Tennille Turunen

Captain Tennille Turunen is the pirate/skirate captain of the ship, the *Sunset Siren.* They are the most powerful and well known pirate of the Shield Coast.

## Appearance

Tennille is rather short, standing at 5'4", and has sandy brown hair in a bob with straight bangs. They always wear a short green cloak over one shoulder.

## Personality

Tennille is intense, driven, and ambitious. Stubborn and prideful, they are generally unwilling to admit when they are wrong. As a leader, they have a razor sharp and decisive mind. They are also clever, sly, and full of tricks.

## Biography

Tennille quickly abandoned a dull home life with absent parents for a life on the sea. At first they worked as a cabin kid on a merchant ship, but after a crew of pirates attacked the ship, they jumped ship and began working for the pirates instead.

Aboard her first pirate ship, Tennille learned martial arts from a monk pirate. After a few months of basic training, they made off his teaching scrolls to teach themself the rest of the forms. They headed to a port on the Shield Coast known in the underground as a port bustling with pirate activity. They intended to join a great adventuring crew to share in adventures, riches, and glory. Upon arriving, they joined the crew of Sunset Val.

Sunset Val took a liking to Tennille and mentored them over the years of sailing. Over these years, Tennille developed a friendly rivalry with a pirate adventurer on a different crew, Toto Sabiam.

When Val retired with her wife, she left her ship, the Sunset Siren, to Tennille. Tennille took to captaincy well, quickly earning the respect of the crew. She also recruited Sabian onto their crew after disaster struck his old crew.

A few years later, Tennille's coin pouch is stolen while at the port. They chase down the thief, but when they find out that it was a half-orc child, they take him onto their crew. Tennille takes a parental role in the child, Oskar's, life, so much so that he even takes their last name.

While sailing one day, a kraken nearly sinks their ship. Nothing the crew does to fight it works until Oskar shoots it with magic he spontaneously developed. When they reach the port for repairs, Tennille finds out that his newfound magic actually came from a warlock pact with the demon Buzaardric. Tennille and Oskar have an argument over Oskar's rash decision making, which causes Oskar to abandon the crew. Sabian decides to leave with Oskar to look after him; Tennille does not stop him.

Several months later, Oskar and Sabian return. Oskar and Tennille repair their relationship and they help Oskar outsmart Buzaardric to get out of his pact. Following this, Oskar bids Tennille a friendly goodbye as he searches for a way to regain his magic.

A Tale of Two Kingdoms reveals that in between jobs and adventures, Tennille has still been involved in Oskar's life as a parent and has become a grandparent to Oskar's son Evard.

## Relationships

### Family

* Toto Sabian: Sabian is Tennille's first mate and queerplatonic life partner. They started off as friendly rivals on opposite pirate crews until Tennille recruited Sabian onto their crew after his is gone. Sabian has loyally served the Sunset Siren ever since.
* Oskar Turunen: Oskar has been on Tennille's crew since he was a child. Tennille considers them their son; they even share a last name. Tennille taught Oskar how to fight and how to sail, though they became upset at his rash decision-making.
* Genna Turunen: Tennille is fond of their daughter in law.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

* Martial Arts: Tennille is a skilled user of martial arts. Though generally a skilled unarmed fighter, they also occasionally weaponize a staff.

## Trivia

* Their name comes from the music duo Captain & Tennille and singer Tarja Turunen.
	+ The name of their mentor, Sunset Val, comes from a The Cog is Dead song called Sunset Val the Pirate Queen.