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Kian Esshai
Name: Kian Esshai
Age: 29 Arcs
Race: Human
Date of Birth: 48th of Ashan, Arc 687
Marks: N/A
Factions Joined: N/A
Languages Spoken: Fluent: Common
Broken: Rakahi
Partners: None
Age: 29 Arcs
Race: Human
Date of Birth: 48th of Ashan, Arc 687
Marks: N/A
Factions Joined: N/A
Languages Spoken: Fluent: Common
Broken: Rakahi
Partners: None
Appearance
Kian is a rather muscular sailor. Though sailing requires a certain amount of strength, he prides himself on his physical ability and strives to maintain the highest strength he can. He keeps his dark brown hair short, usually shaved to the skull. His facial hair can fluctuate in length, though he prefers to keep stubble, especially in a goatee.
He stands two inches over six feet tall, amd weighs close to two hundred and fifty pounds. Intimidating in stature, his voice is what usually gives him command of the room. Deep and booming, he is usually the first one heard over the mists of the morning.
Personality
Typically quiet, Kian commands attention just by being in the room. Though he doesn’t need to speak to be noticed, when he does, he makes sure he is heard. On the ship, he has to be loud to be heard, and the sailors he’s met are usually hard to control. It helps to be loud.
Though into some shady practices, Kian cares very much about his childhood friend and fellow sailor, Freya. They have been friends for many arcs, and he would gladly give up his illicit activities if it meant keeping her out of harm. Luckily for Kian, she didn’t mind a little harm every now and then.
History
Kian was born to a fisherman and his wife, somewhere in Ne’haer. As a boy, Kian enjoyed the water, usually swimming and fishing as much as he could. He loves the taste of seafood, and has tried to eat at least some sort of the sea’s bounty every trial since his childhood.
As a small child, he was very rambunctious. His parents, Ezra and Eira, found their hands full with him. He taught himself to walk at an early age, and was very mobile. If they took their eyes off him, he was beelining for the closest ocean or river. He loved to swim, and would do so at every chance that he got.
As he grew, Kian started to develop a very obsessive need to be in the water. If he wasn't in the water at least some during the trial, he would grow moody and depressed. He threw tantrums and screamed when he went without swimming for more than two trials, and would refuse to even eat. Ezra began taking Kian with him when he went to fish, but was ultimately unsuccessful since Kian was thrashing about in the water, scaring the fish.
Being eduated in Ne’haer ensured that Kian would learn more about the aquatic professions. He was taught what he could and couldn’t eat from the coast, how to use the tides to guide his boat, and how to sail. Though they were just the basics, he was taught what parts of the boat were, how to adjust the sails, and common vernacular for sailors.
He began sailing when he was 14 arcs old, heading out on a leisurely sailing voyage. When he returned, he could speak of nothing else. He told Freya, begging her to come aboard with him. When she enjoyed it, they decided to get jobs sailing for a merchant company, doing what they love and trying to make some nels off it. Over a decade later, the two are still sailing together.
Ezra drowned when Kian was sixteen arcs. The usually bright and smiling youth took it very difficultly, shunning all but Freya. He feel deeper and deeper into a depression, and only the sea seemed to be able to pull him from it. He began to sail more, and even eschewed housing on land in favor of living on a small, one-masted schooner. He threw himself into his work, deciding to sail anywhere he could.
In Hiladrith, Kian was made a man by a gorgeous barmaid, but he never admits to it. Instead, he says that he is saving himself for the right woman, should she ever come along. It was there he learned that sex wasn't love, and that what he felt for the sea and for Freya, that was love. Perhaps not romantic love, but it was something much more special to him than the taste of flesh.
His second journey was delivering jute and raw clothing supplies to the city of Etzos. The city fascinated him, and the peoples' independence really struck a cord with him. He begged the Captain to stay in the city for more than trials, but that was all the time they had. Kian wandered the city, enjoying the revelry and wealth he saw there. He had never considered the money he could make from his work, only knew that he subsided on it. Instead, though, he could become rich. He could have his own fleet. He could build a life for himself and Freya, where they could live comfortably.
But it was on the way back from Argos that Kian got his first lesson in life. His ship was attacked by pirates, and the battle was gruesome. Three of his shipmates were butchered on the deck of their merchant vessel, in front of Kian's eyes. The pirates, whopping and shouting, were cut down, but not before Kian saw the exuberance in their eyes. They enjoyed sailing around, stealing other people's wealth. It was their way of life, and they loved it. And suddenly, something in him lusted for the same lifestyle. Though he couldn't afford to buy his own ship then, he decided to save to garner his own ship, and sail for himself. Until then, he'd have to figure something out to pad his income. He could carry illicit goods through the ports. A smuggler.
So the arc went on, and Kian learned that smuggling was a decent way to earn a few extra nels. There was not a market in the world that didn't have a seedy underside looking to buy something, whether they were slaves, drugs, or secrets. In fact, Kian found that he enjoyed smuggling so much that he wanted to try to make it his enterprise. He is saving for his own ship so that he can begin to make the nels hand over fist.
Housing
A one-masted sailing Sloop (boat) with a mainsail and jib rigged fore and aft. The sloop has a small hold and living quarters under the deck, enough room for a single bed, table or small writing desk, chair, storage chest, and shelf.
Knowledge & Skills
| Skill | Points Acquired | Total Points Spent | Proficiency |
| Acrobatics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Acting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Agriculture | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Alchemy | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Animal Husbandry | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Animal Training | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Axes & Bludgeons FT | 25/100 | (25/100) | Novice |
| Appraisal | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Baking | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Basket Weaving | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Blades | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Brewing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Business Management | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Candlemaking | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Carpentry | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Cartography | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Chemistry | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Climbing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Construction | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Cooking | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Cosmetology | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Dancing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Deception | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Detection | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Discipline | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Disguise | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Drawing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Endurance | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Etiquette | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Field Craft | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Fishing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Flying | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Fletching | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Forgery | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Gambling | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Gardening | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Glassblowing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Hunting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Intelligence | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Interrogation | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Intimidation | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Investigation | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Jewelry Crafting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Leadership | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Leather Working | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Linguistics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Lock Picking | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Logistics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Masonry | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Mathematics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Medicine | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Meditation | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Mining | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Mount | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Musical Instrument | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Navigation | 25/100 | (25/251) | Novice |
| Negotiation | 5/100 | (5/251) | Novice |
| Painting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Persuasion | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Physics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Pick Pocketing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Poisons | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Polearms | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Politics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Pottery | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Psychology | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Ranged Combat | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Research | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Resistance | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Rhetoric | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Running | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Rupturing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Sculpting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Seafaring | 25/100 | (25/251) | Novice |
| Seduction | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Sewing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Shielded Combat | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Ship Building | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Shoemaking | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Siege Weaponry | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Singing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Smithing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Stealth | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Storytelling | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Strength | 10/100 | (10/251) | Novice |
| Surgery | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Swimming | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Tactics | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Tanning | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Teaching | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Thrown Weapons | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Torture | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Trap Making | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Unarmed Combat | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Vinting | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Whips | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
| Writing | 0/100 | (0/251) | Novice |
Skill Point Ledger
Racial Bonus: Axes and Bludgeons: 25[//b] [ Fast Tracked Skill ]
Starting Package: Navigation - 20, Seafaring - 20, Strength - 10
CS Approval: Navigation - 5 (IN), Negotiation - 5 (IN), Seafaring - 5 (IN)
Example:
| Thread or Skill Name | Points Awarded | Points Spent | Running Total |
| An Adventure in Grimvale | 13/15 | 13 | |
| Animal Instincts | 14/15 | 27 | |
| Blades: Longsword | 20 | 7 | |
| Coming Undone | 11/15 | 18 |
Items
- Seafarer’s Starting Package Items
- 20 Gold Nels ( And crippling debt! )
- A Shoddy Boarding Axe
Ledger
| Item | Debit | Credit |
| 20 Gold Nels | ... | ... |
| -300 Gold Nel Debt | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... |
Total Currency: 0 ON, 20 (-300) GN, 0 SN, 0 CN
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