Name: Brand Brethelmue
Age: 29
Height: 5'11
Description: Captain Brand's many travels have left him slightly disfigured from the scar that traced itself along his back, up over his shoulder and slightly across his chest to the one on his upper left eye that ran itself down his cheek, covered by a simple eye patch. Always the one for appearances he was never one to go more then a day without bathing himself. He was well kept for a privateer, from his simple white tunic that hung slightly baggy on him, to his tight leather breaches that left nothing to the imagination. His black worn leather boots came up to his knees and folded off at the top with a small silver handled dagger protruding from his left one. At his side he carried his small array of arms and donned on his head was his infamous hat that he wouldn't have traded anything in the world for. At his neck hung a small, ruby encrusted gold medallion that matched the vibrant red of his long, always untidy hair. Brand is constantly lighting up his small hand rolled smokes, and is never scene without one. His only redeeming feature is his endless charm and deep blue eyes, er, that is to say eye.

Weapons: Brand carries a thin Rapier lashed at his side through his belt, a small single shot pistol straped to his lower thigh on his right leg, He also carries a small four inch boot knife that he rarely uses.

Background:
Brand Brethelmue was born in Devonsire, England, and his early years were spent as a sailor like so many of his friends from the area. In apparent lust for more treasure than a sailor could get, he left his family behind and headed to America to participate in the lucrative British privateering that was assaulting loaded Spanish treasure ships headed home. After bartering passage on a merchant ship, Brand made his way across the Atlantic and eventually found himself serving under a ruthless, cold-hearted bandit named Bloody Jack Cash, Captain of The Doves Blood. After serving with Bloody Jack for a few years Brand had made his way to first mate of Jacks crew and become his closest advisor and friend.

One gloomy morning The Doves Blood found itself under assault from the British Navy, and sustained heavy losses. Forcing her to port in Tortuga. After several weeks The Doves Blood was sailing fit and ready to get underway. However, Captain Cash Confided to Brand that he had no wishes to continue his life in piracy and wanted to remain in Tortuga to finish out what life he had left. Taking his share of the spoils Captain Cash Set off down the plank and disappeared, Brand never saw his former captain again.

Brands rise to Captain of the Doves Blood was only apposed by one man by the name of Calry De'Grast and so it was decided by many of the crew that, in order to decide a new captain, the two should have a contest of blades and the winner would Captain The Doves Blood and the loser was to be sent to Davey Jones's Locker.

They locked blades, Brand and Calry. Back and forth across the deck for what seemed hours. Steel upon steel they battled like titans. And then the tide started to turn in Brands favor, leaving Calry panicked and out of ideas. Being at a loss for what to do Calry pulled his pistol on Brand, pulling the trigger. Brands luck was with Poseidon that day because, had Calry finished loading his pistol instead of just powder being in the barrel, Brand would surely be dead. Instead He received a muzzle flash in his left eye, damaging it for the remainder of Brands days. The Crew killed Calry for his cheating and made Brand Captain of The Doves Blood.

Months went by and soon Brand felt the urge to move on to new heights and formulated a plan to intercept and commandeer a British Royal Navy Ship The Falsetto that he had encountered previously in his many travels as Captain of The Doves Blood. After several attempts to locate the whereabouts of The Falsetto he finally hit gold with a passing Spanish Merchant and was revealed to the location of The Falsetto and managed to board the her and kill the sailors aboard.

Having no Crew for his new ship, Brand Elected a new Captain for The Doves Blood and set off to Tortuga with a small crew who longed for the company of a woman and a large pint. And so he set off, Always keeping his unnamed Ships prow aimed for Tortuga's coordinates. However the night before he was to port in Tortuga Brand ran into an extremely thick fog and a Merchant Vessel, Ignoring his lit lanterns, crashed into his starboard side. Causing his new ship to take on water. Cursing and swearing, Brand managed to make it into port and hire a tiny lass by the name of Rose Belle Franklin to undergo repairing his fine craft, that after the collision he had Christened his unnamed ship The Ocean Raider, and thus his search for a new crew began.