Julie Fink

Illustration of Jules Fink at the Great Bay

> Consider yer pants pulled doon an' yer bare booty spanked! Yahahar!
>
> - Julie Fink

Jules Adur Fink, better known as Julie, was the captain and founder of the pirate Firth Band.

Together with Par "Perry" O'Riain they formed the Firth Band, a group of pirates under guidance of commodore Julie Fink that harrassed merchant shipping in the Great Bay and regularly raided coastal settlements wherever their ships were able to sail.

After the conclusion of the Firth Band War Against the World, Julie Fink and her band disappeared. For years it was unclear whether they were alive. In 29 C.A. the Fayrian Navy claimed that they discovered a shipwreck off the coast of Bugbu with three bodies, supposedly those of Fink, O'Riain and Lily the Pink.

## Biography

### Early Life

Fink was born into a nomadic group known as the Fris who migrated to the Great Bay area after their own civilisation was destroyed. She was educated on Fris history and traditions by her tribe and was from a young age raised with the idea of a future Fris restoration.

When Fink was nine years old the Great Bay Flood occured. The Fris people, being used to living on plains, were annihilated by the flood. Fink was on a hill picking flowers by herself when this happened and from there she witnessed her settlement and family being swiftly washed away. From the roughly 150 Frisians that formed the tribe, only five survived the event. With this all hope on a Fris restoration died and it seemed extinction of the culture was imminent.

In order to make sure the Fris culture would live on, it would become necessary for the tribe to spread their culture and genes. The surviving members of the tribe did so due to their excellent strenght and nautical knowledge, meaning the tribe was destined for a new waterfaring culture. The group would consist of lieutenant Aldert Grenadier, captain Jurryt Koekoek, Fenna Pipyt, Elske Tjiftjaf and Julie Fink herself.

### Fris Piracy

The crew began looking for civilisation to hopefully establish friendly connections with, but seeing as they lacked any wealth, they quickly realised there would be no point trying to talk to anybody. The crew spoke Bayic, an evolution of the Middle-Fris language which grew to resemble English and Dutch more overtime, but they still sounded silly compared to the people they met. Elske Tjiftjaf, unable to deal with the memories of the Great Bay Flood and convinced the entire world was against her jumped off the ship, her body unable to be recovered. This convinced the group there would be no point to act friendly anymore and they would turn to piracy when Fink was eleven.

While raiding the southern coast of the Great Bay, the crew discovered a navigable river which seemed to not spill into the ocean. Intrigued, Fink got off board and walked the way down the river, and she discovered that the river acted as a strait. With this knowledge, the ship of captain Koekoek and Fink would sail through the strait, separating from the ship of lieutenant Grenadier and Tjiftjaf. The two ships never saw each other again and it is assumed the ship of lieutenant Grenadier went down in a storm. Fink, aged fifteen, and Koekoek, aged fifty-four, were left as the only two Fris survivors.

For the next two years the duo would continue to raid coasts for gold and slaves which would be sold on markets, often back to the people they stole it from in the first place. In the winter of the year Fink turned seventeen the weather got particularly cold. The harbours on the Great Bay were frozen over and it became impossible for the ship to safely come into port anywhere. Supplies began running low and captain Koekoek became ill. Fink, panicked, tried to steer the ship to warmer seas so the pair could find supplies and medicine in the wild. Fink urged Koekoek to stay in his quarters at all costs to stay warm and to not leave until she asked him to, to which Koekoek agreed. Fink shipped into a calm bay and rushed to land to collect medicine for Koekoek, but when she returned to her captain she found that he had died in his quarters.

### Captain of the Firth Band

Left as the single last Fris person alive, she believed her future was truly hopeless. Her vision on life became nihilistic and from this point on she became increasingly reckless. She wished for her people to be remembered somehow so she decided to create her own legacy. Fink would sail to villages and slaughter the entire population, leaving only one survivor to tell the tale to make sure she would be remembered and feared.

When coming to shore to gather supplies one day, Fink encountered Par O'Riain, a nomad who was in the area at the time. O'Riain approached the ship and did not fear the warnings Fink gave. Fink, impressed by his courage, decided to let him live and enter the ship under her guidance. O'Riain asked if he could join her on her travels, to which she reluctantly agreed, beginning the Firth Band.

During the existence of the Firth Band, Julie Fink and her band caused widespread chaos around the Great Bay and Dype Sea.

## Personality

Julie Fink was short-tempered but very eloquent, often phrasing her taunts and threats in overly formal sentences. When provoked, Fink often reacted violently in order to defend her honour and she could get incredibly angry over things. She acted in a theatrical manner and has stated that entertainment is one of her passions. She enjoyed acting, writing and singing.

Due to her past, Fink had a strong fear of abandonment and would panic when she was confronted with any type of loss. She processed her trauma with her imaginary friend, Jeltje, whom "advised" her in the decisions she made.

Fink had little to no idea how to act in social situations and was unsure how to act around others. Despite all of the above, Fink did have a soft side, and seemingly a desire to be loved and accepted. When shown kindness by others she often reacted with appreciation and softness.