Raum

## ***BACKSTORY***

Doyle Laurent has always been a pirate as far as he’s concerned. His first stint with the vocation was as a freelancer; he had his own ship and crew, and raided settlements along the coast of the southern States. Known far and wide only as “The Bird of Ill Omen” in those days, he sported an old plague mask for the unsettling effect it had, and enjoyed being his own king and country for years. A mutiny put an end to that one day, sadly, and he found himself marooned on an uninhabited isle by himself. He wasn’t stopped for long, though; he fashioned a rudimentary raft out of natural materials, and set back out to sea, making his way south in the hopes of hitting the Latin American coast at some point. He wound up drifting right to Isla de Oro, however, and found himself among kindred spirits there. Dropping his old name to leave his past behind him, he began calling himself Raum, and his days became a dream of rum and raids, mangoes and mayhem.

He was particularly fond of manning the guns when pillaging, and following one especially successful (and messy) turn at the cannons, he drew the attention of Jane Barnaby. They returned to Thatch’s Tavern to celebrate, and after a few rounds and cheers were passed about, the Dread Captain signalled for silence with a piercing shriek from Eggy. Raum was called forward, and as he slid from his stool and stood to attention, he raised his eyes to see Jane’s pistol aimed steadily right between his eyes. Snuffing his alarm in a flash, he looked past the barrel right at the Dread Captain, and said, *“Smile, an’ wait fer the flash.”* And Jane obliged him.

Well aware of what had just happened, and in fact expecting it, he addressed Davy Jones with calm certitude, and accepted the Deal without qualm. When he was returned to the Isle, he was granted the rank of Master at Arms on the instant for his proficiency. Raum’s cool under fire made him a valued member of the Nightwatch, and his plague mask made him as fearsome as any of his mates.

As he was sitting in Thatch’s one day, enjoying a round and a tale from one of the junior pirates, Lady Fortesque walked in the door and tapped her cane on the floor three times. The Tavern was silent before she finished. She announced then that a Captain had been selected to take Snapper’s place at the helm of the Bleeding Rose, and bade Raum rise. After granting to him the official hat of office, the crowd in the Tavern erupted in raucous cheers and merriment. A speech was called for, and Raum gave an eloquent one, thanking the pirates who had supported him the most in his career. But during the speech, he had become lightheaded, an unfamiliar sensation since his conversion to the Nightwatch, so he walked outside to get some air. The dizziness only mounted as he wandered, however, and with his sense of equilibrium entirely absent, he did not even realize it when he stepped off the cliff above the Siren Caves, and tumbled to the rocks below.

Once again in Davy’s Locker, he faced the Lord of the Deep as he was accused of trying to escape his Deal prematurely. Raum attempted to explain that this was not the case, but the deity would not listen. He lay a new curse on him, snapping his fingers and returning him to the Isle in a haze of thick mist. Raum climbed from the base of the cliff, and reached a hand over to gain the top. It was grasped by Victor, who pulled, removing his glove - and exposing skin as pale as moonlight, where once there was only bone. Looking at himself in a puddle, he saw his old face reflected back at him, a face that haunted him, and flooded him with memories of his former life. All the pieces in place now, he knew this to be the ferocious curse that it was: to damn him to know all his old demons again, and wrestle with them anew, even as he worked in the service of Davy Jones until his release.

Despite his horror at this revelation, he maintains a mask of cool collectedness, much as the plague mask he once wore conveyed. He has retaken his living name, and does honor to the Bleeding Rose like few can match. No doubt Davy will forgive him his insolence in a short time, due to the peerless service he renders to the Council, and to the Isle.

## ***APPEARANCE AND GEAR***

* Doyle stands about 6’11”. His build is lean but muscular, and is often mistaken for being lanky. He has a slight hunch when he stands due to doorways all being too short for him.

* He carries two cutlasses: one a basic black handled cutlass, the other a pistol blade he crafted himself while on the Nightwatch.

* His Master at Arms days never left him, and he carries eight flintlocks on him at all times: four strapped to his chest, one strapped to each side of his belt, and two hidden on his back.

## ***PERSONALITY AND ABILITIES***

* Doyle Laurent is most often a calm man; however, he can turn just as quickly as the sea. When he loses his cool, his old habits come out, his anger a storm that sends those around him cowering for shelter. Since his contract with Davy Jones is yet unfulfilled, he is cursed to see his old face and be haunted by his past, forever to walk in that form until Davy comes to collect his claim. He remains undead, and keeps the gifts associated, but he is once again able to feel mortal pain, and must rebuild his threshold from scratch.

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