Fray

**Fray** is one of the main player characters.

Fray is Captain of the Starship Araxium, a ship he stole while running away from his previous position with the Galactic Federation. As he lives his life on the run from the Federation's grasp, he slowly assembled a ragtag crew to which he plays a confident, capable leader who does his best as an all-rounder to account for the faults of his comrades.

He excels at working under pressure, quick thinking, and has many helpful connections around the galaxy. However, he struggles with talking to new people, carries an unsavory reputation in certain circles, and becomes easily distracted.

## Appearance

Fray is one of the "New" humans, adapted to Drowned Earth, and as such is a humanoid with many aquatic features. Most notably is his hair, which is made up of a mass of tentacles. The yellow spots on the tentacles are bioluminescent. His skin is pale blue, and his eyes have squid-like horizontal pupils. He stands at 6'9" and is relatively well-built.

Making an effort to blend in, his outfit is usually a black tank top and gray cargo pants, with a tan jacket tied around his waist. Occasionally, he will don his old Federation uniform if a mission requires it.

## Personality

People who have known Fray will often give you conflicting accounts of his personality. Anyone who has met him in passing or knows him superficially such as rebellion contacts would describe him as a quiet, confident, cool-as-ice charmer with a bit of a smart mouth.

Folks with the pleasure of having gotten close to him, such as the crew, old allies, and Tetra, know that the attempted badass exterior is a cover for an anxious, high-strung man trying to play off his insecurities. He might come off as if he thinks he’s too cool to talk to people, when in actuality he’s just scared of them. He often loses himself in spiraling internal monologues where his paranoid thoughts tend to fester.

However, those who have met the wrong end of his pistol remember only a void of rage threatening to swallow them whole. He isn’t short-fused, but when he burns, he burns HOT. His temper has gotten some nasty rumors about him spreading in certain circles.

## History

Fray comes from a family of refugees of Desiccated Earth. When he was 13 years old, his family moved to Phiyon Y77, where they lived peacefully and uneventfully as they tried to heal from the loss of their home. As he was growing up, he felt a lot of frustration and anger with nothing in particular to direct it at. When the Federation offered him a position, he was happy to take it, hoping he could find some sense of fulfillment or catharsis in his life. Instead, he was faced with roughly a decade of trauma to endure.

He remains secretive about his past position with the Federation, but it's obvious that whatever he experienced there left lasting damage on his psyche. He eventually found himself unable to continue, but unfortunately the Federation does not just let people come and go, especially someone engaged in the kind of work Fray was. With a little help, he defected and stole a ship, living on the run.

What started as helping out some strangers here and there somehow became the assembly of a crew. While he's happy to have comrades again, Fray is afflicted with constant fear of the potential danger he is exposing them to.