Sebastian Kijek

Nea Tuisku

Gabriel Kijek - Cousin

Oliver Kijek - Cousin

Samuli Kijek - Uncle

Elias Kijek - Uncle

Outi Kijek - Aunt

Shep Khan - Ex-boyfriend

## Basic Design

**Full Name:** Due to the rough history with his father, Sebastian's surname varies from universe to universe with most of his counterparts adopting his mother familial name.

* Pirate: Sebastian Marek Kijek
* Modern: Sebastian Marek Tuisku

**Nickname:** Seb, Bas, Bastian

**Pronouns**: He/His

**Orientation**: Gay (Homoflexible)

**Birthday**: February 29th

* Pirate: 26
* Modern: 22

**Height**: 6’

**Body Type:** Athletic with well defined muscles. He has a number of scars as well.

**Hair**: Sandy brown, shaved on the sides and long on the top. He often sports stubble, but rarely lets his facial hair grow out.

**Skin** **Color**: Fair skin with a tan

**Eye** **Color**: He has heterochromia; his left eye is blue while his right is green. The irregularity is not immediately noticeable because both colours are light. In modern AUs, he typically wears contacts, but has a pair of glasses with black frames for emergencies or chill days.

**Tattoos and Piercings:**

* Several ear piercings but only wears the Lower Lobes (Pirate and Modern)
* Octopus Tattoo on his Left Bicep (Modern)
* Watercolor Compass Rose on his Right Forearm (Modern)
* Starry Night Sky Fading into Rainbow Cloud that Becomes a River and then Black Landscape on his Back (Modern-Not Yet Done)
* Sisu in Black Print on his Left Shoulder (Modern)
* Pirate Inspired Geometric Self-Done Tattoo on his Left Forearm (Modern-Not Yet Done)

**Occupation**:

* Pirate: Captain of the Retribution (In-Transition)
* Modern: Tattoo Artist at Duke’s Gold Tattoo Parlour, Freelance Graphic Designer

**MBT**: INTJ-T

**Likes**: Salmiakki koskenkorva, art especially of the revolutionary variety (meaning 20th century in the modern timeline), and astronomy.

**Dislikes**: Hypocrisy and corruption, those unwilling to take on a problem themselves, and horses.

**Strengths**: He is creative and clever, always finding unique solutions when he can fully apply himself to his work. He’s dedicated to the point of single minded focus when there’s an issue that needs to be solved. He’s also got a softer, sensitive side that makes him good with others who are hurting and especially popular with kids. Anyone messing with the people he cares about will quickly learn the mama bear is strong with him.

**Weakness**: He has a lot of pride and hates being underestimated. His temper tends to flare when things get out of hand or his emotions pile up. He is also an overthinker in the extreme, a trait which has landed him in more than a few awkward situations throughout his life.

**Hometown**: Taivalkoski, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

**Past Partners/Crushes:**

* Eevert Mekky (Crush; Pirate and Modern)
* Shepard Thomson (First Boyfriend; Modern)
* Mikael Laukkanen (Ex-Boyfriend; Modern)
* Jemina Wirtanen (First Fling; Modern)
* Oliver Gunnarsson (Hook-up/One Night Stand)
* Many Nameless Hookups and Two Named Ones (Pirate and Modern)

## Biographies

### **Pirate Universe**

**Pre-Pirate Years:** Sebastian was born in Taivalkoski, Finland. Valto was a small-time merchant who married Mira Kijek during one of his trips to the coast and brought her north with him to his hometown. Though he only traded between cities on land, he dreamed of building his own merchant empire. With each passing year, he took on more daring ventures and left home for longer periods of time.

Sebastian’s younger brother, Leevi, and his sister, Taika, came into the world in the five years that followed. Sebastian spent his early years helping his mother care for his younger siblings whenever he wasn’t occupied with schooling. He also helped around the house with whatever needed doing while his mother managed the family’s modest estate in her husband’s absence. While not a perfect life, it was comfortable, even if he and his siblings often missed their father.

When Sebastian had turned eight and his mother was pregnant once again with his youngest sister, Nea, tragedy struck. Valto was caught smuggling goods in his seafaring trading venture. The Laukkanen & Kotka Trading Company denied any knowledge of the goods that had been found, as did Valto, but someone had to pay for the crime. The officials chose Valto as he had personally captained the ship where the goods were found. He was declared a pirate and sentenced to be hanged. Mira could not let her husband face his grisly fate alone, but her children refused to stay home. The whole family chose to attend the hanging, and though Mira tried to shield them, Sebastian and Leevi witnessed their father’s death while Taika only heard faint screams as Sebastian distracted her.

The family was shunned in the aftermath and forced to sell off much of what they had to pay off Valto’s debts. Mira moved them to a small house on the outskirts of town and took up work as a laundress to keep food on the table. It was barely enough. Too many people avoided doing their business with them, and so Sebastian set to work to make up the difference. The only peace he found was with their local blacksmith and his family. The blacksmith's wife taught Sebastian how to use a sword, and their son, Eevert, was one of the few friends Sebastian had.

Life went on with the family barely scraping by until Sebastian was fifteen. By that time, Sebastian had become aware that he did not feel for women how everyone insisted he should. He had told himself the feelings would all come in time, but then he noticed himself watching Eevert more closely than he ought to. The situation came to a head when his mother tried to get him a job with one of his father’s old trading partners in the city and began to speak with the parents of a girl down the street about arranging a marriage between them. With the walls closing in around him, Sebastian decided to leave home and find work at sea to escape the marriage offer and bring in more money for his family.

**Life At Sea:** Sebastian made the two day journey on foot to the port town of Oulu where he immediately set to finding himself a ship to go into service with. He had no luck with the navy and no wish to go near a merchant vessel which led him to the shady part of the docks where privateers often were found. We went up to the first ship he saw and immediately demanded they take him on. Though several tried to send him off, he persisted until the captain took notice and decided he liked Sebastian’s tenacity. They agreed to take him on as a powder monkey and told him to be ready to sail that afternoon.

Since he had time, Sebastian chose to walk around the city for a few hours which was when he stumbled across a brothel. A girl was standing outside talking with a very pretty boy about running off to find a better life. Sebastian found himself drawn to the two, though for very different reasons. Rather than dwell on the feelings the boy stirred up, he asked the girl if she wanted to become a pirate. It was a strange conversation all things considered, but he couldn’t bring himself to walk by her when it was clear that she was seeking a new life just like himself. She was skeptical at first, but very soon recognized the opportunity before her. She looked at her friend there with her and told him to say her farewells to the others so she wouldn’t have to risk the owner discovering her plans. Sebastian took her back to his new crew and immediately set about negotiating her a place in the crew. It took more arguing, but when his new friend, Inari, put one of the grown men on his back, she was accepted as a cabin boy.

The two faced many hardships under their captain, Gilete Rodriguez. Though the man had a loyal inner circle, the crew as a whole despised the man and many people drifted in and out of the crew over the years. Sebastian and Inari considered doing the same, but saw opportunity amongst the staunch men who remained in spite of their captain. Something great could come of their crew if only someone else could take charge.

Then one night after Rodriguez had led them through a hurricane that ripped down the masts and left them stranded, Sebastian proposed a mutiny. It took less than ten minutes to overthrow him. Far too many suffered under his leadership and the latest disaster had been a trend for their crew. Rodriguez was killed along with all who supported him. When the time came to vote in a new captain, Sebastian found his name being called and was surprised when the majority of the crew agreed. They set about repairs and headed back towards America to find some easy prizes and begin rebuilding their crew. Sebastian used the opportunity to begin hunting the men who he blamed for his father’s death, making it a silent goal to destroy Laukkanen and his associates so that they could understand what his own family had to endure.

In America, Sebastian ran across another newly made captain in charge of the Morbid Eel, River Perez. The first encounter went poorly and kicked off what would be an eight year long rivalry as both sought to outdo each other and claim some unknown title of best pirate from the other.

### **Modern Universe**

**Childhood:** Sebastian was born and raised in one of the suburbs of Helsinki, Finland. From the outside, most would say that he had a good childhood. His family on his mother’s side were deeply involved in his life with his cousin, Sanna, becoming one of his best friends while his uncle Elias often brought home gifts from his many travels across the globe. He had three fast friends who attended school with him and spent most of their waking hours together.

But as with all lives, pain festered in the cracks of the facade. His father, Valto, was neglectful and grew more distant with the birth of each of his children. Valto dedicated most of his time and energy to his work with goals to start up a company in America where he could become a multimillionaire. He left all of the household duties to his wife, Mira, who gave up on earning a university degree to become a stay-at-home mother while also managing Valto’s social connections. Though she tried to make up for her husband’s neglect, it left an ugly mark on each of their children. Sebastian helped with his siblings at home, but he began to act out in school and styled himself as a punk skater against the system his father loved.

Things got worse when puberty hit. Sebastian had developed a crush on his best friend, Eevert, as a preteen, but he was terrified to act on it. His father had made it clear that being gay was unacceptable, even more so than everything else Sebastian had done. He feared what would happen at home if he were gay, and he feared what Eevert would say to him if he knew. When his friend, Jemina, confessed that she had a crush on him, Sebastian agreed to go on a date with her in the hopes that he could fix himself. That same day, he came home and found out that his family was moving to Los Angeles, California.

Despite his dating troubles, Sebastian didn’t want to leave Finland. He screamed at his parents, threatened to run away, begged for them to wait until he was old enough to attend university, and Uncle Elias offered to let Sebastian stay with him so he wouldn’t have to leave his friends. Valto refused. He said that Sebastian needed better influences in his life and that the move might finally knock some sense into him.

Sebastian had to say goodbye to his friends which also meant having his date with Jemina. With everything falling to pieces, the two skipped the movie and dinner to hide away together on an outlook over Helsinki. They shared a bottle of cheap vodka and reminisced together until they found the bottom of the bottle. Tipsy and both dreading goodbye, they soon had their clothes off and became each other’s first. Sebastian tried to keep his mind on her, but his mind continuously wandered to Eevert. He never told Jemina. Instead, he kissed her one last time at his goodbye party and buried how badly he wished she was Eevert.

**Life in America:** After the move, Sebastian became angry and withdrawn. He hated their new house and the new school that he was starting and being in another country where he struggled with the language. More than that, he hated how confused he felt about everything that had happened before he left Finland. His friends had told him to make a Facebook account to keep in touch. He lied and told them his father forbade him. They said to write them then. He never did.

Sebastian got into trouble at school almost immediately. Though he had stirred up some interest being from a European country, that interest quickly soured when the other students met him. Most thought he was stuck up, some thought he was a creep, and a few thought he was dangerous. Rumors sprang up and soon he had groups of boys challenging him to fights after school.  He came home with bruises daily.

Then a girl sat down beside him in the lunchroom. She introduced herself as Inari Pollari, and quickly became his first real friend since arriving. Though he tried to keep his guard up, she picked every defense apart until he found himself talking to her as though they’d known each other for years. She introduced him to Jasso shortly after who introduced Sebastian to his younger brother, Oriel, the summer after that first year. The four became inseparable for the remainder of their high school careers.

It was that same summer after freshman year that Inari decided to help Sebastian figure out his sexuality. She introduced him to the friend group who she had grown up in the hopes that the supportive atmosphere might encourage Sebastian to be a little more honest with himself. He fought it, but soon, he found himself telling her everything that had happened in his last group of friends and why he wanted to be straight. The two talked often during the remainder of that year until Sebastian decided to come out to his friends at the end of that year. They were all sworn to secrecy, but it was a step forward.

His first relationship soon followed. Sebastian had no idea how to go about dating which led to a lot of complaining that he’d be alone forever. Inari got fed up with listening to him, so the spring of sophomore year, she asked her friend, Shep, to take him out on a date. Shep leapt on the chance which began a whirlwind romance for the two of them. Sebastian fell hard and fast for the fearless boy with an impeccable fashion sense; hard enough to imagine the two of them as the high school sweethearts who grew old together. Shep, however, wasn’t so ready to be tied down. He let Seb down gently when it became clear they weren’t on the same page, leading to Sebastian’s first case of heartbreak.

In spite of all of the support, Sebastian shied away from the other LGBTQ+ students at school. He found most of them intimidating and plenty had reason to distrust him after how he had acted. That distant feeling would remain with him even as he grew up and moved on from school.

**Post-Graduation:** In his senior year, Sebastian came out to his family. His father was predictably upset about it, but Sebastian no longer cared. He had plans to move out with Inari once they graduated and start his career as a tattoo artist. He gave his father all the bad news at once and spent the remainder of that year getting into screaming matches with him whenever they were in the same room.

The rest of his family was more supportive. His siblings helped him move into his new apartment while his mother co-signed on the apartment without telling his father. Sebastian remained heavily involved with all of them, even if it meant putting up with his father on occasion.

Life was good for that first year. Sebastian dedicated himself to his life as an apprentice and worked a second job as security at a mall to make ends meet. Between work and family, he had very little time for dating and settled for hookups on the rare weekends when he went out with his friends. Though he was out, he remained disconnected from the community.

A year after moving out, he met Mikael Lautanen. What began as a hookup soon blossomed into a serious relationship when Mikael called him back the next day for another date. Unfortunately for Sebastian, this relationship had poisoned thorns. Soon, he found himself giving up time with his own friends and family to appease Mikael. He even skipped work on occasion when Mikael called him midday on a whim. Mikael became his everything, and every drama filled moment drew him deeper into the web. It wasn’t until Sanna came to town and asked to meet Sebastian’s boyfriend that anyone saw what was happening. She tried to call it out, but the resulting fallout nearly destroyed her relationship with Sebastian. He abandoned her to go after Mikael and there discovered Mikael cheating. The facade was blown apart and Sebastian spiraled into a mental health crisis.

Sebastian spent a week lying in bed after the discovery. When Inari caught him eyeing his sleeping pills, she took him into the hospital for a psych evaluation where they held him for three days. They discovered his long ignored depression and began treating him immediately. A mandatory six months of weekly therapy was ordered and he was put on antidepressants. Slowly, he began to heal. He patched things up with Sanna and got back to work, but scars remained. Sebastian stopped dating seriously and threw himself into the partying life that Jasso had, finding a new person nearly every weekend for two years. As far as he was concerned, it was better to die alone than risk losing everything all over again.

### **Elemental Universe**

**Early Years:** Sebastian was the third of the elemental heirs to be born. He was the son of Valto, the elemental of ice. Though inheritance of the power had occurred in later born children, it was assumed from the beginning that Sebastian would inherit his father’s power and position.

During the early years, he spent many happy afternoons playing with his fellow elemental heirs: Inari, River, Calliope, and her younger brother, Chris. It only made sense since four of them would be working together in politics later. It was all well and good until River, the fire heir, began to explore their gender which Valto classified as freakish behavior. He quickly decided to remove his son from the group at the soonest opportunity.

That came when Sebastian’s first manifestation of power occurred at age 6. Valto immediately filled his schedule with training and ended the playdates with the other elemental heirs. Very soon, Sebastian was only seen outside the manor for public events.

His life became a grind of training his abilities and schooling in the years that followed, and he grew more withdrawn by the year. He had little social life outside of his siblings, and no one his own age to lean on for support. He focused on protecting his siblings and keep his father pleased at the expense of his mental health.

**Growing Up:** Life grew more complicated when puberty hit and Valto decided it would be a good idea to arrange marriages between their heirs. Before he even knew what sort of people he found attractive, Sebastian found himself engaged to the Wind heir, Inari Pollari. It proved to be advantageous for Sebastian, even if it felt like the end of the world at the time.

Inari sought him out at the next gathering and quickly made it clear she wasn’t any more interested in him than he was in her, but offered him an out. They decided to pretend they were in love as a guise to keep them both out of alternative matches and as an excuse to cultivate a friendship. The two soon became close as brother and sister with plans to live their lives free of expectations as soon as their positions were passed onto them. Fiona Pollari, Inari’s mother, approved of the plan and agreed to keep it all secret from Valto.

Everything was going well, except that Sebastian hadn’t solved the original problem that came with puberty: he had no idea what sort of person he did want a relationship with. He tried to look at girls both in person and online in search of some spark that would make him want what every boy his age seemed to want. Eventually, he decided to fix himself. His first attempt happened with a girl who came on a trip with her class to the estate. They met up in a hotel, but neither came away satisfied. He felt nothing, and what was worse, his cold skin made the experience very uncomfortable for the girl. The rumors about his non-existent love life began to grow as he and Inari were never seen doing anything remotely coupley. Sebastian began to panic, even as Inari assured him that he didn’t owe the world anything. He told her and himself it was only because of his skin. He could have fun with a girl who didn’t mind how cold he was. Inari told him to drop it, but eventually he found the number of a friend in her contacts who he knew was an escort. One transfer of money later, and they were meeting up in a hotel. The sex went somewhat better, but Sebastian still felt nothing. Even so, he leaked the story to shut down some of the conversations in the headlines that made him especially nervous. He was straight. He only needed to find the right girl.

While all of this was going on, Sebastian kept an eye on his fellow elementals. He tried to believe the stories that his father told him about the others, but he was drawn to their headlines. Especially the ones about River Perez. He called himself shallow and foolish for keeping up with all the scandals, but something about them made it so hard to look away. Inari offered to introduce them time and time again, but he always had an excuse not to go through with it. They’d never like him if they met him. It was better to stay at a distance so he never had to feel their hatred the way his father did. The way he knew he would someday.

The carefully constructed charade came to an end when Valto overheard Inari and Sebastian talking one evening about a recent date she had gone on. The fallout resulted in their plan being revealed and the whole relationship called off. Valto made it clear that new arrangements would be made at an emergency gathering of the Elementals. No one would be escaping the arrangement this time.

## Trivia

* There was a rash of pranks that went on for years on the ship when Sebastian and Inari were teens, most aimed at the captain with a few other people getting more playful pranks played on them. No one ever figured out who it was (though some might have suspected).

* Go to karaoke song - “Courtesy Call” by Thousand Foot Krutch - just dancey enough for karaoke but still rock.

* First app in the morning -  iMessage or Snapchat, because River usually sends back a cute message in response to the one he sent them along with whatever thoughts popped into their head that morning.

* Most played Spotify playlist -  'shit i listen to' - the gigantic playlist he listens to while working so it's basically on twelve hours a day.

* At Christmas, Sebastian gets stuck under the tree putting the base in, and while he's swearing and wriggling around with his ass in the air, River's laughing their ass off and sending a video of it to Inari (potential blackmail material is always appreciated).

* Most of the time Sebastian's getting into all kinds of shenanigans increasingly ill-advised with each drink he takes, but right at that tipping point he'll go find River and be extremely affectionate regardless of where they are.

* Skyrim Build: Two-handed warrior with an emphasis on stealth and pickpocketing who may or may not be in the Dark Brotherhood.

* One night River paints Sebastian’s nails for him while bored. Just a simple matte black, but he genuinely likes them. From then on, they make it a thing when they're having a lazy night in, that River will do both their nails.

* Sebastian and River regularly get caught making out either with Seb sitting on a high counter or pressed up against a wall after River picks him up. Both positions that make it more comfortable for River though Seb prefers the latter. What can he say? He's got a thing for walls.

* Modern!Sebastian differs from his pirate counterpart in that he's happy to get hugs or other friendly touches from almost anyone. Pirate!Seb regulates who is allowed to touch him due to appearances.

* Sleeping Position: If he's managed to fall asleep alone, he's usually on his stomach with his arms wrapped around his pillow. Otherwise he'll be tangled up with River in whatever position they managed to get comfortable in.

* Sebastian sticks to aftershave mostly, maybe with one bottle of cologne he uses at random (because he's way too lazy to buy more options).

* Sebastian will draw on anything. Inari actually enjoys requesting temporary tattoos from him, occasionally to match her outfit.

* Sebastian is terrified of little girls in horror movies. Ordinary children are fine but the creepy, unnatural children always get him jumping and cursing. Nea can be thanked for that particular gift. Unfortunately, Kaisa discovers this when she's old enough to move around and finds it oh so funny when her *Isa* jumps back and says the bad words that *Papi* doesn't like her repeating.

* When River and Sebastian get married, they get matching tattoos — tiny, private ones on their respective hipbones of each other's initials and the date of their wedding.

* When River goes away for the weekend, Sebastian orders pizza for him and Kaisa and they sit up watching movies together with the express instructions not to tell *Papi*.

* Kaisa once kicked a guy's ass for talking shit about River, and Sebastian was prepared to ground her ass for three months until she told him why she did it. Instead of getting into trouble for it, he took her out for ice cream.

* River introduces Seb to all sorts of kinky gay sex toys, including a metal spreader that becomes one of their favourite shared playthings. Seb dubious to start off with, but learns quickly to appreciate his datemate's penchant for creative sex. His particular favourite is their silk ribbon restraints, but also enjoys 'torturing' them with battery powered remote toys, like their vibrating panties. On his own, he's not a toy guy, but more than happy to indulge River when they're in the mood.

* Periods: Trans AU!Seb who has a very different time thanks to the testosterone that he takes. It's irregular so some months it happens, others it doesn't, and rarely it happens closer together than the usual month. The first two days are painful cramps during which he will cut anyone touching him. Usually he tries to keep himself doped up to ride out the worst of it. Food can help especially the really dark chocolate that he likes while hot drinks also help even if he doesn't like tea much. Reassurances are also appreciated during these first few days, maybe a few kisses if the touches done with them are light, anything to help him forget the implications of his period. The days that follow get better but also seem to trigger a huge increase in his sex drive.

* Sebastian's neck is his most sensitive place, but all of his skin is actually pretty sensitive. It's why he loves it when his partner takes their time exploring his body.

* Pre and post-kids, Sebastian always spends way too much at Christmas time. At first it's only on his partner--River has expensive tastes but he loves seeing them happy on Christmas morning--but once Kaisa comes it becomes a matter of balancing the expensive presents with fun little nick nacks. Also the kids are taught about the real Santa Claus who comes from Finland. All other Santas are fake.

* One of the rings Seb often wears--a simple, sterling silver band--was a gift from Elias from a trip to Alps. All of the kids were raised on wild tales of his adventures, most of which were actually true.