My name is Sorin Tenime. I was born to Elizabeth and James Tenime. My mother was the daughter of an Irish Lord, and sailed to England to attend a boarding school. There she met my father, and English Navy officer. They sailed to Dominica when my father was transferred to the Naval Port. Three years later, I came along.
And then my father met the man who led me to become what I am. His name was Michael Dusan. He recruited my father onto his vessel, an imposing ship named the Ghost. I was five at the time. My mother had just given birth to twin girls, and my father was already sailing off. Sure, my mother hated it, but we were never poor. We had a weapons master on the island, and from the day my father left, I learned the ways of the sword. By six I'd bested all of the other children on the island and by seven I could best many of the soldiers.
So when I was eight, my father decided to take me on the ship. It was on that voyage that my destiney was sealed.
We were caught by rival pirates, a crew led by the infamous Marcus "Mad Skull" Skullings. Mad Skull was the worst of any pirate, one who made any hardened sea dog quake at the mention of his name. He wasn't just cruel, he was twisted and insane. And that night, he had a mind to take a few more prisoners for the racks. So he found us, and boarded us. Many brave men died that night. My father and Mad Skull fought daringly, but it wasn't enough, and Mad Skull ran him through before turning his attention on me. Even as a prodigy with a sword, I was no match. I was on my knees before the end. There were gashes all over my body, and if someone hadn't stepped in, I might have bled to death. But before the final blow, my father, in one last show of strength, grabbed Mad Skull and dove off the deck, dragging him to the depths of the locker.
Dusan took me home and gave me back to my mother, and told me that when I came of age, he'd be back for me.
With my father gone, our family was left destitute. In desperation, my mother turned to prostitution to provide a meager existance for the three of us. She died when I was twelve, when a drunken sailor hadn't gotten exactly what he wanted. That left me alone to raise my two little sisters. I got a job, as an apprentice to a blacksmith, and worked out a small sum from the profession. My sisters both recieved jobs working in the governor's house, and were able to look after themselves. I was eighteen at the time, and then, Dusan came back.
With his crew, I sailed the seas, tackling many things, including the undead Mad Skull, until Dusan died two years later. After that, I took over the ship.
My name is Sorin Tenime. I am twenty one years old. I am the Captain of the Ghost.
