid an unsightly amount of money for a pair of bullet-proof aviation goggles with amber lenses. She’s known to be honest to a fault and have a good sense of humor, always being sarcastic and poking fun at things. She is flirtatious and loves to play drinking games, not to mention tell old pirating stories.
She started pirating at fifteen, on the Deimos. At first it was fun and riveting, but after a while it was almost scary; there were constantly mutinies, brawls, and being a young girl on a pirate ship had its own dangers as well. She decided one night that it was time for her to leave, so she took all of her belongings and snuck off the airship, fleeing on to the H.M.S. Adrastea, where she worked her way up from crew, to first mate, to the inheritor of what is now her very own ship.

Screen name: Biggs05
Name: Sanji Ikaguri
Ship, Position on Ship: Assistant engineer, H.M.S. Adrastea
Age: 16
Appearance: Sanji is about five feet and nine inches in height, his short black hair is usually cover by his cap and his forehead covered by his goggles. He wears a white long sleeve button up with a black vest, his black slacks have small make shift patches and he wears his fathers heavy, steel tipped, engineer boots.
Bio: Sanjio was raised in the slums of New York when his Japanese immigrant parents were deported back to Japan. He was found and raised by a local steam engineer, All Sanji's life had been very care free and until his 'father' was stricken with black lung and died. After that he had to follow in his foot steps as an engineer, but lacking his fathers skills lead to the unfortunate end of his house and lively hood. He was recruited to the H.M.S Adrasta in hopes he would find a new "family"

Screen name: Teryn180
Name: Donnan Kais
Position: Helmsman
Age: 22
Appearance: Donnan isn't quite big enough to qualify as a giant, but at 6' 3" and muscular he has a tendancy to tower over people. He has dark green eyes and long wavy brown hair with he keeps back in a ponytail.
Bio: Donnan grew up on his family's farm in Scottland and by the time he was in hsi teens he was taller and stronger then the rest of his family. After he left home he want to school to work on an airship, his teachers were all surprised by the fact that, even though he'd lived on a farm all his life, and he was very large, he was by no means stupid, he just let peole think that. After school he worked on several airships before ending up on the Adrastea. Donnan will talk and let his opinion be known but otherwise keeps to himself if he feels that what he'd say would be useless chatter. He is surpisingly gentle and kind, but is still the one usualy called on to break up fights.

Screen name:HospiaxVIII
Name: Mallory "Sparky" Grant
Position: Chief Mechanic
Age: 15 and a half.
Appearance: Short, chin length, creamy blonde hair that's thick and messy. Cerulean blue eyes, pale skin with freckles on the bridge of her nose. Usually has a determined grin on her face. She's 5'5", with a very slim frame and skinny wrists and ankles. Usually wears baggy, beat up, brown coveralls that aren't buckled. The bib part usually just hangs there, and we aren't exactly sure how those maange to stay up. But they do. She wears a short sleeve, black shirt. She wears a pair of beat up brown work gloves, a pair of brown boots that buckle, a brown newsboy cap, and a pair of brass goggles strapped on the brim of the hat. Right hand is completely mechanic, a serious blessing because's she a leftie.
Bio: Born and raised in Scotland, Sparky's family was that of a single mother, Elaine, and her younger brother by five years, Waldo. At 13, Sparky left home to raise some money for her family. Got a job repairing machines at a factory. Lost her right hand in one of the grinding machines. But a quitter she was not. She built herself a new hand, continued her independent studies on the workings of aircraft, machinery, gizmos, gadgets, anything mechanical you could think of. She speaks with a scottish accent, and is usually pretty easygoing. Her carefree nature led to interest in the Adra project, and she was quickly hired on as their chief mechanic.

Screen name: hamburgershoes
Name: William Donahue
Position: Stowaway
Age: 26
Appearance: Standing 6'2'' he's a large man with unkept brown hair and blue eyes, Irish evident in his face, but not in his voice or words. His right arm was replaced with a steam-powered limb after the "incident". He wears what he can find, mostly now of his old uniform of the fleet he rode with not so long ago. He seems to keep a ragged appearance now, as he is homeless.
Bio: The survivor. The one who saw the city. The man who was in hell and back. He lost all his friends, his family in that flight. His mates were all he had and they were taken from him. He wants revenge. He wants to crash the city to the earth, where all cities belong.

Screen name:Biggs05
Name: Donovan Nakamura
Ship, Position on Ship: Captain, SS Deimos
Age: 27
Appearance: Donovan stands about six feet and four inches, he is more lean muscle rather than bulk making him appear thin and slight. A scar trails down the left side of his face, covering his eye and extending down past his cheek. He rarely styles his short messy hair unless its for a special occasion like raiding another ship or pillaging a mansion. He wears a black long sleeve shirt a white vest, regular black slacks and a pair of black leather boots that always seemed to be shined.
Bio: Donovan was raised in a british colony in china, like most of the other colonies, the chinese had limited rights. His father had died in the "Boxer Rebellion" defending his family and china's honor. Seeing his father killed so shamefully by the British he harbored a deep hatred for them, creating twisted images in his mind of how they're a bunch of cowards. At age 17 his mother was arrested for striking an officer. This furthered his hatred for the british government to the point where he boarded one of their airships, killed the entire crew and began his life as one of the most notorious pirates. In honor to his father he only fight with hand to hand combat, rarely ever using swords or pistols.

Screen name: hamburgershoes
Name: Arsène Bouvire
Position: Entrepreneur and infamous thief
Age: 34
Appearance: A rather tall man, with an adverage build. He sports graying, black hair and a well-kept mustache for the times. He wears only the richest suites and cloth. A taste for top hats and canes, he always makes an entrance with a lovely, large gemed ring.
Bio: His family were rich nobles of France long ago, but that power and money was taken away before his generation graced the Earth. He grew up in a humble home, dreaming of more. That changed as he learned the value of a dollar... and how to acquire that dollar. He had a taste for challenges and money, stealing and tricking his peers out of money, always the actor and the master to place blame elsewhere.

It was then, through a series of events, that his family's name was reimbursed. He was given vaults of gold and money in his family's name, which was hidden away in the vaults of the old castle of his noble heritage. Money came, but no challenges. He loathed the lack of effort the treasure that had been received. It was at that point he started to make challenges, looking for the thrill of success. He found it in cat burglery...

Times changed over the years, and soon steam was the new power now. He had no love for the engines, but he could see their use. Now, word of a city of gold in the clouds. Arsène finds the development rich with gold... and the taste of adventure is just to tempting.

Screen name: Lady White Rabbit
Name: Dorian Rider
Ship, Position on Ship: S.S. Deimos, Navigator
Age: 20
Appearance: Lean muscle build; dark tan; sparkling blue eyes; black hair which is usually pulled back into a messy pony tail; he is never seen without his old dusty top hat, even when he's not wearing it it is nearby; his outfits generally include plain shirts and pants, but with a long, expensive brown trench coat
Bio: Born an only in the slums of New York, his parents sent him to work at the young age of 8. It was there in the factory he befriended an ex-airpirate, who after losing a leg and an arm was dumped by his crew. The old pirate took young Dorian under his wing and taught him all it meant to be a pirate, and whispered promises of riches and glory into his innocent ears. From then on, piracy consumed the lad, and at age 12 he ran away from home, living on the streets, waiting for his chance to join a crew. When Dorian was 13, the pirate died, but not before telling him of a beautiful city made of gold he once saw in the sky. The boy thought these were just words of a dying sun baked man, but as soon as he heard about the man who actually claimed to have seen it, Dorian has been on the hunt for it. He is a very head strong boy, loves a good joke, and still childish in some of his mannerisms. Despite his demeanor however, he let's nothing stand in the way of what he wants; whether it be treasure, women, or anything else. His moral compass is askew, but he is not a total fiend. Totally.

Screen name: Tobitha
Name: Kei
Position: Apprentice Mechanic
Age: 18
Appearance: Standing roughly 6"1' with slighty dirty blonde hair, Kei can look quite intimidating at times. Not the strongest or the fastest around kei is a bit above average in most things he does. This is quite apparent with his somewhat muscular body. He has a small scar across the top right of his chest from being a bit to carefree about the engine he was working on and had a minor accident involving a loose fan.
Bio: Growing up in a somewhat broken home, his father was away most of the time and often fought with his mother when he was around. His father was often found at the local bar when he had free time. His mother on the other hand seemed to pretend liek everythign was alright, she was obvious hurting inside but refused to let Kei know. When kei became of age, he decided that he would follow his dream and become the best Mechanic ever. When the story of the city of gold began to travel quietly in the streets, Kei knew he had to everything in his power to find this fabled city. Kei is often shy when first meeting people, but gets quite friendly and talkative once he starts to get comfortable around that person.

Screen name:cropcirclesinmyicecream
Name: Laina Rush
Ship, Position on Ship: S. S. Deimos, Stowaway/Kitchen Girl
Age: 17
Appearance: A scrawny girl of 5 ft. Laina's got mousy brown hair, straight, down to her back. Grey eyes, and a slightly darker complexion then most Europeans. She wears a simple, tattered grey dress over her almost underfed looking small body with patches all over the place and boring grey shoes to match.
Bio: Laina used to live with her wealthy highclass family in England but found her snobbish parents and all their luxuries to be suffocating and insufferable. She ditched home and shortly after found herself living with her b*****d half brother, Thomas Smithers, who had aspirations to become a great cook. Laina was only 10 at this time and she herself took to becoming a street urchin to raise money to try and help him. In return she got a place to stay, good food, and someone to look after her. At the age of 16, Thomas finally landed a well paying job aboard the S. S. Deimos as head cook. Although she begged him to let her come along, Thomas refused and Laina resorted to stowing away on the ship behind his back. When Laina finally made herself known to Thomas he could do nothing because the S. S. Deimos had already taken off and they would not take kindly to stowaways. Instead Thomas kept her well hidden and snuck her meals from the kitchen so she could stay alive until he could safely whisk her offboard when they made port. So, crammed in between several large crates of food in the back of the kitchen quarters, Laina makes her home. She's a tough little thing, although perhaps only mentally, physically she isn't much. Laina has a sharp mouth and a quick tongue which usually gets her into loads of trouble. She likes to be over dramatic and loves attention. So keeping quiet and hidden for such a long time is bound to have negative affects on her. And most of all she loves adventure and excitement, which is why she stowed away on a pirate ship in the first place.

Screen name: Firelyon
Name: Kimiko Endo
Ship, Position on Ship: S.S. Deimos, Stowaway
Age: 19
Nationality: Japanese
Appearance: [x]
4.75 feet tall and around 99.20lbs.
Dark brown hair, held up in two pigtails. In her hair she has 2 pins that are the shape of the Japanese Imperial Seal. She has wears a red kimono shirt with white sleeves with a yellow and red sakura pattern. She has a black silk corset and a white with red lace lolita skirt. She wears Steam punk goggles on her head and black ankle-height lace up high heels. She carries around a Trunk which is yet to be seen by anyone else aboard the sip.
Bio: Kimiko has grown up in japan her whole life. She lived with her father and mother and she first learnt of Airships at the age of 4. Kimiko from then on would visit any landed air ships from anywhere in the world. She soon learnt english from a friendly scottish airpirate, so when she heard the S.S. Deimos was heading to Japan she was prepared to do anything to get on board.

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Screen name:Teyn180
Name: Elethar Aldaren
Ship, Position on Ship: Navigator, H.M.S. Prestige
Age:21
Appearance: Eletharis fairly nondescript, sloghtly taller then average, not skinny, but not big, ear length brown hair and blue-grey eyes, his bloodline is so mixed it's hard to determine exactly where he's from.
Bio: Elethar was born and raised in America working on his family's small airship shipping goods up and down the coast, when he was old enough his parents decided that he deserved a real education in airships and sent him to a school in Britain where he later joined the royal air navy. He's very loyal to the navy and respectful, but not to the point of bewing stuck up.

Screen name: Lady White Rabbit
Name: Rose Thomas
Ship, Position on Ship: HMS Prestige, First Mate
Age: 26
Appearance: 5'10"; full body, curvy; lightly tanned; thin, red lips; thick, dark brown hair which she keeps pulled back in an elaborate braided bun; large, golden brown eyes; she is quite attractive, in a high class way; almost never seen without her uniform on, and if she it is something very sophisticated.
Bio: Born to noble parents, the middle child of three, being the only daughter. Her eldest brother joined the military at age 15, and was killed, throwing her parents into despair. After much arguing with her parents and with the military she was finally allowed in due to her skills and endless determination at age 19. She claims the reason she joined the military was to bring honor back to her family, but the reality is that she saw the opportunity to gain power. And she has done this, gaining fear and respect from her subordinates. Rose believes in the British crown, justice, and herself. Due to her gender she has had to try twice as hard as the men to rise up. But because of it she has become strong, resilient, and utterly unshakable, refusing to accept defeat. She is stubborn, yet calm and collected, ruthless in battle, and do whatever she must to finish the mission she is assigned, or the one she puts upon herself.

Screen name: CrazyChibi789
Name: Rain Norrick
Ship, Position on Ship: Crew member, HMS Prestige
Age: 18
Appearance: His hair is cut very short, and it is a dirty blonde; his eyes are a deep, chestnut brown; skin tone wise he is fairly pale, unable to tan; slender built, rather feminine looking; his height is around 5'6"
Bio: Rain is the youngest of 4, having 2 older brothers and 1 older sister. He comes from a common, British family, not having too much or too little. Both of his brothers joined the British army, and due to pressure from his parents he also joined, but on a totally different ship. In actuality, Rain wishes to become and artist, being a darn good one at that. However neither his parents, nor society, find it to be a very respectable job. The only person who supports him is his older sister, Eliza. She has been secretly sending him art supplies ever since he joined; when he is not on duty, he practices. Quite on accident, the poor lad has become infatuated with Lieutenant Rose; he finds her body form to be very fascinating and intriguing to draw. He is extremely shy and submissive, doing pretty much whatever people tell him to do. Rain is not fit for the military due to his very gentle, passive nature, but he tries his best to please, even if he does not agree with many of the government's methods or beliefs.


Screen name: Emmeline Black
Name: Iris W. Thornby
Ship, Position on Ship: HMS Prestige, Cook
Age: 21
Appearance: 5’1”; Petite, with an hour-glass shape- full woman in a small package; porcelain skin- but doesn’t burn; small, full lips (Jessica Alba-like); almond shaped, green eyes; hair blonde curls to her shoulders; she might have looked dainty and doll like if she took care of her appearance, her hair being a mess, tangled and knotted; she is pure tomboy, insisting on wearing trousers even when not on duty- watch yourself because the last guy who gave her a dress for Yule found himself at the end of her knife.
Bio: She’s the daughter of one of the most prominent Madame’s in London, her father unknown. She grew up with her female role model (her mother) being strong, self-reliant and independent. Iris understood her mother and her reasons for going into the business of pleasure and is quite proud of her; she learnt a lot about running a business from watching her mother interact with her girls, clients and tax collector. Iris always found cooking as a way to deal with the stress of society’s reaction to both her mother and her upbringing. She is most definitely not career military. Iris joined Her Majesty’s Royal Navy in order to gain training as a Chef and to put money away to start a pastry shop when she gets older; although her mother was willing to give her the start up money, she wanted to earn her money on her own and be reliant on herself, just as her mother was. When many of the men see her, they expect her to spread her legs easily- not so, for the knife-wielding is not only at the sight of a dress. However, she is very casual about her mother’s business and has no problem in advising people in the ways of love and lust; she is sarcastic and blunt, through knows when she needs to put up and shut up.

Screen name: Hamburgershoes
Name: Jack
Position: Pawn
Age: 29
Appearance: He stands about five and a half feet, shorter then most. He was once all human, but now both his hands have been replaced with steam powered limbs... usually in a form of knives or a blade... he has slick black hair and soft blue eyes...
Bio: Whatever he once was is now gone... he serves Aureum now... seeking the one survivor, the one who escaped the clutch. The one failure to tell the tale.


Screen name: Vellocet or Drencrom
Name: Orion Alastor Conway
Position: Anthropologist, linguist, historian, translator, cartographer
Age: 47
Appearance: Tall and stately, with slightly graying auburn hair. Orion usually dresses in a sophisticated way, almost always wearing a jacket, vest, pocket watch, and top hat.
Bio: Orion came from a decent, middle-class Irish upbringing, always having had a love for history. He attended a prestigious university, graduating top in his class. He joined the crew on the Adrastea three years before Delia joined, in order to travel. The Adra had a pretty clean reputation, and he yearned to test his knowledge. He served as the translator, and often helped in getting out of sticky situations with his quick wit. He taught Delia how to do her accents, though he was really trying to teach her the actual languages.
Orion left the ship when Delia was made captain to get married. He lives in Ireland with his wife, Julianne, and his children, the twins Lucas and Sophie. He used his plentiful earnings from helping the Adrastea to fund his own library.

Screen name: Biggs05
Name: Gotzu Yamazaki
Ship, Position on Ship: Explosives expert and fighter, army
Age: 19
Appearance: Despite being japanese Gotzu is rather tall, about 6'4" with a slightly muscular build. His dark brown hair goes a little past his ears and is usually a little messy, his fore arms and and upper arms are littered with small burns. He dresses in a white button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, khaki slacks covered with soot and singe marks, and a pair of traditonal japanese wooden sandals despite them being a fire hazard when he works.
Bio: Gotzu's family has always made fireworks, it was their livelyhood. When he became 12 his dad taught him how to create his own fireworks, after seeing what gunpowder and fire could do he became obessed with harnessing their destructive capabilities. He dropped becoming a fireworks artisan and put his mind into creating more deadly explosives. At age 17 he perfected his craft and began selling his personal creations. He is a childhood friend of Sanji from the Adreasta meeting him when he had first started experimenting with explosives. Not only is Gotzu handy with explosives he is also somewhat good at boxing, something he learned from a group of english men buying some bombs.

Screen name:HospiaxVIII
Name: Miriam, "Miri," Ross
Ship, Position on Ship: Doctor/recruit
Age: 15
Appearance: Short black hair in a pixie cut, very pale skin. She's short, about 5'7". Also has very deep, deep green eyes. She's ultra thin. She wears a fitted green button up with long sleeves, uncuffed and untucked. She also wears a little green bow in her hair, on the right side. She has black capris made of smooth, canvas material, and a pair of white stockings. She wears black, buttoned leather boots.
Bio: Miri's life was pretty easy. Her family was pretty rich, a rare thing at the time. She lived with her mother, father, and twin brother Jack, whom she was closest to. At the age of 5, she and Jack met Sparky. They became best friends, sworn to be the Inseperable trio. She's missed Sparky since she had to leave, especially since Sparky and jack were the only ones who ever encouraged her to go into medicine. her mother insisted she stay a civilized lady, so she was forced to study medicine and health behind her family's back. She's extremely smart, but very shy and quiet. She's compassionate, sweet, and very kind to everybody. She's scared of a lot of things, but she hopes that with help she can be a braver person.

Screen name: HospiaxVIII
Name: Jack, "Twitch," Ross
Ship, Position on Ship: Pilot/Recruit
Age: 15
Appearance: He's super short for his age, standing at 5'3". He has a mess of red hair that sticks up in random places, and a pair of sparkling blue eyes. He's pale, like his sister, and also super skinny. He wears a pair of aviator goggles on his head, with an oversized white sweater and a pair of blue-black canvas capris that go down to his knees. He wears a pair of black button up boots.
Bio: The younger of the twins, Jack grew up with his sister, Miriam, and his mother and father in a rich lifestyle in Glasgow. Ever since his grandfather had told him stories of flying in the air, he's always wanted to be a a pilot, preferabbly for a pirate ship. He was completely oblivious to his studies, doodling derigibles for fun. His grandfather, a skilled pilot taught him how to fly, and now the Twitch is basically a child prodigy. He's been best friends with Sparky since he and his sister were five. He's a total airhead, naive, and childlike. He's always grinning, full of joy and mirth. Honestly, he could pass for a kid. He puts enthusiasm into everything, and pretty much loves just about everybody.

Screen name: Agent Kwap
Name: Vladimir Khul
Ship, Position on Ship: Former Khaitland Military Captain.
Age: 51
Appearance: The one word to describe this borderline old man is Massive. Massive in all capital letters and size ten thousand font. The man stands Seven foot eight, and weighs Four hundred and forty five pounds of pure muscle. It could be debated that he wouldn't fit into the Adra. He has thick, greying hair, and a stubble almost beard that doesn't go away.
Bio: Vladimir Khul was once the pride of Khaitland, Captain of an army vessel, long time war hero, and more. It was predicted that he would end up with a high paying government position, and it may haqve come true, if it hadn't been for his homeland being vanuished under british might. His vessel was destroyed, his crew mostly dead, and he himself out of a job.

Screen name: Agent Kwap
Name: Jonas Wakefield
Ship, Position on Ship: Captain The Golden Bleeder, Also: Former Co-navigator.
Age: 31
Appearance: Jonas stands just over five and a half feet tall, with unassuming, shoulder length brown hair. He's hard to describe as anything but one thing, completely, and utterly Average looking. He does, however, have a slightly crippled left hand.
Bio: Jonas grew up in between the Americas and the British homeland. His family moved between the two constantly. When war began, his family chose the British side. He didn't. He left them, eventually finding the Adra, and staying there as Navigator before Captain Delia owned the ship, and during the beginning of her reign as Captain. This also coincided with Keegan's arrival and training, both in navigation, and the ways of being weird. Eventually, however, he deemed it his time to leave, after a gunshot wound injured his left hand during a job, and he remained behind in Britain. He worked his way up in notoriety as a politician, and a businessman, speaking out against the ways of the British Imperialism. Eventually, though, he grew sick o the land, and, buying a new, expensive and well built ship with money he'd saved up, and, under the stress of being threatened by the government, returned to Piracy.

Screen name: Vellocet or Drencrom
Name: Andrew Jacobi
Position: Sharpshooter
Age: 22
Appearance: Somewhat short but very muscular, with brown hair and green eyes, and a strong jaw.
Bio: Andrew is loud and energetic, loving to stir up trouble. He was part of a crew on a ship similar to the Adrastea, and the two ships would often trade goods. He was buddies with Keegan, Donnan, and Delia, and always looked forward to their ships meeting. He is nearly a perfect shot, only missing when he’s either extremely drunk or not paying attention.

Screen name: Vellocet or Drencrom
Name: Ludivine Dupont
Position: Rebel
Age: 31
Appearance: Tall, with long blond hair and dark brown eyes.
Bio: Ludivine was born and raised in France, and is extremely patriotic. When Britain invaded her country, she swore to get back at them. Her first act was to refuse to learn their language, as they asked. She speaks French, and only French. Ludivine is cold and merciless, and plans to do whatever it takes to get her country back.

Screen name:Teryn180
Name:Ari Grimsson
Ship, Position on Ship: Rebel, Mechanic
Age:18
Appearance: A tall man, heavily muscled from hard work in engines. He has blond hair he keeps in a short ponytail to keep pout of the way and ice-blue eyes.
Bio: Ari and his twin sister Lilja come from Iceland and are the owners of a relatively small ship, which Lilja stole, and a shipping (read: smuggling) business. He keeps her in line enough, or threatens not to, for them to get jobs.

Screen name: Vellocet or Drencrom
Name:Lilja Grimsdottir
Ship, Position on Ship: Rebel
Age:18
Appearance: Lilja is shorter than her brother, but not quite short. She has blond hair and green eyes.
Bio: Lilja thrives on adrenaline. She loves risk-taking, whether it comes from stealing, shooting, or finding other ways to break laws. The only person she ever obeys is her twin brother, Ari. Although Lilja doesn't agree with how the British Empire is going about its reign, she's really only rebelling to rebel.

Screen name razz 47 Thunderbolt
Name:Vincent Kress
Ship, Position on Ship: Stowaway, HMS Prestige
Age:19
Appearance: Kress is a bit thin, having gone most of the voyage without proper meals. He has blue eyes and brown hair, and speaks with a slight german accent. He often comes across as being a bit younger than he is, partly because of his build and partly because of his knack for getting himself into trouble. He dresses in rather old clothes, stained with coal from hiding in the boiler rooms.
Bio: Vincent was born in southern england to german parents. A poor family, they sank everything they'd had into their journey, and Vincent was often forced to steal food and clothes so that they might live more comfortably. Never satisfied with his status, Kress often dreamed up grand schemes in his head, fantasies in which he was more than he'd ever truely be.
It was one of these fantasies that led him to stow away aboard the HMS Prestige. He dreamt of fame, glory, adventure... And it brought him nothing but trouble. Instead, he found himself hiding in the hot, sweaty boiler rooms, coughing up coal dust, scavenging for food like he'd been doing his entire life... That is, until he decided to take a peek outside the grimy underdeck...

Screen name: Airi
Name: Benedick Willoughby Moor
Ship, Position on Ship: H.M.S. Adrastea., The Good Doctor.
Age: 29
Appearance: Ben doesn't look like your typical old English doctor with stooping back and a barrel belly, yet perhaps that's because he's still young in life.Ben stands at the decent height of 6' 2 with a wide set of shoulders. He has a fair enough build, mostly liken that to a "swimmers' Physic. Most of his muscle power lies within his arms and back. The rest tappers down into a fairly slim waist. As most of his fellow brits Ben doesn't have much color to his skin thanks to constant rain and gray days that hang over his homeland. Yet thanks to an apparent italian grandmother he has an olive hue to him saving him from total chalky whiteness. Atop his head Ben has torrent of messy mahogany hair. Most of the time he combs it into fashionable submission but if a few stray hairs attempt escape he hardly cares enough to wrangle them up. He also sports a pair of fairy thick sideburns, threatening on the verge of muttonchops! Under arched eyebrows lay a pair of ocher green eyes. Rather brilliant and a bit unnerving all at the same time. Now his face no longer has the baby smoothness it once held in his younger days, marring the facade is an angry scar trailing the middle of his right cheek right across his lips only to kiss the corner of his chin. Sadly enough Ben has a terrible set of scars trailing around most of his left leg. Not only is the skin puckered purple, pink, and almost white with scars but a good deal of muscle and meat seems to be missing from this limb.
Bio: Amazingly Benedick's life isn't a sordid tale like most street urchins. In fact it's far from it.Ben found himself to be the third child of the Marquess of Ravenloft. Now in common Ton fashion his eldest brother held the heir position, his second should have sought a rank in the army and dear little Benedick would have found himself part of the clergy. Though this church nonsense and a life of "moral living" always gave Benedick a bit of a sour stomach. So, throwing common sense to the wind he himself bought a rank into the royal army. While he became an adept solider his commanders steered Ben toward a career in medicine. Much to his surprise he actually had a knack for ailments and slicing others open...er, all in the name of health of course. During his stint in the army he was secondly trained by other experienced doctors before eventually he was allowed a leave of absence (Mostly to his fathers doing) and attended a prestigious medical school. A bit of scholarly polish along with backwoods training allowed Ben to became a fair example of a man of medicine. Yet soon enough he was called back to duty thanks to the war gaining foot in the colonies. There, sadly, Ben lost a bit of his appetite for the good of man. He saw many a man loosing blood, limbs, life, and even hope. It was during this skirmish across seas that his eldest brother, dear heir to the Marquess Ravenloft name, fell ill and died of consumption. Eventually the war ended with his motherland leaving with a bruised ego. Disgusted with what he witnessed in that foreign land Benedick sold his commission and left the Royal army.From there he took to drinking and avoiding his family entirely. Eventually Ben roused from his alcoholic stupor and decided to try and revive some of his. For this he looked toward the sky and the possibilities it could hold. From that high, not even the lowly black souls of mankind could reach him.

Screen name: hamburgershoes
Name: Thomas
Ship, Position on Ship: No longer services the empire aboard vessels, but advises directly to the crown.
Age: 56
Appearance: He stands at an even 5'11'' with a particularly lanky frame. His dark black hair has turned white with age, as did his prominent mustache, which most of the time hides his mouth. He wears only the finest of uniforms, always looking presentable, always looking perfect. He carries on him always a beautifully crafted cutlass and a like-made pistol. Both gifts from the Queen for his effectiveness.
Bio: He is known to his family as a loving, firm father. To his empire a hero. To his enemies... a monster. He ruthlessly killed thousands in crusades for territory and gold in the new land. He finds his position now respectable, but the creeping monster that he is known for thirsts for action, a chance to prove he isn't too old yet. Many men fear and respect him beyond his little twitches, infamous for being a perfectionist and a bit blarmy.

Screen name razz 47Thunderbolt
Name: Chris "Tommy" Thompson
Ship, Position on Ship: Crewmember
Age:24
Appearance:
Hair color: Black
Build: Broad
Eye color: Green
Height:6'6
Weight:279
Thompson is a tall, broad-shouldered man whose appearance instantly garners the respect (if not necessarily the endearment) of those who surround him. He has an almost unwaveringly stern gaze, which turns into a searing, ferocious glare when he's agitated. He's not extremely lean, but not overweight, he being one who is comfortable with his appearance and likely too intimidating for many to suggest otherwise.
Personality:Thompson is normally quite stern and level-headed, if slightly intimidating to be around. Perhaps because of his nature, or because of the loss of the Nomad, or perhaps simply for show, he always seems to have a slightly angry vibe going on. His temper, while slow to lose, is quite violent, and when he feels a line has been crossed, he's no stranger to sorting the problem out physically. This is not to say the man is a mindless brute, however. Far from it. One does not become a successful bootlegger with strength alone. He's a brilliant combat in tactical ship-to-ship maneuvers,thinks carefully before he talks, and borders on being even a little wise for his years, though one would never pair wisdom with such a temper..
Bio: Originally the captain of a small smuggling ship known as the Nomad, Thompson lost his crew, cargo, and vessel during an unfortunate run-in with the Royal Navy, the Prestige in particular.
Prior to the incident, he made a rather successful living running good, high-quality bootleg liquor up and down the eastern coast of North America. Though alcohol was not illegal in the states, it was taxed. Thus, there was no shortage of people wanting to evade the federal rate on distilled spirits.
Many of these distillers were poor farmers and trappers, who simply couldn't afford to live on what meager earnings were left behind after selling their wares legitimately. He quickly grew popular with the lower class, who view him as a sort of hero in certain isolated areas.
After losing his ship and crew, Thompson was rescued at sea by a merchant ship. He now makes a rather-wobbly living for himself as a dockworker, loading and unloading cargo from ships he'd normally consider harassing for goods and supplies...

Screen name:Airi
Name: Nathaniel James Atsbury, "Chayton"(Falcon)
Ship, Position on Ship:No ship thus, Armorer
Age:20
Appearance: Nathaniel
Bio: Nate could definitely be called the product of a mixed marriage. His father was an officer of the imperial army stationed in the colonies before the war. His garrison was posted on the farther west of the budding country, right where civilization ended and the wild took hold. There he was meet with a Sioux woman. It was a fantastical cliche' romance ending with Nate's father deserting his position and company. From there it was a blissful few years with the eventual reproduction of little Nate himself. His parents settled in a new mining town, Nate's father trying his hand at blacksmithing and a bit of armoring while his mother adjusted to a more domestic life.
Growing Nate was taught one of his fathers only real skills. Shooting guns. The boy learned to shoot the testicles off a fly before he even reached his double digit ages.Eventually his father even taught him the ins and outs of dismantling and rebuilding any gun yet invented. Yet tragedy eventually struck when the Revolution hit. British troops flooded each town along with revolutionaries. Nate's father was spotted by a member of his old troop and arrested for abandonment. His mother, fearful of the impending war fled herself and her son back to her original tribe. There Nate perfected not only his skill with a six shooter, but every other object that could be shot. His mothers Sioux family was rather wary of the child at first, but when the tribes shaman got a look at the boys rather startling eyes he announced that he was clearly a child of the sky, of the great trickster and creator Raven. Years passed and finally Nate felt confident enough to leave the bosom of his tribal family to search for his father, even if he had to shoot down every British solider he came across. With some of his fathers old clothes and his favorite colts he set out toward the east, hoping to hope a ride to bonny old England and free his father.( Too bad he's most likely in Australia)

Screen name:Teryn180
Name:Areana Kais
Ship, Position on Ship:
Age:28
Appearance: Slightly longer then shoulder length red-brown hair, eyes that are the exact same shape and color as Donnan's. She's tall for a girl at 5' 9" and is very striking even in plain clothing.
Bio: Areana is the oldest of Donnan's sisters, only the two brothers are older then her. As such she ended up helping raise most of her siblings. About the time she turned 21 she decided that it was about time that she moved out. She left home making her way south towards Britain, doing odd jobs and cooking. About a year after that she ended up working for a noble woman by the name of Mary as a servant and friend and has been there since.

Screen name:WolvenVampiricy
Name:Gabriell Owens
Ship, Position on Ship: Defense
Age:22
Appearance:He is a man of only 5'7 with wide shoulders and dark brown hair. His striking green eyes accent a face that often goes unshaven for days though never more than a week. His position as a marine master at arms has left him with many a scar while his Irish blood has made many of those scars well earned. He is typically dressed in dark colored breeches over seamen's boots. A wide belt holds a revolver and cutlass and pouches of assorted things. A dark blue overcoat that goes down to his knees covers the usual cotton s**t while a leather tri-quarter hat or a simple bandanna often covers his head.
Bio: Gabe was born in Ireland aboard a ship named the Independence. It had been a rebel ship fighting for the freedom of Ireland. But late one winter when he had been a lad the ship had been at birth when out of the sky to British frigates descended destroying her and killing most of the crew. He had only escaped being executed due to a wound that the British thought had finished him. He now serves aboard ship with a deep hatred for the British and a even deeper one for the royal navy.

Screen name: hamburgershoes
Name:George Harris Booth
Ship, Position on Ship:The S.S. Finis, Captain
Age: 39
Appearance: He stands a stout man, not fat, not thin. His jet black hair frames a rounded face, wrinkled from age. His beard is kept trimmed to only a patch below the lip and a mustache. He wears what fits him, not caring too much on the appearances, finding impressions more applicable by actions.
Bio: He had a family once, but that was taken from him by the crown. He doesn't dwell on it, he says, his eyes were just opened at what a cruel this world could be. He doesn't care to share his life with others, so only those who've known him for more then five years can tell tales... which is only a handful of people, either knifed by his hand or killed doing something he wanted done.

He's plays this game coldly.

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Delia sat on a chair, her feet hanging over the edge of the airship. She looked out into the clouds and smiled--a clear day for once. They seemed so rare anymore. She stretched her arms out in front of her, cracked her knuckles. Her would have put her hands behind her head had she not noticed a scuff on the toe of her boots, which she quickly and obsessively cleaned off using her spit and glove. She sighed, relieved, when the scuff disappeared.
It was such a nice day.
She took out a pipe from a fold in one of her skirts--the one she'd stolen from her father when she was seventeen, the really nice one--along with a wind-operated lighter. She wound the lighter and lit the pipe, took out a drag, and let out smoke rings. Now at ease, she leaned back in her chair so it was balancing on two legs, and put her hands behind her head.

[Mister Keeg]

Captain Si was looking to one of the ship's navigators, whom was holding a mug, while staring blankly at a map. "Mr. Johansen." He said, causing the man to look up. His acquired British accent dripping over his natural mandarin accent forming a unique yet eerie way of speaking. "Do we have any idea where this city might be?" Johansen looked confused. "No sir. We couldn't get the least bit of useful information from the man who returned from there." He replied. Rinou shook his head...

"That was my POINT! If we don't know where we're headed, why do you need to look at the MAP!?" He yelled suddenly, causing Johansen to drop his mug full of coffee on his captain. Captain Si screamed angrily, rushing off before the stain set in, not to mention in pain from the burning.

Keegan was on the main deck of the HMS Adrastea, thinking things over about which way to go. "Just up and up and up..." He said to himself. "That helps about as much as having my arms ripped off." He shook his head, unsure of where he should even start to go.

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Delia couldn't help but overhear Keegan--literally. He wasn't far enough from her to mutter and not be heard. She sighed, took the pipe out of her mouth and said, "Keegan, it's a beautiful day. Enjoy it while it lasts. That man just said go up--so just go up. See what happens. And if the guy was just a loon--well, like I said, 'it's a beautiful day. Enjoy it while it lasts'." She took another drag off the pipe.

[Mister Keeg]

"But it doesn't make any sense." He said, his Irish accent thicker when he was annoyed, or unable to solve something. "If I just go up, you'd think someone else would have found it by now. People have gone up before. All that's there is clouds and birds. You've seen it." He shook his head again, and walked towards the window. "I never was much for beautiful days." He said. "I preferred the ******** rain."

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Delia laughed, taking her pipe out of her mouth and back into a fold in one of her skirts. "Why am I not surprised?" She rolled her eyes, and chuckled a little more. "Maybe... Maybe people just haven't gone up enough. Past all the clouds and birds. I mean, who the hell knows what's up there? Nobody, that's who. Except, maybe, Mr. I-Found-A-Gold-City." She sighed. "And think, if you just take some ridiculous orders, we might just be filthy rich in a little while. Not having to take any job we can find. Not having to wait a full goddamn month just to buy a new pair of fishnets. I mean, damn, they're stockings! They cost practically nothing! But no. The crew just 'has to eat'." She did air quotes in her last phrase, her gloves making and odd squeaking sound very quietly as she did so. She laughed a bit more. "I'll be able to buy all the fishnets this world has. And all the boots. And all the ships. Not that I would ever, ever leave good old Adra, though." She pat the ship's wall affectionately.

[Mister Keeg]

"Past the birds and the clouds, eh?" He asked her. "And just how high up is that? The air gets thinner as you go up, you know. That means at some pint, it'll probably end. Then what? It gets difficult to breathe with no ******** air!" He breathed deeply, calming himself down. "But you're right. We could definitely use a lot of money, for a change. I don't know about a new ship, but we could definitely fix this old beauty up a bit. She could use it. Plus the whole being able to buy food thing would be a plus."

Having changed uniforms, and washing the old one thoroughly, which was now being dried with an air powered system in the lower decks, Captain Si was headed back for the main deck, mumbling that that navigator had better have left the room, before he throws him out of a window, and claims an accidental ejection.

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

"Well, why don't we just try to go as up as we can, and if we start suffocating, bring us back down, easy as that!" She smiled and got up from her chair, pacing about. She contemplated the whole suffocation thing, and the fact that she was starting to get hungry again. "Maybe... Maybe for now--just today, for a few hours, until we get food--we should look for a job. Just one more. Just enough to hold us over for another couple of days. Yes, I think we'll do that. I got a lead for a job in Khaitland--head over that way and see what we find."

[Mister Keeg]

"Airships don't run so well in the absence of air." He said simply. He sighed, disliking the time they spent searching for jobs. And Khaitland was cold, too. "Alright, then. Let's be on our way. Feel free to take the wheel, Captain, we're headed in that direction already, we'll just have to speed up a bit."

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

Delia nodded once, taking the wheel. "Oh--get my coat?" she asked. It was obviously a request and not a command. She wasn't really one to command people unless she needed something done (or she was mad at one of her crew, in which case it was just fun.) She would have gotten the coat herself had she not been so keen to make sure this time the wind didn't blow them three hundred miles astray like the last time they went to Khaitland for a job.

[Mister Keeg]

He nodded, walking over in the direction of her coat, and grabbing it, then walking back to her, holding it out. He started staring at the map in frustration. He wished that man had made some sort of sense. Even if they reached the right altitude, where exactly 'up' would the damn city be? He was all well and good with getting a citiesworth of gold, but he wished they knew where it was. Finding it this way could take their entire lives.

[Vellocet or Drencrom]

"Thank you," she said with a smile. She put the coat on and buttoned it up, the fur collar hugging her neck. What did Khaitland have to be so ******** cold all the time? No wonder they were always trying to import coal. She sighed, and noticed Keegan was still frustrated. "Why don't you..." but she couldn't really think of anything that might make him feel any better. "I don't know. Why don't you do something that'll make you feel better? I know that's s**t advice, but I've got nothing."