Captain Mordred

Aliases: Pelican Island Governor, The Governor, Captain Mordred, Mordred, Mordy, Mord, Good Ol' Capn' M', Mordeez, Petulant Little Child

Race: Tiefling

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Class: Rogue

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Appearance: Above average height, handsome, pointy goatee, reddish skin, missing eye, tiefling horns, tiefling tail

Armaments: 4 Legendary flintlock pistols, a royal sabre and a skull dagger, elegant clothes, elegant cape, elegant boots, Lavish Captain hat,

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Weaknesses/Hates: Monarchs, Monarch Sympathizers, Pirates that kill/steal innocents,

Personality: Despite thriving in a rougish tough environment, he somehow manages to get away with dressing elegantly while still commanding respect from even the toughest pirates. He is highly intelligent, handsome, outgoing, humorous, compassionate, would rather settle disputes peacefully, quick to anger,

Wealth: Extremely vast, has access to all of Pelican Islands resources

Description: Little is known of Mordreds early childhood. Mordred is very reserved about his past but what is known is when he was around the ages of 12-13 he was living in abject poverty. but eventually Mordred rose to power and prominence in the world when he was only just 15 years old. By the time he was 15, he was already printing out books that were intellectually on par with some of the greatest scholars in the world. He wrote eloquently worded papers with pristine penmanship about a variety of different topics. Mordred was interested in a variety of studies, Including but not limited to Ethnographics, Geography, Piracy, Philosophy and Economics. Mordred wrote a scathing critique of piracy called "The Aimless Thieves" in which he argued that Pirates had no direction and only saught to inflate class struggles. Despite Mordred's contempt for the pirates in this era that he felt were selfish tyrants, he still pointed out in the end of his critique that Piracy was the only effective way to combat against the status quo. But the Pirates were so firecly divided amongst themselves, with split ideals and most of them out for themselves. He strongly felt that pirates should be taking the fight to the monarchy rather than towards the working class. Mordred also wrote scathing critiques of the status quo, one of those books was called "Regarding the Monarchy" in which he tears apart the existence of all monarchs and nobles and advocates strongly for the abolishment of class divisions. One person from where he was from started to grow a strong liking to him and his writings. She was a bright young cleric girl who felt invigorated by his words. She would become a prominent figure later in his life.

As you can imagine, Mordred's critiques of both pirates and monarchs made him very unpopular in many different circles and thus was thrown into a life of violence and adventure in a young age. Many didn't take kindly to his critiques and pirates and monarch sympathizers would regularly beat, rob, or threaten to kill him. However, Mordred was quite popular amongst the masses, and Mordred managed to ingratiate himself in law abiding working class communities. The folks in these villages would help mordred out by supplying him with food, supplies, money, shelter, ext. What most people didn't know at the time was that Mordred was more than capable of defending himself. If Mordred wasn't destined down this path already, Mordred took his first official steps into the criminal life when he made his first purchases of fire arms and weapons. When Mordred was 16 years old, he made a book called "The Pirate's Manifesto". In which he details how he is going to change piracy forever and what it truly means to be a pirate.

One of Captain Mordred's greatest pirate enemies at this time was a Captain named Hayreddin. Hayreddin was one of the biggest pirates in the northern seas, and Hayreddin regularly plundered from merchant and civilian ships. Hayreddin would steal everything they have, sell "valuable" sailors to slavers and kill the rest. One by one, Mordred saught out some of Hayreddin's crew in secret and Mordred amassed his own posse as well mainly consistening of disgruntled working class people and victims of Hayreddin's raids. When Hayreddin was out sailing one morning, looking for ships to raid, he found a small little dinky civilian ship which was just prime for the taking. Hayreddin didn't even need to kill anyone as everyone had already surrendered and the ship was full of strong young men, including Mordred himself. Hayreddin was ecstatic to finally be face to face with Mordred and decided to perform an execution on the ship infront of his men. One of Hayreddin's prominent officers tied up Mordred and escorted him to the deck and knelt him face down below Hayreddin. As Hayreddin gave his villianous speech, Mordred looked at Hayreddin with a shit eating grin the entire time which enraged Hayreddin. Hayreddin wielded his axe and was just about to execute Mordred when all of the sudden, Mordred slashed at his legs with a knife and the entire ship erupted into chaos. Hayreddin's crew suddenly turned on each other and Hayreddin's prominent officer pulled out his fire arm and shot and killed the other prominent officer on the ship. The prisoners were also never bound and started to participate in the massacre. Before anyone knew it, Hayreddin's entire crew had been slaughtered and Hayreddin laid on the ground with his legs maimed watching his crew get massacred. As Hayreddin laid there he tried to utter his last words, but Mordred cut this short by stabbing Hayreddin up through his throat and into his mouth. He proceeded to push the blade so far into his head that it went through his mouth up into his skull and brain. As the crew and the officer that just betrayed their captain started to cheer, without so much as changing an expression on his face mordred casually strolled behind the officer that joined him in this plot and stabbed him to death. As he did this, the prisoners proceeded to ambush the rest of the remaining crew and everyone was slaughtered until only Mordred's posse and himself remained. Before Mordred took his claim of the ship, he investigated the hull and found a prisoner within the ship, a brutally tortured man who had died and had been brought back to life only to be tortured once more. Before he had been killed, he was a sniper that had been hired by victims of Hayreddin's raids and sent to assassinate Hayreddin but failed to kill Hayreddin. Hayreddin kept him alive with powerful magic from god knows where, and tortured him mercilessly for weeks on end. This man would later gain his own ship and would eventually become a Captain of his own, calling himself Captain Corpse face. Captain Mordred took control of the ship and established his crew and legacy right there and then.

For years then on, Captain Mordred would slowly grow to expand his new Pirate Empire. Mordred would start to rest at Hayreddin's cove, which had long since been abandoned after Hayreddin's death. As Mordred relaxed there one morning, he was contemplating the strange geography of the island and as he was doing so, he coincedentally saw a Pelican fly by over his head. Mordred decided to rename Hayreddin's cove to Pelican island and decided that he saw potential to make this island into more than just a home for himself and his crew but as a thriving enclave for truly free liberated peoples. As Mordred rose to power, he was able to successfully raid bigger and more monarch ships as time grew on. This caught the attention of the monarchy, specifically the Kynegrove monarchy. Mordred would often clash with a General in the Kynegrove military named General Hrothgir. They would come to blows many times but Mordred would always manage to slip away. General Hrothgir would often refer to Mordred as being a "Petulant Little Child." Despite being a veteran who has seen combat multiple times, General Hrothgir was never able to best Mordred in combat. Mordred was and to this day an extremely talented fighter and one of the best in the northern seas. For reasons unknown, one day Hrothgir decided to renounce his kingdom and defected to serve with Mordred. With two of some of the most renown figures in the northern seas, they started to gain some noterity and fame across the globe and eventually more sailors and captains would desire to fall under their ranks. The nature of their society also appealed to many kinds of people too, pirates and working class alike.

HOW EACH PIRATE CAPTAIN WAS RECRUITED:

Captain Doombeard (Hrothgir): Willingly joined after defecting his kingdom

Captain Corpse: Rescued by Mordred

Captain Glorious: Rescued from a monarch slave ship by Mordred

Captain Plague: Reunited Late Childhood Friend

Captain Stoneskin: Rescued from a max security monarch prison

Captain Colorful: Joined the group because he had nothing better to do

Captain Black Mask: Recruited from an opposing pirate faction

Admiral Iron Mask: Once a sellsword to Mordred, he decided to put his mercenary ways behind him and fought along side his dream without accepting payment.

Themes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq5CTV2GV\_8&ab\_channel=SaeedJamshaid Mordreds Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6daXqB5KrA&ab\_channel=JesperKyd-Topic Mordreds Love (Romance Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwHHX1Du8U8&ab\_channel=UbisoftMusic Mordred's Boss Theme