Bogart Vorne

**Bogart Vorne**, nicknamed the "Horned Heresy", is a male Half-Fiend pirate captain who currently holds the title of Pirate Lord of the Diamond, as part of the Pirate Lord of the Gems. He is widely known to be a practitioner of Diabolism; a veneration of the hierarchies of Hell. Vorne captains the ship *Murderous Intent*, where a majority of the crew have fiendish ancestry or are Devils themselves.

## Background

### Early Childhood

There is not much detailed information regarding Bogart Vorne's childhood, only that he was an orphan living in Shimmer's slum district called the Smudge. His mother was a human prostitute/ pickpocket named Demetria Vorne, who was rumored to have cut a deal with a powerful devil to gain arcane powers. Shortly after giving birth to Bogart, she mysteriously vanished. Bogart was mostly raised by members of street gangs, before he was old enough to take care of himself.

During his time as an orphan running with various local criminals around Shimmer, Bogart began realizing has innate talent for magic. He attributed his raw talent to his infernal bloodline.

### Becoming a Pirate

When Bogart was sixteen years of age, he became interested in the nautical lives of pirates, with his fascination being fueled by his increasing desire to leave Diamond Island to explore the rest of the Sea of Gems. Bogart, with a few of his petty orphaned mates, hatched a scheme to steal a small naval sloop harbored at the docks to begin their lives of adventure. The plan was ill fated, however, as unbeknownst to the young Bogart and his friends, the Pirate Lord Marlin Retch had initiated his plans to siege the city of Shimmer on the same day. The siege, and the events that followed, came to be known as the Storm Siege of Shimmer.

It is not fully known or understood how Bogart came to be in the custody of Captain Retch's crew after the siege, but he and his friends left Diamond island onboard Retch's ship *The Heart of Heresy.*

### Death of Captain Marlin Retch

When Retch was slain by Kordelia Seawraith, a power vacuum was created onboard the *Heresy.* Most of the crew was slain fighting Kordelia's forces on Moonstone Isle, with only a handful escaping with their lives. Bogart fled Moonstone Isle, having swam to a nearby islet where the *Heresy* was docked, only to find that Kordelia had set it aflame. He then found refuge in a damp cavern nestled away on a sullen beach within the islet, having to hide until he could use his replenished magic to escape.

Bogart mostly evaded Kordelia for a time, and has since eluded the newly formed Crimson Sails. He would eventually partake in a Brining to determine the new Pirate Lord of the Diamond, where he faced off against his former crew-mate onboard the *Heresy,* Wilfredd Tuck. Bogart Vorne would eventually be acknowledged as the new Pirate Lord of the Diamond after Tuck forfeited and ran away from the ordeal.

## Pirate Lord of the Diamond

After a successful Brining against Wilfredd Tuck, Bogart ascended to the title of Pirate Lord of the Diamond. Since becoming a Pirate Lord, Bogart has employed a number of infernal crew-mates to serve him on the *Intent.* A majority of his crew are Hellspawn-Tiefling outcasts from all over the Sea of Gems, as well as a number of imps and bearded devils. The most notable of his crew is the bearded devil Calamyar, who serves as his First Mate.

Captain Vorne usually raids the coastal towns of the Diamond Dust archipelago, but he has been known to venture off north to the frozen seas of the Capstone from time to time.