Quintus Atreus Caerellius

## Pre-Campaign

### Humble Origins

Born in the fishing village of Avenio to parents Atreus Boris Caerellius (father) and Mila Tiberius Caerellius (mother), Quintus was the first born son. His father was a fisherman who has made a deal with the Imperium Solus to lease his boat out for shipping and receiving guns from the Gilded Host.

Both of his parents came from influential families, but they were the youngest siblings in their families and as such, were not inheriting anything. Father was a former soldier for the Imperium Solus and he and the mother married for love. They were okay with leaving the city life and living in the fishing villages, but the fishing life wasn’t as glamorous as they expected. Atreus then pivoted his business to accommodate for more lucrative ventures and got into the shipping of guns from the Gilded Host.

### Family Business

Though he did have a younger sister, Sabina Atreus Caerellius, he was the only son and his father wanted him to be in the family business. As he grew older he sailed with his father on various routes and eventually he became the captain of the ship, going on the runs for his father, who managed the business from home.

Though the contract was quite lucrative, the costs of transporting and dealing with various taxes made it so they could never expand. They only ever had the one ship. But it was a decent living.

Much of Quintus’ life revolved around his job. His best friend was his first mate, Ruifus, who always took him under his wing whenever they went out drinking after a completed a shipment. He was shy, though, and though Ruifus usually spent his pay quickly and wooed women frequently, Quintus merely watched him do this and rarely participated. He did fancy a woman named Octavia, but he never made a move and Rufus ended up in a relationship with her because “you never made a move, man!”

### Guns and Ships

His hobbies and interests were mostly from his job as well. He was trained to fight at his father’s insistence since his job could be dangerous out on the waters with such valuable cargo. He also was trained on the guns themselves, though he only ever had a small hand pistol he could train with, as the guns were highly regulated by the Imperium Solus.

The only reason he could obtain the hand pistol was he made friends with a Dwarf named Elzik. He was a member of the merchants that dealt with the shipments to and from the Imperium Solus and dealt with Quintus frequently. He helped him when he first became captain, showing him the ins and outs of the complex trade agreement between the Dwarves and the Imperium Solus as well as how to deal with other Dwarves. He appreciated Quintus and gifted him the hand pistol (secretly) and occasionally helped train him with it.

### And So the Balance Shifts

Everything was fine until one day when arriving to pick up a shipment of guns from the Gilded Host, he was arrested. After a while he discovered that his friend Elzik was murdered and he was “seen fleeing the scene of the crime” by a reliable witness. He was going to be executed, the trial seemingly rushed. While in prison awaiting execution, he was told he was being released.

Somehow, arrangements had been made to sell him into slavery as an alternative to execution. However, upon arriving upon the ship and meeting the captain, a Tortle named Ubok, he discovered it was a ruse. Ubok was once a slave and made a point to buy any who live such lives and free them, offering them jobs on the ship. Sadly, a condition of his sale was that he could not return home or else be arrested and executed again. He was banished for life. Ubok couldn’t do anything about that.

### A Pirate's Life For Me

Having no other choice, Quintus became part of Ubok’s crew on the ship called **Triton’s Blade**. He quickly became useful, having sailed for a living. He also enjoyed the various places they traveled to and he fell right in with the rest of the crew. One day Ubok announced that they were going to make the trek across the ocean to the two new continents that were recently discovered to the east and try and make a living there.

After months of travel, they arrived at a port city in the new continent to make trade. Through some bad dealings and trusting the wrong people, they sail into a trap. Ubok tells Quintus he promised his father he would protect him. In the last minute, Ubok pushes Quintus onto a life boat and cuts the ropes. He throws a **coin** into the ocean, which summons two **Tritons**women. Ubok tells them a *debt* is paid if they take Quintus to safety.

The two women take him to safety as Ubok's ships is attacked. He is brought ashore, one of the women is annoyed and leaves, yelling for the other woman, Wolyn, to follow her. Wolyn directs Quintus to a nearby town, wishes him luck, then leaves.