Lysette von Bohuslan - Anachronism version
Age: 22
Rank: Airship Captain
Airships name: Dreamchaser
History: (subject to change, conceptual storyline)
Lysette von Bohuslan's family grew up believing to be descended from Harald Fairhair, not royally so but be an illicit born child. The idea that blood of elves was passed along their family line.
Her parents where executed at age 13 for witchcraft, and she fled the country, dropping use of the "Von Bohuslan" from her name, simply calling herself Lysethiel.
She took to thieving to survive, which isn't uncommon for youth with no parents, anywhere. She could remember her parents, the passed on heritage, and the love she had for them. She grew to hate organized government and laws, both for killing her parents and for trying to get her for simply trying to live. At age 15, still lanky and boyish, the lack of a proper diet keeping her undeveloped, she was taken in as an apprentice by a gang, they taught her many tricks of the trades of lockpicking, moving quietly, avoiding getting caught. The leader saw potential in her to be a great thief. But alas, this wasn't meant to be, one of the thief lords followers sold him out for amnesty and a whole lot of gold. Lysethiel was out when they police came, on returning to the hideout and spotted the police taking into custody the thief lord as well as most of the gang.
She smartly fled the scene, and the city, hopping onto a merchant boat in hopes to flee the country.
But fate seemed to be conspiring against her, the merchant ship was attacked by pirates and she was discovered in the cargo hold. Weapons, and lots of them. The pirates confiscated the weapons as well as her. She dressed as a boy was treated as one, she became a "cabinboy" and made to swab the deck, cook, serve the pirates at meal time. The captain was the first and thus made it his prerogative to be the only to discover that she wasn't a boy. He didn't tell the men, the crew and he being of the superstitious lot where a girl onboard was bad luck. At port at one of the pirate main ports she was sold to a tavern keeper, where she worked for a year, she was now 16 (1.5 years as a thief, .5 years on ship, 1 year as tavern aid)
And as unlikely as it may seem, the tavern owner, an older Women with gusto named Katie, took a fine liking to her. Turns out Katie was a Pirate, formerly called herself the Purity of the Seas. She chuckled when explaining this, as she purified the ships she robbed of their gold and stock. She taught Lysethiel how to fight with a sword, she had high hopes for her to be a pirate, treating her like a prodigal daughter. Katie passed on when Lysethiel turned 19 during a raid of the port by authorities, leaving a great sum of money, the deed to the Tavern, and the deed of her merchant ship. Lysethiel not able to bear the concept of losing her new found mother in a nearly same manner of her birth parents sold the tavern and swore revenge on the world. She took to pirating in full force, eventually upgrading to an airship so as to strike at the floating cities as well.
Referances:
Bohuslan Elf Reference Von means "Of" So Lysette of Bohuslan is her name technically, it was a primarily royal addon, but some peasnetry used it as well.
hiel is german for Kept or Held. She adds this as a modification of her name to remember to hold herself near. In other words "Never forget"
Coming Soon: Conceptual picture design for the airship Dreamchaser
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