Shawna Marcums

* Basic Info
* Occupations

Gunner of the Swaggerino:

M10-02 402 ASB - M1-03 409 ASB

On M7-08 401 ASB Shawna Marcums was hired by local bookmaker Theodore Thompson to make sure that his office cum ship the Swaggerino was functioning properly.

### Work on the PMC (401 ASB - 408 ASB)

Marcums was hired to work on the Swaggerino fulltime, she had initially thought that it was a mistake as jobs such as "boat inspector" were generally hired on one time contract and not given fulltime pay, however after inspecting the Swaggerino she came to the conclusion that she would be needed aboard full time due to the ships advanced age. When she joined the crew of the Swaggerino there were two other crew members serving with her Alta Mullacor and Edmund Philips, she was later joined by Ryan Boarchuck. On M8-02 402 ASB the Kingdom of Highdrop joined a coalition against the Neort Collective, as the a crewmember of a moderately sized sea vessel Mullacor along with the of the Swaggerino's crew and the ship itself were drafted into the coalition's navel force.

After Thompson had had the Swaggerino upgraded for combat Marcums was given a position as one of the ship's gunners. The war against the Neort Collective started off with a phase of nondescript looting followed by an organized phase once the various ship's captains had learned how combat works, Mullacor knew nothing about war and assumed the war to be going well. On M4-13 403 ASB Thompson along with a large assortment of other ship captains met with the head of the offensive against the Neort Collective, High Commander Seamus Andult on the island fortress of Sycant, Marcums along with the rest of the crew remained with the Swaggerino, when Thompson returned he informed the crew of the plan to take Fort Hendstrath. On M4-17 403 ASB, when the fleet of ships entered into cannon range of Fort Hendstrath two fleets of ships each outnumbering the coalition fleet four to one emerged from the sheltered bays on either side of the fort, the fort itself fired a great volley of cannon fire from each of it's hundred or so windows which destroyed much of the coalition fleet, it was at this moment that Marcums knew that something was wrong. The coalition fleet continued to move onwards towards Fort Hendstrath, on occasion a ship would veer off but would be swiftly destroyed by it's own fleet this continued until they collided with the Neort Fleet's at which point the Hyperdurian one of the second largest ship present in the fleet veered off ramming through other ships that got in it's way, Thompson had Philips who was the flagmaster start sending flag signals to the other ships informing them that he was giving chase to the Hyperdurian, the Hyperdurian managed to force it's way out of the battle despite taking heavy damage and the Swaggerino followed. Thompson had the Swaggerino follow the Hyperdurian for three days before the Hyperdurian stopped moving due to the heavy damage that it had sustained, Thompson had Philips send another flag signal to the Hyperdurian indicating friendship and was allowed to board. Thompson met with Captain Swanley Hardman who allowed the Swaggerino to tug his ship to land for repairs, Hardman and Thompson came to the conclusion that they would no longer be welcome in lands the Kingdom of Highdrop or their coalition allies. After eighteen days of towing the two ships arrived on the coast of Electrum Island. The Swaggerino left Electrum Island two days later after using the Swaggerino's engine to hoist the Hyperdurian onto land.

The day after they departed Electrum Island the crew of the Swaggerino were told by Thompson of his plan to travel to the Gold State to spread the word of Dao Go, at the time none save for Thompson were especially familiar with the writings of Dao Go, during the trip to the Gold State the entire crew read Go's three books and Marcums was impressed by what she had read and became a stern supporter of Dao Go's beliefs going so far as to no longer require payment from Thompson for her services to his ship, this belief was shared with Boarchuck. The Swaggerino arrived at the Gold State city of Zoloto on M8-06 403 ASB where Marcums and the rest of the crew were tasked with selling Dao Go's books which Thomson had bound together as one book called "The Way of Dao Go" not many copies were sold though Marcums was convinced that business would pick up. On M7-12 405 ASB Marcums and Boarchuck were told by Thompson that he had aided a Gold man named Lutein Biloba and that a Dao Go based revolution might be underway, he would regularly update the pair on the status of the revolution. The Swaggerino left Zoloto on M12-23 407 ASB on account of Thompson believing that there was nothing more he could do for Dao Go's philosophy there.

On M1-08 408 ASB the Swaggerino docked at the port of Auro. Whilst at the port Philips along with Thomson and Boarchuck went to the local market to purchase supplies, Marcums and and Mullacor remained on the boat. Whilst on the boat waiting for the rest of the crew to return Mullacor pointed out to Marcums that the crew outside were getting into a scuffle with the local soldiers, not wanting to Thompson and the others to be capture Marcums with the help of Mullacor began loading the cannons and once they were on the dock next to the Swaggerino Marcums and Mullacor fired into the dock sending their crewmates and the soldiers into the water below. Mullacor and Marcums threw ropes into the water to rescue their crewmates, both Boarchuck and Philips climbed out quickly, Thompson took significantly more time as he was attempting to drag the Gold officer onto the ship with him, his crew including Mullacor helped by shooting soldiers who attempted to climb aboard with him, eventually Thompson and the Gold officer were aboard the ship. The Gold officer said that his name was Finch Autumns, he revealed that he was ordered to arrest Thompson due to his connections to someone called Lutein Biloba, Thompson demanded to know what had happened to Biloba and Autumns reveled that he was being executed via starvation at the former site of Zoloto. The Swaggerino arrived at where Zoloto used to be on M1-16 408 ASB Marcums along with the rest of the crew were shocked to see that all that was left of the city was charred ruins, they discovered Biloba tied to a post shortly after, Thomson had him untied and brought aboard the ship to nurse him back to health, they left Autumns at the Zoloto ruins. The Swaggerino drifted for five days after the rescue of Biloba, and on the fifth day Thompson called a meeting with the six people aboard the ship as to their next course of action, Biloba told the group that it was no longer safe to remain in the Gold State, or anywhere else on the Precious Metals Continent, he then mentioned that their was another nation that existed outside the Precious Metals Continent that the Gold State had occasionally sent trade convoys to, they departed for the Lava Empire the next day.

### Journey east (408 ASB - 409 ASB)

The Swaggerino entered into the waters of the Lava Empire on M6-15 408 ASB and was escorted to the Lava Empire's capital Chamberton the day after. Once in Chamberton they were given seven days to sell their goods and buy the goods of the Lava Empire before they would be forced to leave, they were also told that they could apply for Lava citizenship which would allow them to stay indefinitely at the price of eighty percent of each person's belongings, they were advised against trying to cheat the system. On her third day in the Lava Empire Marcums along with the rest of the crew saw the Ichthor Grand, the personal ship of the Lava Emperor depart from the city. Thompson held a meeting with his crew on their fourth day at Chamberton to decide where they would leave to in three days time, Thompson had two ideas the first was to land on the eastern coast of the Soil Texture Continent had hope that the Soil Union's influence had declined, the second idea was to travel to one of the islands of legend recorded on the map that he had purchased, before a decision was made Alta Mullacor revealed to the group of his intention to become a citizen of the Lava Empire and remain in Chamberton, the remaining group decided that the best course of action was to go to one of the islands of legend.

The Swaggerino left Chamberton on the night of M6-22 408 ASB which was a stormy night, the Swaggerino left the Lava Empire's sea quite easily but was then whisked off eastward by strong winds, as they went further east the rain turned to hail which began to shred the sails, Thompson ordered the sails to be taken down but by the time that they were they had been shredded to the point of uselessness. On M9-23 408 ASB whilst still traveling through the storm land was sighted by Philips, Thompson angled the ship towards the land, Marcums was below deck when the discovery was made. Marcums was eventually greeted by the rest of the crew coming below deck with the news that they were under a floating landmass. The crew spent their time below making sure that the ship remained floating and tending to any injuries that they sustained from rocks falling through the vessel's floor. On M11-18 408 ASB the noise of rocks stopped, Thompson was the first one to surface where he discovered the ship covered in dust and rubble from the landmass, Marcums was the third and was among those ordered to sweep away the rubble. On M1-02 409 ASB a proper grounded landmass was discovered and Thompson ordered the ship to dock on it's coast.

As the Swaggerino approached the landmass it struck and became wedged on a coral formation off the coast of the landmass, the supplies which were already dwindling after the incident with the floating landmass were deemed insufficient to repair the ship. Early in the morning of M1-03 409 ASB Biloba, Marcums, Philips and Thompson boarded the Swaggerino's motorized life vessel to travel to the landmass and gather enough lumber to repair the ship, Boarchuck stayed behind to keep the ship from floating away if it were to become dislodged. The group initially harvested three trees by the shore had their timber tied to the life vessel, Philips was instructed to remain at the lifeboat and to begin turning the timber into lumber whilst the others moved inland in search of more trees. A grove of trees was discovered about three hundred metres away from where the boat was docked, before cutting could begin a strange creature approached the group, the beast looked like a person but walked on all fours and possessed huge muscular legs and a tail to match. Marcums attempted to shoo the creature away, the creature responded by bounding towards her at supernatural speeds and knocking her to the ground with it's legs before climbing on top of her and scratching viciously at her face and neck with the claws on it's hands, she was very quickly killed as the creature broke into her skull.