Manjeet Pushtar

**Manjeet Pushtar** A.K.A. Sophia

Princess of the Burning Sea and 3rd in line to the throne An amnesiac Sapling of the Black Forest which turns her into black goo Former member of the Thumbscrew Cabal and the Crimson Pirates Sought for enrollment in God Hand Hunted by her sister who works for the Thumbscrew Cabal and a former lover who is a leader in the Black Tongue Syndicate Killed by Jackson Revived by Vesbra Swarm-kin using stem cells collected from Eden the tiefling Adopted daughter of Doramir Slagking and his elf husband

## General Info

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Clothing: Camo

Hair: Wild

Accessory: Earrings

Doesn't have tattoos because that is a marriage tradition.

She grew up on the sea.

Escaped from enslavement at Almerry with her family at a young age.

Speaks Common and Primordial.

Family's social status: Crime Lord

Both parents are living.

But her family is scattered to the winds after being captured by privateers.

Grew up in a Pirate Pack.

Has a twin sister who hates her because she stole her fiancée.

Her sister is the person she values the most.

Was apprenticing to be a Master Gunner aboard her family's ship but currently unemployed.

Name: Manjeet Pushtar a.k.a. Jeet

She wants and values knowledge.

Her most prized possession is her family's ship’s log which she is continuing.

People are untrustworthy.

Manjeet views sex as a test you can pass or fail and it is important that she never dates a failure.

Manjeet needs a family unit people she feels safe around.

Manjeet feels envy towards people in a long-term relationship but she is too prideful to make compromises in her relationships.

Manjeet needs a loving family unit.

Manjeet needs a mentor who will be stern with her and force her to grow.

Manjeet needs a teacher to help her regain a lost skill.

She doesn't have to provide for her family right now because she doesn't know where they are.

Manjeet tries to be cheerful in bad situations.

She has a sweet lower register voice.

She comes off as sly and deceptive.

She tries to come off as cheerful and helpful.

Others see her happiness as forced and her presence deceptive and unnerving because of her scars that she doesn't talk about.

Manjeet has a modest intelligence but a great memory. It may take a while for her to learn something but she'll never forget it.

She is not book smart and learns from doing.

She is constantly looking for a new trick to learn and she is a very diligent learner.

If there is something Manjeet wants from you she will be sweet but if that doesn't work she will use pain to get it.

Manjeet takes pride in her work and always tries to do it to the best of her abilities.

She hates big governments and wants small communities.

Her work is her art and she pours everything into it.

She will forget about you if you have nothing to give her.

Religion: Power, domination, control. Gods interested in (The Shadow, Andath - Veiled One, Exaka - Twilight Slaughter)

Manjeet Pushtar is a pirate without a ship or crew. Her family is scattered to the winds and she wants to rebuild their former glory as crime lords. She is damaged goods with both emotional and physical pain caused during her stay in prison. Manjeet was a professional torturer who took her job seriously and now uses her skills to get much needed information on her sister's location. She doesn't trust anyone who defies her will.

## Life Events

**Age 17** Nothing happened.

**Age 18** turned down the navigator’s advances only to have him turn around and brag that he slept with me. We hate each other now.

**Age 19** Helped plan an attack on a supply convoy and got a good bit of the cut.

**Age 20** I was dating the first mate's son until we snuck away while in a port town and got jumped by a street gang. I ran, but he stayed to fight and was captured. The next day an urchin boy brought me a ransom note and before he could find the rest of the crew (for I had not returned to the crew and they were giving the lovers some space) I captured him. I tortured the boy to get some information but this was my first time and I accidentally drowned him in my room’s washbasin. Knowing that I could not return to the crew empty handed I began to scour the town for some leads. Whenever I found a lead I would torture them so they would give me the information I need quickly. Unfortunately three days into my quest I was found by our ship’s cook and was brought before the crew to confess my fault. My mother sent out a search party and for two days they found nothing. While I was barred from leaving the ship the town became privy to my three days' work and quickly sent word to the government to arrest us. We had to leave quickly. The first mate refused to leave his son behind and assured us that he would be safe and told us to pick him up in six months time at a nearby cove. We arrived two months early and the first mate was waiting for us in a gibbet. The first mate's son is now a semi-high ranking member of the Blacktongue syndicate and blames me for the death of his father.

**Age 21** The newly appointed first mate sold out our crew's location and destination to a high profile group of privateers. And when these government hounds attacked us they had both power in numbers and the element of surprise. We were captured alive but our haul from a slaving ship was killed. My sister, that night, tried and failed to escape and framed me for the attempt. The leader of the privateer band knew that he was being deceived, even when I admitted fault. So to punish us he sold our ransoms to an island prison. In the cell my sister explained how everything my fault and first mate’s son had burned our families sigil onto his wrist because that same day he had sworn an oath of love to my sister and asked for her hand. My sister also explained that my plan to test the first mate’s son by having her disguise me as her was a bad idea and that I never should have slept with him. I told her that she was too good for him and he was a bad lay. My sister barely talked to me for the rest of the month and when she escaped she left me a note hoping that I rot. She was captured in a week buying food in a small town. This is when I learned that this prison was a holding for enemies of the state. They had three full time torturers that were tasked with extracting secrets from captured spies. To punish my sister and I they told me that I could go free if I tortured my sister until she revealed how she escaped. I knew that my sister had a glass jaw so I took a heavy sap from the array of torture implements provided and shattered my sister's jaw. Now there is no way for her to confess so they wouldn't force me to torture her any more. But they told me a written confession was fine. I begged with them for some medical supplies and they gave me a basic healer's kit. I cared for my sister for the better part of the week and on the fifth day she attacked me with a serrated knife from the torturer’s kit. I awoke in the prison medical facility. Standing before me was a drow that explained that he was the head torturer and was amazed by my performance. He told me about how after suffering deep wounds on my face and body I was still able to overpower my sister with my will and send her into a corner cowering in fear. My sister was put in solitary confinement for three months and I was experimented on to bring out my aura. My torture brought about a constant sense of dread so my will was always on. When I was put back in the same cell as my sister; her will had slowly eroded over a month and she agreed to tell the warden how she escaped. The warden was happy for my success and hired me to work as a torturer. I was a prisoner for five months.

**Age 22** My sister was transferred to a higher security prison in a far away place and I don't know where it is. To cope with the loss of my most precious person I have made a friend out of one of my co-workers. She is a beautiful dark elf that I am teaching primordial to.

**Age 23** My scars from my sister started to act up badly. I was exhausted from a few minutes of work. The prison magus confirmed that my pain was unnatural and most likely the result of a curse.

**Age 24** The warden must have felt sorry for me because of my affliction because he told me a secret about the prison’s torturers. The torturer's fear aura was not natural but a learned ability taught to them by a swamp witch that lives nearby. The witch only comes out of her cave for 7 days annually on July 7th. He told me in August so I now have a year to plan.

**Age 25** My dark elf friend is taking me to the witch. It is my first day in years since I have been outside of the prison and I am accompanied by six prison guards. We reach the outskirts of the swamp and the dark elf sends the guards to hunt a deer and collect its heart. She then tells me to strip and bath in an adjacent pool of black mud. The dark elf explains that my skin is too light for me to see the witch but her eyesight is bad so long as I don't let her touch me she will never know that I have darkened my skin. The dark elf joins me in the mud bath and tells me that the mud is also used in the witches summoning. The guards return with the deer’s heart and my friend dunks my head under the mud. I come on my feet walking. I have cried the mud from my eyes and I can hardly see as thick fog clouds cover everything. My dark elf friend is standing beside me, her eyes closed with mud. We are both holding onto the deer’s pulsating heart. I can see nothing in the fog until a trail of blue lights appears in front of us and I feel like this is the way to go. The heart pulls away from the lights so I let go of it. As soon as I let go of the heart my friend grabs me and holds me close. “Don't let go,” she whispers to me, as she puts my hand back on the heart. I feel a warm aura come from my friend and surround me. I have never felt her like this before. I close my eyes to enjoy the moment and when I open them again I am bound in vines. My dark elf friend is being led away by a disgusting old woman into a cave. I throw up. My friend is dumbly looking two feet above the witch who is leading her gently by the hand. I try to scream but my mouth cannot open. My friend disappeared into the cave and the noise started. A wet squelching sound accented by mucousy guttural moans. After a long while the noises stop and the witch shambles out of her cave. She starts towards me and I begin to struggle weakly against the vines. A large vine wraps around my waist and another holds my head back. I feel a horrible buzzing in my mind and vines inching up my thighs. I am afraid, mama. She is standing right in front of my mama. She opens her mouth and a putrid yellow bile oozes out. This is not my mama. The witch has twisted her face into my mother's. I panic and try to exert my dominance. The full power of my will hits the witch and she stops. But for only a moment because my will which had broken countless prisoners over the past few years is destroyed. The witch grabs my arm, scrapes some mud away revealing my light brown skin. She hisses and my arm begins to twist and distort. My lower body feels like it is on fire.

**Age 26** I can't remember how long I have been walking in the swamp but I have recently regained the use of my right arm. Earlier today I saw a bit of distant sunlight and I am racing towards it. I am walking in a forest. I have always been waking in a forest. Ever since I have left my employment at the prison I have been living off the land and keeping a low profile. But now I am far away enough that I can make my debut. I have been sleeping around in different towns trying to get a lead on my sister's whereabouts and traveling employment. I recently got hired by a traveling barber-surgeon and am being taught his techniques.

## Goals

1. Find my sister
2. Assemble a team
3. Break my sister out of prison
4. Find my sister's fiancée
5. Get them back together
6. Start a pirate crew
7. Find my parents
8. They have to work for me now
9. Why do I have a hard time remembering what happened last year?

## Relationships

**Mother**

Nifari Pushtar a.k.a. Captain Pushtar, The Red Terror

Clothes: High Fashion

Hair: Flowing and dyed Red

Accessory: Fingerless Gloves

Personality: Arrogant, proud, and aloof

Most valued person: Her husband

Values: Money

Is neutral towards most people

Most valuable possession: map to her home country.

Nifari Pushtar is of djinn descent and married a prince who was exiled to the sea. Together they started the crimson pirates. Nifari hopes to raid her hidden country; half for the money and half to get back at her parents for forbidding her current marriage. After being captured by her government she has escaped far north and is trying to rebuild, survive, and keep hidden from her pursuers.

**Father**

Walden Smit a.k.a. Captain Black Crown, the ink of the deep

Clothes: High Fashion

Hair: Mohawk

Accessory: Nose Rings

Personality: Silly and fluffy-headed

Most valued person: Captain Black Rose

Values: Power

Is neutral towards most people

Most valuable possession: Small decorative knife.

Walden, third in succession to rule a small kingdom, left it all behind when his favorite pirate, the Black Rose raided his duchy and he refused to mount any defense. He met with the Black Rose only momentarily before getting stabbed in the chest by one of their black thorns. He was immune to the poison on the knife, so he pulled it out and has kept it till today. Walden was exiled from his kingdom and used this opportunity to start the Black Crow pirates. Later he lost his crew and shipwrecked on an island of djinn. After wooing a local girl they stole a small ship and started the Crimson Pirates. Whereabouts currently unknown.

**Sister**

Raspreet Pushtar a.k.a. Ra

Clothes: High Fashion

Hair: Curly dyed Red

Accessory: Cat eyes

Personality: Picky, fussy, and nervous

Most valued person: Sister

Values: Honesty

People are to be crushed if they cross me.

Most valuable possession: List of people who have crossed her

Raspreet is the twin sister of Manjeet who is also her sworn enemy. Right now she is a hired security specialist for the government’s prison program. Raspreet is also friends with a voodoo priestess who helped her place a curse on Monjeet. Her list is: Monjeet, first mate, first warden, drow torturer, first mate’s son. Right now she is touring to different prisons and testing their security.

**Navigator (an Ex)**

Gorbachev Holstein a.k.a. Gorby

Cloths: Normal Clothes

Hair: Short and Spiked

Accessory: Marriage Tattoo

Personality: Shy, and secretive

Most valued person: Mother

Values: Power

People are to be crushed if they cross me.

Most valuable possession: His secret diary

Gorbachev is a shy and lonely navigator who collects gossip to pass the time. One day Manjeet came into the map room looking board and asked him if he would like to pass some time by having intercourse. They did and the day after again but on the third day Manjeet didn't come back. Distraught Gorbachev confessed his love to her after getting the Pushtar crest tattoo to show his commitment. He was rejected so he started spreading rumors about Manjeet around the crew and plans to get back at her someday. Currently employed as a cartographer for an eccentric wizard.

*Manjeet says* “The rumors about him (Gorbachev) having a larger than average penis is true. But it is uncomfortably large and he doesn't wait for you to get wet. Fail”

**First Mate’s Son (an Ex)**

Valden Ch’tak

Clothes: High Fashion

Hair: now Mohawk used to be long and wavy

Accessory: Nose rings, Marriage Brand

Personality: Suave, Lothario

Most valued person: Father

Values: Money

Hates most people but doesn't show it.

Most valuable possession: A toy dagger his father gave him for his 7th birthday.

Valden is a sauntry half elf secretly engaged to Raspreet. He is much more polite when dealing with his betrothed than with other women. Valden keeps a tally of the women he has slept with on a wooden dagger his father gave him as a bribe not to tell his mother about the prostitute. He agreed to apprentice for his father when he caught sight of the Pushtar twins and vowed that he would have a threesome with them before the year was up. He set his sights on Raspreet first which was a big mistake for she was a prude. After two years of courting Valden security got the Pushtar family seal branded into his back and proposed to Raspreet. After seeing the brand she agreed. But Raspreet wasn't his first lay between the sisters; it was Manjeet. For she had disguised herself to test if his love was real or something. The disguise was very good and it was only her willingness to fuck that gave her away. Valden saw through her disguise but he slept with her anyway because she was practically begging for it. The next time in port Valden and disguised Manjeet took off on his request to “see the town”. Before they could check into an inn they were jumped by a street gang. Manjeet ran but Valden realised that they were just teenagers from the local area causing a ruckus. He also realised that they weren't guys but girls dressed to look the part. Valden took a fancy to their leader and gave her his change purse but promised that if they took him hostage they could make ten times that amount and offered his wrists. Four days later he was in (the leader) Isabell's pants and was waiting for his rescue. But help never came. A month later Valden had slept with most of the gang and had heard that his father was killed being blamed for the murders of some townsfolk. Valden is the co-leader of the Rough Riders gang and blames the Pushtar family for his father's death.

*Manjeet says* “This guy (Valden) is hopeless. He can't tell me and my sister apart. He is always changing positions and can’t get a good rhythm. His foreplay is rushed and detached. It feels like he is going through a routine and he wanted to try anal on the second date. I don’t see what my sister sees in this asshole. Fail.”

**First Mate (an Ex)**

Voltaire Ch’tak

Clothes: Kilt

Hair: Dyed Red

Accessory: Long well kept fingernails

Personality: Sneaky, and deceptive

Most valued person: Son

Values: Having a good time

He likes most people he isn't picky.

Most valuable possession: A pencil sketch of his wife.

Voltaire is a human sadist at heart but after having a child his wife wouldn't play with him anymore. He took his frustrations out on a local prostitute for years until his son got wise to his ploys at age 6. Despite his strict demeanor he loves his son very much and just doesn't want him to turn out like him. Deceased.

*Manjeet says* “He (Voltaire) has a fit dad bod, but brought ropes to our first date, yikes! Fail.”

**New First Mate (an Ex)**

Maxime Robespierre

Clothes: Toga

Hair: Dyed Red

Accessory: Fingerless gloves

Personality: Sneaky, and deceptive

Most valued person: His Monkey

Values: Power

Hates everyone, if he didn’t have to deal with idiot mortals all day he would already be king.

Most valuable possession: A stolen signet ring of the Earl of Fife

Maxime believes himself to be a supreme being of divine lineage and deserving dominion over all men. After a failed political career he joined a mercenary band. Using connections from his earlier work he was able to get a state sponsorship and a galion. The band of the shark grew in size and Maxime fell into a more administrative role. During a statutory holiday away from his fleet Maxime was able to infiltrate and capture the Crimson Pirates. Now he is a decorated general and planning his next grasp for power.

*Manjeet says* “He (Maxime) is a quick shot and hasty to get started. He is always looking over his back and not present. Also he was supposed to shoot in my mouth but hit me on the jaw, what a lousy shot. Fail.”

**Warden and Head Torturer**

Niflheim Spineback

Clothes: Black Waterproof Robes

Hair: Black with white tips

Accessory: Thick Waterproof gloves

Personality: Sly and secretive

Most valued person: His master

Values: Ultimate Power

Hates the weak, as his search for the world's strongest has been interrupted by the weak.

Most valuable possession: His well maintained torture set.

Niflheim is on a mission from his master, to infiltrate and destroy the God Hand, a group of super-criminals. The God Hand collective consists of a permanent leader and four rotating underlings. The only way to join the God Hand is to provide yourself powerful enough to kill one of the four. With an deep understanding of torture and assassination Niflheim got himself appointed as a small costal kingdom's spymaster. An off the record small coastal prison was constructed at Niflheim's behest. Under the guise of doing his work Niflheim began experimentation on the prisoners to create a super powerful slave. This continued for a while until a swamp witch appeared.

The swamp witch animated the entire prison population's shadows and held them hostage. Niflheim who had removed his shadow long ago and sneaked away. The witch found him and removed his skeleton. In return for his life and that of his staff Niflheim agreed to sign a magical contract. The contract ensured that the witch would not directly interfere with Niflheim's work in exchange for a place to live without the government interfering. Always the opportunist Niflheim made an additional agreement to send a sacrifice to the witch so she doesn't move from the neighboring bog.

It’s been just over ten years and the swamp witch’s bog has grown to an immense size completely consuming the small kingdom Niflheim was working for. There is a safe zone of a few kilometers surrounding Niflheim’s coastal prison. The first year Niflheim sent a sacrifice he randomly lucked into the witch’s preference for sacrifices and was granted the boon of a fear aura. After a few years of testing the optimal sacrifice was found to be a fey dark-skinned woman.

Niflheim has continued his experiments but after a sacrifice came back empowered beyond belief he shifted his strategy and now sends his most promising prospects to the witch. A ship calling itself the emissary of the world government occasionally drops off supplies and prisoners for Niflheim but no one else visits. Niflheim is no longer creating a beast to destroy the God Hand but to kill the swamp witch who has imprisoned him.

*Manjeet says* “Well, Niflheim is as cold as it comes. Brizana said he cut off his own shadow for some reason. I think he cut off his own penis the way he is able to stonewall my advances. Like he saw me before I got carved up by my sis but he didn’t even want me then. Fail”

**Torturer’s Apprentice**

Brizana Yauntyrr

Clothes: Black Waterproof Robes

Hair: Black with faint green

Accessory: Thin silver chain

Personality: Friendly and outgoing

Most valued person: Her mother (deceased)

Values: Honesty

Neutral to most people.

Most valuable possession: Her mother’s old headdress

Brizana was a member of a small clan of rare coastal sea-cave dwelling drow. She was taken from her home by the World Government and given to Niflheim. He started to work on her under the guise of torture and she became strong. Brizana was sent into the black forest as a sacrifice but returned stronger than ever before. Now she works for Niflheim breaking the new captives and waiting for a chance to destroy Niflheim and return home. When Brizana met Manjeet she saw a lot of herself in her and made up her mind to escape with her. Manjeet and Brizana became fast friends and lovers. Brizana planned their escape on the day of Manjeet’s sacrifice. The plan went off without a hitch until Brizana’s friend the swamp witch snapped her neck. Deceased.

*Manjeet says* “The only females on our crew were my sister and mom, but that doesn't mean that I’m inexperienced as I have learned from prostitutes in port. Brizana is very passionate with lots of quick kisses and dexterous fingers. She holds me close and tells me how we are going to get out of here. I sure hope so. Pass”

**Swamp Witch**

Alspeck Ashenoak

Clothes: Tattered black robes

Hair: Black with red highlights

Accessory: Disfigured face

Personality: Moody and rash

Most valued person: Her collection of corpses

Values: Beauty

Dislikes most people because they try to kill her.

Most valuable possession: A teleporting dagger that was owned by a forgotten friend

Alspeck wants to be left alone. Her shadow wants her to complete dark rituals to free him from Myrkul. Alspeck collects corpses of those she kills to live with. Everyone is trying to kill her and destroy her collection so she lives in swamps. Alspeck put a lot of interesting things in Manjeets body and hopes that one day she will end her cursed existence.

*Manjeet says* “...Sorry I don’t know this person.”