Balaras 'The Cursed' Nighthook

## Balaras Nighthook

Artist rendering of a half-elf Pirate (credit to TheMinttu on Deviantart:https://www.deviantart.com/theminttu/art/Pirate-elf-417606660)

### Aliases

Balaras 'The Cursed', Balaras 'The Daring'

### Affiliation

Seekers of the ForgottenThe Red Grail Pirates

### Allies

Seekers of the ForgottenThe Red Grail Pirates

## Family

### Faeora, his Mother

> "*Radiant, Beautiful, and Daring" ~ Khelen Nighthook*
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From Balaras' Journal, Entry 97:

*"A mysterious person to me, my mother was a woman I only knew of by name. After I was born, she took off in search of a new adventure somewhere else along the isles. My father had described he as having an elegant beauty without compare amount all the women he had ever seen. She was magical and exotic to my father, and he loved her dearly. He would tell me stories, of how her hair seemed to glow in the moonlight, and her skins radiated under the light of the stars. I find myself wondering if she knows what has become of us, of dear old dad and the crew of The Tides End....*

*.... Is she even still alive? Where is she now? What has she been doing all this time? I think about this tonight, now five long years since our ship was attacked, my father I presume dead, along with the rest of the crew. On the Black James, I've slowly been gaining the trust of some of my fellow laborers. Perhaps in time I may yet find out what ha become of my Mother...."*

### Khelen Nighthook, his Father

> *"Smart, Charming, and Adventurous" ~Also Khelen Nighthook*
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From Balaras' Journal, Entry 100:

*"A sailor of fortune, my father spent many years at sea since childhood. His parents were fisherman by trade, but he always longed to explore the seas. He got by scavenging the wrecks of sunken ships and searching for lost islands and buried treasure. A man with morals, he built himself a crew that he commanded upon his ship The Tides End. After many years my father finally thought he found his big break...*

.... *He overheard a crew of pirates celebrating after supposedly discovering a long forgotten treasure map. My father cozied up to them and in their drunken stupor they allowed him to study the map. Working quickly the next day, he used his knowledge of the sea to find the island and claimed the treasure, only to realize the pirates had been trailing our ship the entire time, their captain purposefully letting my father analyze the map in order to follow him and steal the treasure."*

## Balaras' Personal Journal

Entry 520:

*"It's been 20 years now, but the memories are still fresh in my mind...At the age of 16, there was little I could do but watch as our ship was attacked as the captain of The Black James shot my father, scuttled our ship, and left him and our crew for dead in the sea, dragging me on their ship to serve them. For the next twenty years I worked on their ship, slowly gaining the trust of the crew, until late into the night I executed the captain and anyone else loyal to him and took the ship for myself. Now captain myself, I rechristened the ship The Red Grail, and with a crew by my side and the seas in front of me, I'm ready for a new adventure.* *A pirates life for me*....."

## The Red Grail Pirates

### The Crew

#### Gidby The Fiend

* Sort of the brawn to match Balaras' charm, Gidby was as tough as they come. Always in search of a new conquest, Gidby was the first person he recruited from the lower decks to assist in his mutiny.
* Half-Orc
* The First Mate

#### Kilsif Rorund

* The hot tempered chef with a heart of gold, had a weakness for liquor but made some damn good meals. Came in particularly handy when tampering with he captains meal before the mutiny.
* Human
* The Cook

#### Arevil D'ora

* The no funny business boss of the main deck, kept careful ledgers of all plunder, and made sure the ship stayed in tip top shape. Honestly cared more about the ship then his own crew.
* High elf
* The Boatswain

#### Graziel "The Blood Hawk"

* Grazi could spot a target from a mile away, and was killer with a bow.
* She’s called the blood hawk after her rich red hair, her crazy keen eyesight, and her temper.
* Teifling
* Gunner/Lookout