Arin Sardev

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Arin Sardev is the captain of The Groat Boat and the captain of the Riptide Pirates in general. He wields a revolver which belonged to his adoptive father Vito Sardev and a shotgun that belonged to his biological father Mathias Granten. He also wields a magical gatling gun created by Mathias Granten called "Affectus Magnus" ("The Great Emotion" in Latin).

## Seekers of the Riptide

### Wicked Literature Arc

Sometime before the Wicked Literature Arc, Arin became the captain of the Riptide Pirates. After Arin arrived in Pitville, the hometown for many of his crew, he and the Riptide Pirates heard first of the the Surpontia Bombings. Supposedly, Vadisia, the capital of Surpontia, had been bombed. He and his crew traveled to Vadisia. During Arin's time in Vadisia, he met a fellow gunsmith named Mathias Granten. He took note of the man. When the Riptide Pirates traveled to Meteora, the chimera Vahram revealed to Arin that his biological father was still alive, and had a very similar description to Mathias. With the Riptide Pirates and help from the Royal Guard, they would take down Firrith during the Battle between Riptide Pirates and Firrith. Mathias showed up near the end of the fight to help take down Firrith. Shortly after, he confronted Mathias. Mathias revealed that Cade Aspen was still alive, and had been experimenting on the people of the Undersea.

### Undersea Arc

Mathias Granten brings the Riptide Pirates to the base of The Redeemers. (incomp, working)

## Backstory:

Arin was always quiet. He never got along with any others even in his youth. His mother, killed in the slums that they lived in, and his father Mathias Granten, estranged and god knows where. Arin grew up on his own until he stumbled upon a man. The man's name was Vito Sardev, a veteran down on his luck, with no home and loneliness consuming him. This man took a liking to Arin so he took him under his wing. Vito taught Arin how to gun sling, and Arin taught Vito how to live in the slums of Danson. Eventually, Arin stepped through into his pseudo father figure footsteps, he was to join the royal guard. Vito knowing the horrors of war did not wish this burden on his son, but his efforts lead to nothing but a rift between them. Arin now nineteen joins the royal guard, moves to the capital, and climbs the latter quickly. His wartime stories are vast and horrific, scaring him forever. He did things no man should, crossed barriers no human should, and killed people he regrets killing. After this, he gets recruited into a special division of the king's guard called the "Order of Eyes". This group was to do the dirty work that the king needed to be done. They assassinated noblemen, burned companies and villages to the ground, and framed and blackmailed. But on a job, he refused to kill his target, a nine-year-old the king had found out about. She was his bastard and lived in the slums of the city, a place Arin had not been to in a while. He refused to kill her, but knowing this would mean his head on a pike, he fled. But where? Why the only place he still considered home, the slums of Danson. He eventually finds his father and makes amends with him, the bond and live quiet lives for years, until the day Arin dreaded arrived. In the dead of night, his former colleagues sneak into his house they kill his father, butchered him like some sort of animal. After that, they burned him, leaving him to die. But the hate in his heart swelled and somehow against the odds he survived. He swore his revenge on these people he used to call friends, and he finds them, one by one, killing them, their families, and their friends (Murders of Order of Eyes Members), and after finishing with his path of revenge, takes up artificing as a hobby and settles down. Now with a more grizzled but positive outlook on life, he looks to start his own mercenary company and venture the seas, making friends, killing enemies, and finding gold, joining the Riptide Pirates.

It was revealed in Session 15 of Seekers of the Riptide that Arin had something called "Kaliber's Blessing" which lets him use his emotions as enchantments. Mathias Granten took this in mind and forged Affectus Magnus with this enchantment in mind.