Theon Seasnake

Theon was born in a backwood port town, in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea, to a cruel father who worked as a blacksmith. His mother had died giving birth to him, and his father never forgave him for it. He was ever after an alcoholic, and would beat the poor boy frequently upon returning home from the tavern, far gone on drink. Theon bore this, and read stories of pirate adventures when the old man was away, dreaming of sailing himself one day. When still quite a young lad, he abruptly had all he could take one day, and stowed away aboard a merchant’s ship that had come to port, sailing away without looking back.

This vessel made berth at another island a few weeks later, through which Theon had remained hidden miraculously, surviving by raiding the food stores after the crew slept for the night. He made as silent an exit from the ship as his entrance, wandering through the quaint little town until he espied a grand castle in the distance. He had never seen such a massive building before, and he found himself drawn to it, enthralled by its grandeur. As he passed through the gates, he looked about him - and saw the loveliest creature he had yet laid eyes on. A young woman of surpassing fairness, pale as milk with hair black as pitch in contrast. When their eyes met, a spell, and a doom, fell instantly upon the both of them. It was love at first sight, of the most hopeless variety.

Theon stole up to her bedchamber that night, and she received him as willingly. They spent a night of passion together, pledging themselves to each other and going to sleep excited at the prospects that lay before them. They awoke with the dawn - to the girl’s furious father standing over the both of them. He turned out to be the Lord of the estate, and the entire town, much to Theon’s extreme chagrin. He was clapped in irons on the spot and imprisoned in the dungeon, where he awaited execution for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, he received his only visitor; the Lord’s daughter, bearing the key that would set him free. She slipped it into his hand as she shared one last kiss with him, and then was taken away by the guards. He would never see her again.

Once he was left alone again, he freed himself and escaped through the sewer into the sea, stowing away on another ship that was just weighing anchor and making to sea. Hiding in the hold, they only made it a few hours out of port before the vessel was rocked by a cannon blast. Through the fresh holes in the hull, he saw that they were beset by three massive war galleys, who unloaded on the small brigantine mercilessly, and tore her to planks in short order. Theon was washed under, and barely managed to grab some driftwood and float back to the surface before the strain of the ordeal rendered him unconscious.

He was thusly adrift for days beyond count, losing strength and hope, when upon one evening he felt sand against his knees. Lifting his head with his last strength, he found he had washed up on an island rife with civilization. He passed out then, and came to in a tavern, with a sinister-looking metal contraption standing over him. After his initial shock, he calmed himself and found that he had washed up on an island of pirates, his boyhood dream finally coming true. He signed onto the life with relish, and upon sharing the epithet ‘Seasnake’ with the Isle, was immediately picked up by Snapper to be a Deckhand on the Bleeding Rose, believing it to be divine providence. He serves that crew to this day, earning himself the nickname ‘The Kraken’ for his sheer overwhelming ferocity in battle.

In his time on the Isle, he took frequent forays into the wilderness surrounding Puerto Dorado, and it was here that he met Benjamin, a monkey who he discovered had fallen from a tree and injured itself. He carried the poor creature back to his quarters and nursed it to health, and when it awoke was grateful to him ever after. He became his constant companion, and furthermore granted him the benefits of his mysterious magical powers. They are now quite inseparable, and Benjamin is a bonus to him in all battles and raids as a dueling wild card, distracting Theon’s opponent while he goes in for the kill.

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