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Okay, here is where you can post your characters! I would suggest starting out with one, unless you have two for a good reason (like Kami) and working from there later. I'm not going to to stop you from having multiple characters, but good luck with it...

Just post 'em here to get them approved or what-not. As I don't have crew powers, I'll just tell you here if you get 'em approved or not.





Sujika (Lina Nox)
Kamikits (Cael Miano, Stay Miano)
Nadil (Falk du Ruine, Kale (du) Feoreen)
Chibi_baka ("Greta" Papatuan)


NPC's - if at any time one is needed, feel free to use, unless you intend to kill them. Then check with me first. >.>

Crew of the Coup d'etat
Crew of the Luciana




High Pirates – The most wanted of all Pirates. Often, high bounties will be placed upon them. These pirates are those who intentionally seek out the Companies ships to attack, usually destroying the vessel in the process. They are the most reckless of pirates, but also the most careful when it comes to the safety of their crew. They are commonly Captains class, but not necessarily. Most High Pirates are known throughout the world, though some are known by reputation only, not by name or face, making it difficult for the governments to track them.

High Navy – High ranking Navy, Commodore class and above. These men, never women, are 90% made up of those who have managed to bring in a High Pirate and successfully see them to the gallows. Among them are the highest paid members of the governments and Company, many being Healers or Water Manipulators. Generally, only mainland High Navy wear the powdered wigs all the time. Island High Navy only really need to for ceremonies, otherwise they can choose not to wear them.

1st Mate (Pirate) – Usually almost as well known as the High Pirates, and more than likely soon to ascend to the upper class themselves. To cross a first mate is unwise for anyone below equal status.

1st Mate (Navy) – More often that not, a Naval first mate is being trained by a High Officer on how to properly capture a High Pirate, as to allow them to ascend the ranks. Most times they have strength equal to that of High Navy, but are trained to the point that defiance of the Company almost never crosses their minds.

Pirate Crew – Manipulators who have chosen piracy over a life in a trade or with the company. Often a crew will work together in order to perfect their technique with their abilities. Most manipulators gain mastery through working with a crew. Those who cannot manipulate are no less valuable to the crew, but simply have less to do when not attacking a ship; everyone works, and everyone fights.

Navy Crew – Those manipulators who have chosen to work with the government and by that the Company. They are trained for two years in their ability before ever being allowed to set foot onto a boat, where they continue instruction under the Captain. Those without abilities must have exceptional talent with some kind of weapon in order to make it to a ship. Only men are allowed to crew Navy ships.

Hunters – Free-lance sailors, seeking out those of whom the Company and government posts bounties. Often they are more dangerous than ships of men, as they are willing to take more risks, and follow fewer restrictions. More often than not, they travel alone, as to avoid mistakes; you want something done, do it yourself.

Merchants – Those who travel from one port to another, even trading between ships on occasion. They are often times people without abilities, but they will almost always have manipulators with them if that is the case. A very successful life, if risky, and high in profit. May or may not choose to wear powdered wigs to show status.

Government – About a 50/50 split between those with and those without abilities. Those who do often go farther than those who do not, but it is not unheard of for someone to reach the top ranks without being able to manipulate. In truth, compared with the might of the Company, they have little strength. There are no women in the upper ranks of the government. They wear powdered wigs most of the time, except the island extensions of the government, who may or may not depending.

The Company – The upper executives control more or less the entire world. They seek to eradicate pirates from it completely, and leave the Company unopposed. There are no women in the upper ranks of the Company.

Black Market Dealers – They will trade with anyone, any time, in any place that they can feel free of the Company and the Government. They save themselves before anyone else, and are not necessarily the most savory of characters. They are to be dealt with carefully, and knowledgably, lest they sell you a cheap knockoff.

Pub Workers/Bar Maidens – Helpful, knowledgeable, and more often times than not a little on the friendly side. In the best bars you may find sanctuary from the troubles of the world, and in some of the more seedy you may just find a lot of old, sock-tasting rum.

Civilians- Mostly artisans who are skilled in one way or another, children, and mothers, going about living their lives until they change to another category.




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Name: Cael Azue Miano

Nickname: None, his first name's only one syllable.

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Sign: Aries

Blood Type: B+

Status (High Pirate, Crew, Navy, etc.): Pirate Crew (Quartermaster)

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 120 lbs

Skin tone (human-ish colors only): Light Tan

Hair Color/Style: His hair is dark brown, lighter on top where the sun has bleached it. It is about shoulder length, grown out without being cut from what was once a close crop about his face. He wears it occasionally tied back in a ponytail to keep it out of the way and the wind. Either way, his bangs hang down to just below his chin, framing his face.

Eye Color: Very bright blue

Clothing: Brown pants cut off and tied a little below the knees with leather strips. Dark leather belt and rough, very worn in flat boots. White shirt open in the front and loosly laced up to just below the collar bone under a neatly patched open red vest trimmed in gold braid. He has a leather fastening on his belt from which he hangs his sword. He owns, but does not usually wear, a light brown coat with brass buttons and trim and an inner pocket hidden by the lining.

Physical Appearance: Cael is lanky, considering his light weight for his height, and a bit self-concious about it. While he would prefer to have more well-defined muscles, he does pack quite a punch on his lean frame. His body is toned and firm if not outright muscular and it matches well with his rather pointed chin and oval face.

Other, related to appearance (distinguishing marks, piercings, etc.): Thick black wooden hooks in his ears, about the equivalent of a two gauge piercing.

Personality/Behavior: Cael is pretty outgoing and can be argumentative or thick-headed. He can also be quiet, especially after you get to know him and he settles down a bit. It is then that the more studious side of his character comes out, along with the part of him that is still young and restless and longing for something he is not quite able to name.

Likes: Maps and lists, plotting against the Company, sailing with nowhere yet to go and sailing to a destination.

Dislikes: Rigidity in rules or expectations, feeling continually one-upped, boredom or slowness.

Weaknesses: Still young and lacking in control of his powers and will. Farsighted (cannot see up close well).

Weapons: Cutlass with ornate silver handle traded for his old sword from before he joined the crew and all of the money he had on him at the time, dagger with five inch long blade tucked into the side of the sheath for his sword.

Abilities (Not Manipulation; things like use of a cutlass): Good swordsman, though not exceptional. Photographic memory. Good aim with throwing daggers.

Manipulation: Water - Especially good at increasing or decreasing the height of waves.

Hobbies: Poker, studying maps and charts, performing.

History: Cael left home at the age of 18 after a rocky falling out (for various reasons) with his parents and, to a lesser degree, his older sister. He knew what he wanted in life and it was nothing like the neat job and government paycheck his father envisioned for him. He left home in the heat of the moment although he had been seriously considering it for some time. Cael made his way straight to the ports of Asura where he traded the sword his father had bought for him at his unofficial coming of age a few years ago for a new cutlass. He was then regrettably without money or anything else to sell, so he hung out at the ports for the worst few days of his life, too stubborn to return home but without any place to stay and earning just enough to buy himself a little bit of food by working cleaning grime off of some of the smaller private merchant vessels for a petty fee. He slept on the wharf sitting up against buildings when he got too tired at night, and was on his fourth day and wondering just what he was going to do next when he was approached by a young man who offered him a place on his ship, the Coup d'etat. It was not until later that he found out that the man was really a woman by the name of Lina Nox and by that point he had so stubbornly engrained his rebellion against his parents and what he saw them to stand for that he found that he did not care. She was a good captain and she gave him the opportunity to live out his dream and break away from what was expected of him and the established order and to live as a free man. Cael is finding, however, that as a free man, he still is longing for something, although he is at a loss as to what it is.

Family and Friends: Considers the rest of the pirate crew of the Coup d'etat to be his family, as well as his friends. Also has a mother and father (homemaker [40] and government worker [52], neither can manipulate elements) and an elder sister (23, fire-manipulator). He has not had contact with them since he left home.

Note on Names: Cael is a name taken from our world meaning "slender" and is a reference to a mythological hero. It is also the name of this really sweet little boy I watch sometimes. ^-^ Azue is a play off of "azure", or "blue". It was given to him by his mother in reference to his eyes.

"The secret of Happiness is Freedom and the secret of Freedom, Courage." ~Thucydides

Name: Stay Helus Miano

Nickname: Stacie or Cie, but only to her mother (or to her lover [Jot, 24, 6'0" and 150 lbs. Earth-manipulator finishing an apprenticeship to a carpenter specializing in furniture. Only child to 48-year-old man, non-manipulator, and 34-year-old stepmother, fire-manipulator.])

Age: 23

Gender: Female (pretending to be male)

Sign: Pisces

Blood Type: AB+

Status (High Pirate, Crew, Navy, etc.): Navy Crew (Petty Officer)

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 130 lbs

Skin tone (human-ish colors only): Fair

Hair Color/Style: Red-brown. Her hair is a little over shoulder length, tied back into a loose ponytail (as is custom) with bangs parted in the center and falling just to her eyes.

Eye Color: Light blue-gray

Clothing: Standard Navy Uniform (with bindings underneath). That would be a pair of long white pants tucked into polished black boots that go up to mid-shin height and a neatly buttoned white shirt with a blue vest under a navy coat or jacket with gold braid trim and buttons. She also has a black ribbon for her hair and another, more faded, one about her neck.

Physical Appearance: Stay is on the taller side, although since she lives among men she is seen to be of only average height and rather slender. Since she has been training her whole life (with more intensity and at a higher level than Cael), she has a very well-formed muscle structure and fairly small breasts (all the easier to hide). Her face is oval and her features, while attractive, are heavy and unpolished enough that, with the right clothes, she can easily pass for a man, if a rather pretty one.

Other, related to appearance (distinguishing marks, piercings, etc.): None

Personality/Behavior: Solitary almost to the point of isolationism, Stay reads and writes more than she talks to the people she works and lives with. This is in part out of fear that they might find her out and in part because she is just naturally a loner. She is a good listener and has a keen sense of humor, however, and does have several friends among the other members of the Navy who she does interact with regularly.

Likes: Her handwriting, her physical and elemental strength, when she can lock the doors.

Dislikes: Having to room with other crew members for extended periods of time, crying, chaos.

Weaknesses: Tendency to push herself too far, current deception and confusion.

Weapons: Navy issued sword and pistol. Small switchblade.

Abilities (Not Manipulation; things like use of a cutlass): Skilled fighter, very good endurance.

Manipulation: Fire - very wide array of abilities with fairly minimal tiring afterwards. One of her favorite tricks to conserve energy while still creating the desired effect is to enlarge and excite a small flame like that of a candle, creating a massive billowing of fire without having to go through the effort of making it herself.

Hobbies: Writing letters to her "girlfriend" named "Cie", playing with fire, making up tall tales at night to entertain her friends.

History: Stay was originally born a twin, but her elder brother died minutes after birth. Her father was devestated and, as he had already had the boy registered with the government, simply switched the infants. He reported that his wife had given birth to a son and a stillborn daughter instead and filled out the proper paperwork and gave the child a quick burial. Stay's mother had gone into labor unexpectedly and progressed rapidly so that instead of a proper midwife, she was helped by a couple of her servants. In the bustle and confusion, it was easy to believe that there had been a mistake about the original identity of the dead child and, after all, no one had actually seen the master of the house switch the infants. Stay was given a boy's name although one that, at her mother's desperate insisting, could be altered easily enough into a feminine one. She was raised in confusion, her father insisting not only that she be dressed as a boy and he taught as one, but that she really was his son. As the years went by he became more blinded by this denial, even after her younger brother Cael was born. Stay wished to please him so she learned to behave as a boy, albiet a slightly effeminate one, even going to far as to bind her chest and shamefully hide evidence of her menses. When she was old enough she enrolled in the Navy and successfully passed their rigorous fitness requirements, much to her pride and the pride of her parents. She was always the stronger both physically and with the use of elements of the two siblings, owing in large part to her dedication to her training. About a year ago while on shoreleave Stay found herself on her own and with the security of knowing that it would be many hours before she would see anyone who would recognize her so she stepped out of uniform and explored the port city as a woman. It was the first time she was out of disguise in many years and she met a young man, an earth-manipulator apprentice, while buying lunch. The two hit it off and agreed to meet up next time she was in town (she fed him a story about being the younger sister of one of the many merchants who passed through). Whenever she happened to be in the city from then on, she would slip off by herself, making up an excuse about visiting her girlfriend, Cie, if anyone asked, and meet up with him. The last time she saw him was a little under two months ago and Stay has found herself pregnant. She is not too worried about anyone finding out yet, but also knows she needs to do something about it, and soon. She has been stalling on making any decision, however, not able to bring herself to decide one way or the other. On the one hand she knows what she wants in life and she knows what she has to do to get it. On the other, she does not feel right, for various reasons, about terminating the pregnancy.

Family and Friends: Has a mother and father (homemaker [40] and government worker [52], neither can manipulate elements) and a younger brother (19, water-manipulator). She has fairly frequent contact with her parents but has not spoken to her brother directly in several years (and not at all since he left home a year ago). Friends with several other crew members of the ship she is on.

Note on Names: Stay is, in all honestly, a bad pun off the fact that she was the twin who did not die. Stacie is a girl's name in our world. And, although I didn't realize this at the time, is also a reference to my cousin, Traci, who was part of the inspiration for the character. o_oa Helus is a reference to the sun god and her gift and is also her father's given name. I don't know why anyone would actually care about this, but... xD;;

"To fly, you have to have resistance." ~Maya Lin

Yeah, I just realized I needed to clarify that. XD

Okay. These are quick bio's for the Crew of the Coup d'etat. Not the entire crew, just the important, kind of general characters. I may or may not give them proper bio's later.

Fin - 35, Water, Fin is sort of the father-esq figure, who is big and musclie, short grey hair and a little short short of un-shaved beard thing; you don't mess with him. Fin has been with the ship the longest beside Li. He's actually the one who used to be the strongest advocate against her, but then she saved him from the other ship durring their first major fight, so now he's completely got his trust in her. 6' 4". He joined up with Li, after she found him in a tavern, where he had pretty much decided to drown his entire life in booze. From Asura, Fin hasn't got any family. He had parents, but they died of old age, and his older brother disowned him once he became a drunk. Brown-greyish eyes. First Mate.

Alyx - 22, Air, soulder-blade length dark hair, usually kept tied back. pretty mellow, but confident in everything he does; however, he's also likely to try and ski behind the ship. 6', thin build, but strong eneough. Joined up with Li just for...eh, a change in pace. Asura islands. Alyx has both parents, but they just want him to be happy in life, so they will let him persue his dreams, whatever they might be, and support him. Deep blue eyes

Sain - 17, air, dark short spiked up hair, joined after cael, Sain is one of those eager-to-please-i'm-a-man-now types. 5' 10", and THIN, still working on getting much muscle going. Joined Li because he wanted to prove himself as a man, and that he could be a sailor like his dead father, and picked piracy because he just didn't like the navy. From Asura continental. Sain's mother died in childbirth, and his father was killed at sea when he was 16, so he decided to become a sailor like him; however, he hated the navy, so...Piracy it is. Bright green eyes.

Kit - 29, fire, dark red hair, cook. kind of a smartass, so if you make him mad, he'll burn your food. 5' 7", skinny, and muscily. Li saved him when he was being beaten up in a rain storm, and as payment of the debt he joined her crew. Feore islands. Kit was an urchin from as far back as he could remember. His parents simply left him somewhere, and never came back. He honestly didn't really care, but it made him develope a bit of an attitude. This firey temperment usually got him into trouble, which is a little fortunate as it led Li to him. His eyes are a little bit brown-red-orange, actually.

Allen - 28, Healer, light almost white-blond, short scragely hair. a bit of a sweetie; He's happy most of the time, and even more so if everyone else on the ship is too, but its that kind of quiet-happiness. 5' 11", thin, not particularly strong but very quick. He was being pressured into joining the Navy by his parents and quit his job at a local clinic, but he didn't agree with them or the company at all, so when the clinic went under due to lack of funds, instead he ran away, and joined up with Li. From an island right near the border between Feore and Semax, but is a citizen of Feore. Bright, watery blue eyes.

Terran - 32, earth, dark hair, and maybe a little bit of a gotee thing. just sort of like he hadn't shaved in a few days. Pretty tall too, really well grounded, and kind of plays moderator for arguments. Quiet, but really rather strong and seems to know what he's doing all the time. 6' 7", medium build and muscular. He's the ship's Bosun. Good friends since childhood with Marco. From Semax continental. Terran only had a mother, as did Marco, because their mothers were widows turned prostitutes due to sad circumstances. So, while the mothers were hard at work trying to earn a living for the boys, the two would go off and play together, but when they became teens, they decided to go into piracy so their mother's could stop working. Warm Brown eyes.

Marco - 29, water, bit of a rat-tail, medium brown hair. He's good at comming up with suggestions on how to fix things. 6'1", average build, pretty muscular. Terran and Marco got into a fight together, against a very large group of people. Marco was completely drunk, and couldn't really even stand up at the time, so he wasn't much help, and Terran, knowing all their opponents were drunk it wouldn't be fair for him to fight them full power, so he just let them hit him; he's a bit of a sucker for justice. Li however, threw up a shield around him, and the thugs scattered once they basically broke their hands trying to hit him, realizing the newcomer on the scene was a powerful, non-intoxicated manipulator, and they didn't really stand much chance. From Semax continental. Warm brown eyes.

I seriously thoughjt I would only (for once, wow) have one character but this guy is too great... though not as great as Falk. XD; However! I'm not going to use him as much, he's actually morelike a side character who I'll use when Falk is with him or when someone else comes seeking him. >.>
And nope, (I'll say it now) despite his name, he's not from Feore... or related to the country in any way (...other than black market and other kind of funny stuffz. =) )

Name: Kale (du) Feoreen

Nickname: None

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Status: Civilian/baron (and a little bit of merchant, a little bit of black market dealer, a little bit of passive pirate if you so want too… and a little bit of lawful citizen, of course)

Height: 5’ 11’’ (ca 178 cm)

Skin tone: Fair

Hair colour: Reddish brown/reddish mahogany

Hairstyle: Short per see, Kale’s hair reaches down to his shoulders and in all its glorious messiness it still manages to look orderly and groomed enough. His hair parts at the middle with the bangs cut much in (an uneven) stairway fashion, reaching nearly all the way down to his chin in front of the ears before swiftly going up to show part of said body part and then descending again.

Eye Colour: Hazel (a really/spookily light yellow-brown colour, almost tawny)

Clothing: Kale usually dresses as most other "people from the continent" (or "continent landers") and unless he's going out into some of the more... questionable places, where blending in is your life insurance, he dresses pretty much as any baron would. He likes coats a bit more than capes though, which shows in how seldom he wears them (they're a bit in the way as he sees it). While he does, often wear knee-long trousers he's also known to wear longer pants that then are stuffed into his boots, but as said, his choice of outfit usual depends on where he is. He seldom wear hats but gloves all the more, claiming they help his hands to always keep an even temperature.

Other: x

Personality: An opportunist, if nothing else, is what would best describe Kale. He’s someone who first and foremost looks out for himself (and, as it most often seems to be, his island and its people too… or perhaps he just includes them in the “himself” part). Perfectly willing to bargain with both pirates and the navies of the different countries (but preferably not the Company, they have a tendency to not be as flexible as he and, or, rub him the wrong way, sadly), Kale is a person you can buy, buy behind someone else’s back and buy from.
As already understood, he’s a rather flexible person but prefers to keep an as “clear” image as possible, meaning he welcomes the black market and the more “unsavoury” peeps and welcomes them into his bars but heaven help them if he gets trouble because of anything they do or drag in. This flexibility of his might also be the reason why he is such good friends with the famous (or infamous, depending on what side of the sea, the lawful or not so lawful, you ask) vice admiral Falk du Ruine.
Kale himself is a really rather interesting fellow who cheerfully jokes and plays around with words as it pleases him but is quick to please others too… as long as you have a deal of some kind… preferably one that does him some (or much, depends on the task ahead) good.

Likes: The sea (to look at only), waves, beaches, marketplaces, his mansion, watching (sword) duels (one of his more unlawful pleasures), drinking with good company (friends), making deals, chess, you (or… at least that’s the vibe you get), books

Dislikes: The Company, thugs (all brawns no brains), being cheated on (when it comes to set deals), women aboard ships… that he is on (he has nothing against dealing with them or lady captains)

Weaknesses: Can’t really stand to be aboard a ship for too long (like… longer than a day)

Weapons: While Kale doesn’t carry weapons (visibly anyway as far as we all know), he does know how to use them quite well and to tell the truth so does he have sabres hanging around (as decorations) in his house, along with pistols and elaborate rifles. (Just a warning; he usually keeps some kind of small knife up his boot – nope, sorry, not his sleeve, however fun a pun that now would have been – always.)

Abilities: Rather quick (but has still never come near besting his friend, Falk), quick reflexes, fast reader, good with a cutlass/sabre and knife, able to handle strong gun-type weapons without getting a recoil (probably all due to his element)

Manipulation: Earth (despite his stable element, Kale is really unstable… though not in the mental sense of the word, mind you). Kale becomes dizzy when using his powers too much and when he has seriously overused them, the world (even the ground) seems to be spinning or moving beneath him, even if he sits down. (Personally, he actually thinks that’s rather funny.)

Hobbies: Setting up (illegal) duelling tournaments (out of sight, of course, which… most often is underground, literally), reading (but sadly he finishes his books too quickly that he almost never has any unread book in his house)

History: (I have no idea. >_>;; He's not meant to be much of a character really, so...)

Family and Friends: Mother, father, Falk du Ruine (baron of Dasure, a friend), plus a whole lot of other people he knows… (some friends, others indebted and some more along those lines… he has a finger in most things)

Barony: Darsun, an island pretty far off the eastern coast of its ruling nation, Asura. Bigger than Dasure, this island nice example in the category of middle-sized island, although it is a bit on the larger side. Just as Darsure is it self-sufficient from the mainland but doesn’t need the surrounding islands as much as its neighbour. Actually, at times, it seems like the other islands are more in need of Darsun. Something noteworthy about this island would be the rich trade ports (housing both legal markets and the more… unlawful kind) all along its coastline and the splendid cities further inland.


This lady is Falk's fiancé and is much like Kale more of a side character. She's more or less only a prop uoi could say. XD;;

Denizell du Laiire [denizell(e) du lay-r] - 24, (little less than) 5'8'' (169 cm), non-manipulator
Pretty as a picture (if not more so), this young lady is of pure noble breed and looks the part too. Her skin is fair and her hair pale blonde enough to imitate diluted gold. Her eyes are an aqua green color that sometimes seems near turquoise - either you're completely charmed by them or these unusual orbs scare you off, there's not much in between. As hard to kill as the rumors are, and however much tempting them seem, this young woman is not related in the least the the beautiful merfolk of the sea, those who look like the rainbow when they come swimming in a group.
She's the niece and protégé to the Baron of Ceylon, a large island lying closest to the mother nation Asura's eastern shores, but is said to have been born in the norther part of the mainland.
Sweet and perfect like any noble lady is imagined to be, but if she's put to the test you'll see that she's hiding a well educated mind behind her rosy smile. However, if you deserve it, she's also got enough temperament to snap at you (in case you've stepped out of line).
One thing that may seem odd, especially so when the Vice Admiral is as stricts as he is, is the fact that she at times come aboard his naval ship and sail with him. However, it is rather understandable if you look to what once happened to Falk's own family... and it's not like any of his crew can, or would dare, to say anything about it. You don't speak up against someone who has been dubbed "The Navy's Lion".

Name: "Greta" Papatuan

Nickname: Tua, hawk lady, "that painted whore"

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Status (High Pirate, Crew, Navy, etc.): Civilian, though her "occupation" is any of these three, in the order they're written; Treasure Hunter Extraordinare, often Amazingly Accurate Fortuneteller, and occasionally though rather seldom Miraculous Manipulator and Witch of the Earth.

Height: 1.82 cm

Hair Color: Black with red highlights

Eye Color: Brown, though look startlingly red in some light

Looks: Tall and willowy, Papatuan has narrow hips, but is rather bosomy. But she looses much of "traditionally" feminine good looks what with having a hawk nose. Her hair is more or less always up in a tied-back afro. She has very dark brown skin, like all of her people.
While in the "proper" (as proper as a patched-together dress can be) dress of "the fishbellies" (not to be confused with any sort of merpeople), Papatuan is extremely made up, and it's hard to know if this is her idea of proper look, or her mocking their "proper look" of a woman.

Clothing: Either her people's "oversized" poncho-like "dresses", which are hemmed in by belts and the loose upper part creating "sleeves", while the lower part reaches anywhere from knees to ankles, depending on length of the poncho. Wears several gold coin necklaces and a coin belt, large earrings and carries a bottle filled with sand, along with several other small pouched tied to her belt and in other places. Otherwise, as Greta, wears a cobbled together and much-patched "civilized" dress.

Other, related to appearance: None, if you don't count the giant glass bottle filled with sand she wears at her side, and any of the smaller leather/cloth pouches she also carries around.

Likes: Jewellery, gold, money, her family, earth of any kind

Dislikes: giant expanses of water (unfortunate), the Company, stupid "fishbellies"

Weapons: Besides small daggers and knives and her Manipulation, none really.

Abilities (Not Manipulation; things like use of a cutlass):

Manipulation: Earth, "specialized" into, in various ways, finding earthly treasure, raw material as well as such worked things like coins and jewellery.

History: Growing up in a small village, Papatuan was somewhat of an "open secret" with her Earth Manipulation skill, as anyone else in the surrounding population.
While they certainly didn't suffer from famine or misfortune, more money was always needed, and when Papatuan found out she could use the Earth and any of its products (in this case, coins) to find more of such treasure, she quickly "specialized" that skill to provide her and the surrounding villages with any rich metal ore-veins or jewel veins that she could find.

So "distributing" wealth over time, she became rather enamoured with the idea of being wealthy, and, as she got older, expanded to more man-made earthly treasure; forgotten, lost or hidden caches of gold, coins, jewellery etc, working in an ever-widening circle from her home. Nowadays, she's a bit of professional at finding treasure.

Family and Friends: Parents are both alive, two younger siblings and two older siblings, all still in their home village, or any village close by due to marrying.

Other: She carries a large glass bottle filled with earth/sand and several small pouches with the same, that acts as "grounding" when she's on the sea, which she does quite a lot of.
The fortunetelling works by her using stones, and either she uses a focus (usually a coin or other earth-derived valuable from the one being "divined"), which leads to explicitly money-related fortunes, or no focus, which at best yields general "good" and "bad" feelings, which she extrapolates on at length, to make a suitably impressive fortune. (So, only the focus-related fortunes are actually worth anything, in terms of hard truth, though non-focus divining can end up being rather impressively true, every now and then.)

It ate my bio. D:

Name: Tamoir (tai-MYAH)

Nickname: Tai

Age: 27

Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Status (High Pirate, Crew, Navy, etc.): Black Market

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 145

Skin tone (human-ish colors only): Golden

Hair Color/Style: Very long silken black. Tamoir has thick dark hair that reaches, when down, to his lower back. He never wears it down, however (except presumably when he bathes), and typically keeps it up in a leather hair glove (this), a strip of black leather a foot long wrapped around his hair to hold it back and out of the way.

Eye Color: Hazel brown with green

Clothing: Tamoir wears no shirt but a very broken-in brown leather vest with several pockets housing some "tools of the trade" and a few of the smaller items they have for sale. He wears a pair of black pants, kept in much better condition than his vest, and a dark brown belt with a couple small pouches hanging from it in addition to his sabre. These bags contain a few more items for sale and some of his money. He has well-polished black boots as well, and a simple thick gold chain he uses as a necklace.

Physical Appearance: Tamoir has a very hard body, well-muscled and he works to keep it that way. It is not clear how he got it like that, as it certainly was not with his current job, but he is obviously proud of it.

Other, related to appearance (distinguishing marks, piercings, etc.): Tamoir has tribal-style tattoos weaving down his arms, making them equal parts gold and black. They are a blend of spirals, abstract shapes, and lines that cover him from the shoulders to the wrists (this).

Personality/Behavior: Tamoir has a tendecy to change his behavior as the need or situation arrises. He is most at ease either on his own or with only Aerion around. Then he is quieter, although not quiet, than he normally chooses to act, and usually hard at work.

Likes: Sweet food, detail work (like forging bank notes and money), physical exercise

Dislikes: Cold weather, people trying to cheat him, being at sea too long

Weaknesses: Cold weather. He is more vulnerable to it than most fire-manipulators although he denies any correlation to his lack of clothing.

Weapons: Apart from his saber, Tamoir has... Well, he won't say, but at least one of the pouches hanging from his belt contains gunpowder.

Abilities (Not Manipulation; things like use of a cutlass): Very fast draw, strong, good actor and liar.

Manipulation: Fire - rather weak.

Hobbies: Tamoir is lucky in that he does what he likes and likes what he does. He genuinely enjoys his job.

History: Rather unclear, as he does not talk about it much. He was originally from Semax, however, although he left at a rather young age. He met Aerion there and the two partnered up and broadened their horizons.

Family and Friends: Aerion, his work partner.

"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond."
~Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein

Name: Jenniwer de Amynn (most probably not her real/original name but one given to her by Kale as to not give her a too "common" background so that her working for him would be warranted. So one of her other names are more probably correct.)

Other name: Alusia

Nickname: Jem

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Status: Civilian

Job: Works for Kale as his (Lady) Steward, right hand and outward face when he cannot appear in person. (It's also to her you go, or make an appointment with, when you want to ask funding from the baron of Darsun for various business transactions, the starting of business or companies or whatever it now may be. Of course, the funding has to be paid back either in hard currency, some good deals or the like... otherwise you're likely to be ruled an outlaw and with the baron's close ties to the navy... you're pretty much screwed. But if you keep to your part of the deal you're sure to find great help here.)

Height: 5' 8½'' (ca 171 cm)

Hair color: Dark brown

Hairstyle: Thick, nearly waist long hair that has the faintest of wavy quality to it but can as easily be brushed perfectly straight as curled up in more pronounced, voluminous corkscrews. All of her hair is brushed back over her head and thus she has no bangs but every now and then a long but thin tress sneaks down to decoratively hang at her temple.

Eye color: Violet (personally she calls it twilight blue)

Clothing: Alusia has a rather unorthodox style of dressing even when she dresses more along the lines of "dress to impress" (meaning, when on official business with the more "proper" contacts... barons, officials and the like). Most often she wears a purple under-the-bust bodice with a very voluminous creamy blouse under that with a pair of balloon sleeves with wide cuffs, a collar that only covers half of her shoulders and gives a nice view of her generous cleavage. If it wasn't a different color from her blouse, one could think that the wine- or red-tinted brown semi wrap-around skirt, which looks more like a triangle-shaped cloth since it only covers her left hip, is a part of her top due to it coming out from below the bodice. Below this she wears a pair of long, fitted mellow brown pants and a pair of soft leather boots in a very dark brown shade.
Alusia seldom wears cloaks, even less so coats and never gloves unless they accompany a fancy dress – which she wears on occasions or when she's demanded to due to work and in that case she favors violet, pale green and aqua shades but when it comes to cloaks she goes for dark blue, brown and green hues.
She also, often, wears gold jewelry with either opals or amethysts in them in the form of earrings, not too extravagant necklaces and a ring or two. There is, however, one ring that she always wears on her right hand's middle finger – a pale aqua green stone, possibly an aquamarine, set in solid gold and whose band looks like it's made up of several smaller, round, strings of metal melded together. This last piece is as much a symbol of her as her weapons are.

Other: Sometimes described as "the best that Feore has to offer", Alusia is really rather beautiful. Kale (among others) has sometimes called her the "(gorgeous but dangerous) gem of Darsun". She has rather slender lines but not enough to look entirely feminine. You could say she has a neutral beauty that could appeal to both sexes. Her body is well endowed and covered with faint but rippling muscles that play when she fights. Despite being a smoker, Alusia always smells faintly of strawberries and cherries. One of her favorite liquors also tastes like she smells but also has a slight aftertaste of dark chocolate (it's called "dark beauty" and has an opaque, dark ruby color).

Personality: With a smooth tongue, suggestive body and wonderful manner she can be both your savior and downfall. Alusia is the person who goes into office buildings as well as shady black market auction halls without taking away or adding anything to her appearance, something that Kale doesn't. When he, personally, doesn't want to have to do something (such as clear up some nasty or irritating business with most often the more unlawful residents of his barony), it's Alusia he sends out in his place. Where your life insurance is to blend in with the crowd, Alusia boldly tread right on in with the official emblems of her ivory handle weapons. She speaks up when and where she wants to and even if she doesn't want to but it is her job to do so. She has a personal flair that blazes much like a torch in the early evening and is just as alluring to most people as moths would be to her if she really were aflame.

Likes: To joke/play around and pick people up but then drop them, drinking (with moderation), playing cards (which she's really good at), bargaining

Dislikes: Sitting still (she has too much energy and considers such occupations, especially when you don't gain anything from it, much like when reading a book, a waste of time), when people call her an addict (to smoking, because she's not... according to herself. She has self-control.), idiots and people who can’t appreciate beauty or jokes, brutes

Weaknesses: She smokes (and only uses a long, slender type of pipe – think of the Japanese one, it exists here on Gaia too, haha)

Weapons: One dress saber and small dagger, which both have an ivory and gold decorated handle, hanging on two belts that hang on an end (buckle resting on the right/left side of her waist with the weapon dangling against the opposite hip).

Abilities: A smooth tongue, knows her way around pointy weapons, fairly okay with bigger guns such as rifles, writes quickly (which makes her good at taking notes), very good immunity system since she rarely gets sick (or more or less at all... it could possibly be, as Kale have suggested, a not yet bloomed healing manipulation power but nothing is for sure). She's also really good at bargaining and make deals.

Manipulation: None

Hobbies: Hang out in cities and play around with people (especially newcomers), practice or contest shooting (with rifles)

History: Born in Feore, it's not commonly known how she came to work for Kale but they probably met during one of his trips there or while he was there studying at the capital.

Family and Friends: Mother, father, younger brother and sister, Kale (du) Feoreen (baron of Darsun), many other people in respected positions and a whole bunch of... less known people (which she most often have gotten to meet or know through Kale)

Note: Unlike Kale, wherever she goes she's the "(Lady) Steward of Darsun" and thus dresses and acts accordingly, as seen from her weapons.

Music of inspiration: "Addict" by Fiona Apple

The Constance – the smaller of Kale's two ships as the baron of Darsun and the one that Alusia always uses when she needs to go somewhere