Jaime Valdez

Jaime in 2042, Before becoming a Pirate Lord of the Pacific

### Aliases

"Cutie" (As mentioned by Anicka Konvicka), The Eighth of Nine Pirate Lords of the Galapagos, The Pirate Lord of Dazzling Stars, Shit Cleaner, Pretty Eyes

### Affiliation

Duncan Heyward's Pirate Crew, The Free People of the Pacific,

### Occupation

Pirate, Wayfarer, Pirate Lord of the Pacific

## Jaime Valdez

*"Jaime Valdez? Do you mean Bracknell's little hamster? Of course I know her. She and I met in the Galapagos once, while I was picking out Purple potatoes from a merchant. Well, to say we met might be an exaggeration - she kind of just stared outwards at the ocean by the dock, intensely motionless. Her blue eyes saw not the sky, clouds, or sea, but instead, the stars which were masked by the day and sun. which even so shines so brightly. I'm not quite sure what she was thinking about - perhaps she's depressed, lonely, eager, reflective, who knows - or perhaps, she's simply Jaime Valdez, the Eighth of the Nine Pirate Lords of the Pacific"* - A Galapagos Islands Inhabitant, upon being questioned by Li Hua, 2042

### **Overview**

Jaime Valdez was born in Costa Rica to her loving parents Blanca and Hans Valdez in 2019, in a modest town home in the countryside. In her early life Jaime enjoyed a simple life, playing by rivers and forests with a select few friends and often being observed to be quiet, shy, and fragile. Noticeable for her green and blue eyes, due to her Heterochromia, she was called Pretty Eyes" by her closest friends. Getting Ice Cream at Garibaldi's Ice Cream Shop was a favorite pastime activity of hers, along with frequent visits to the Treasure Port San Antonio, located near Puerto Limon. Jaime often marveled at the magnificence of the Treasure Port, which was still considered to be one of the smaller ports of The West Caribbean Company.

At just the age of thirteen, a group of Black League pirates led by Santiago Alvarez raided their village and abducted her, during the events of the Black League Invasion of Coco in 2032. Burning down their parent's home and almost killing her mother, the Black League Pirates were eventually driven away by an army of West Caribbean Marines, who were led by Admiral Bracknell and General Ezekiel. After Admiral Bracknell cut off the retreat of the Black League Pirates, Jaime was onboard one of the few Warships that managed to escape Bracknell's trap, which made its way to the Cook Islands. There, she and another select few hundred prisoners were told to "become civilians in the Cook Islands," which entailed paying for expenses and so forth. Forced to a type of serfdom, Jaime spent four years in this situation, working a job that only provided her with bare necessities, including housing and food. Jaime frequently would lament her condition, staring outwards towards the sea and missing her parents. She vowed at this point to reunite with them under any conditions. However she eventually became somewhat used to life in the Cook Islands, becoming acquainted with a number of people and even making a few friends, such as Brandon Brown, who was another prisoner from a later Black League Raid.

Sometime in the year 2036, after finding about the state of civilians in the Cook Islands, Duncan Heyward led a small fleet of Pacific Mercenaries to liberate the prisoners of the Cook Islands. As most of the prisoners were housed on only one small island in the very edge of the Cook Islands, the operation was successful even under such a small fleet. It was here that Jaime met Anicka Konvicka or Lady Bracknell for the first time, as she was helping Jaime with food and medication. Although somewhat cold and detached at first, Bracknell assured her that they would get her back to Galapagos, where she would be safe, However, upon being told that Jaime needed to go back to Costa Rica, and seeing that she was only seventeen, Bracknell agreed to take her in for the meantime to figure out her situation. It was here that Jaime joined Duncan Heyward's Pirate Crew, along with Brandon Brown, albeit only as janitors (also known as "Shit Cleaners") for the time being.

However, after a series of long searching and even with all of Duncan Heyward's contacts, they couldn't track down Jaime's parents, much to her despair. Heyward promised her that they would continue to search for her, and that she could stay onboard for as long as needed. Jaime agreed to this, and would officially become a member of Duncan Heyward's Pirate Crew, forming a strong attachment to Lady Bracknell and many others over time. She would participate in their journeys around the world, from the many Pirate Islands in the Pacific Ocean to even the coasts of Iberia. She became embroiled in the conflicts of the Indonesia Coup and Havana Gambit, and saw the rise and fall of many Pirate Warlords. She became in all sense, a pirate herself, living a life of freedom and adventure that she hardly anticipated for many years.

Eventually, after the events of the Havana Gambit in 2042, she would go on to be the Head Counsel of the Galapagos Islands, becoming one of the Nine Pirate Warlords of the Pacific after an election by the Council of Pirate Lords. Shortly after in the same year, after being separated from her parents for eleven years, she found out that they had themselves become Pirates in the Pacific, living in the Pirate Colony of Tuvalu for most of their time, while desperately traveling the Pacific in search of her. it was only after she was announced to be a Pirate Lord that her parents knew of her whreabouts. After a teary reunion, the family decided to move back to Costa Rica, where Jaime abandoned her title as a Pirate Lord and lived a simple and relatively normal life from that point onward, occasionally traveling with her old friends from Heyward's Pirate Crew. She would attend college and sometimes visit a very small but important Ramen Shop in Havana, known as "The Blooming Sakura," though spending most of her time preferring to think about her journeys on the ports of Havana.

## Personality

Reflective, contemplative, empathetic, extremely shy, delicate, and fragile - Jaime was hardly the stuff of pirate material persay, but was considered an "adorable" and innocent light in the sky. She rarely raises her voice, she doesn't show anger, but is generally emotionally volatile. She was initially prone to anxiety attacks and nervous breakdowns, but eventually grew tougher as time passed. Nevertheless she still retained her small and frail personality for the most part, which almost became a blessing as there were always those that thought it was precious to protect her at all costs, most notably Lady Bracknell. Throughout her journeys she provided medical help and emotional support to her crewmates, but was not opposed for some trickery with Lady Bracknell on occasions, though acting more as a witness than an accomplice. Her insightful look into human behaviour is what proved the most valuable to Duncan Heyward though, as most of his crew were male and Lady Bracknell had shortcomings in this type of emotional judgement. In life, Jaime clearly wants nothing more than the happiness of those around her, and for the world to be at peace - perhaps a difficult task for such a "small person," but is an aspiration she holds nevertheless.