[b]Name:[/b] Marc de Ruyter

[b]Age:[/b] 26

[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Role on the ship:[/b] Engineer: Shipwright/blacksmith/maintaince
 
[b]Abilities and skills:[/b] Marc is a great craftsman and engineer. His creativity and out of the box thinking allow his to come up with solutions that are able to fix nearly everything. He has a keen eye for weak spots, which is not only limited to material and structural weaknesses, but also to injuries in persons and openings in defences. His fighting skills are average at best, but he is able to handle himself in a fight. His fighting style is mainly defensive while waiting for an opening. He's also adept at fighting with his tools.

[b]Equipment:[/b] Marc's main weapons are a standard issue marine-style cutlass and standard issue flintlock pistol. Other than this he has a tool belt with an assortment of tools, including, but not limited to, hammers, wrenches, saws, nails, chisels, ropes and flask with some rum or beer. He also has a toolbox, with even more tools, but he usually leaves this in his cabin.

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[b]Personality:[/b] Marc is a nice guy. He's usually in for a chat, especially over a pint of ale. He's clever and creative. He's not one for violence or fighting and prefers to keep his head cool and talk things out. That is, until someone messes with his works, be it the ship or some other project. He's very protective of his friends and ship. He isn't impressed nor fooled easily and likes to figure out how things work. He likes to maintain and improve the ship. In his spare time he likes to read books or drink and play dice or cards.

[b]Background:[/b] Marc was born and raised in a small city as the son of a blacksmith and carpenter. His youth was rather normal, without many exciting events and he was taught the skills of blacksmithing and carpeting by his father and mother. At his twelfth he signed up with the marines and gained further training in these disciplines, along with combat training. When he graduated he was given his cutlass and pistol. He expected to work on a ship, but instead he was kept on shore, designing and repairing ships. After complaining about this, he was bullied into staying, the officer threatening to kill his parents. This continued for several years, until he heard his parents died in a bandit raid. Angered because of this loss and the inadequacy of the marines he sabotaged some the ships he was working on, killed the officer, stole a small ship and deserted. He ended up setting up a shipyard for pirates, repairing ships for a fee. Yet the longing for the sea remained. Eventually the ship of Abigail moored in need of repair. Marc was impressed by the quality of the ship. During this time marines raided the shipyard. With the help of Abigail and her crew they fought them off, but the shipyard was destroyed. Without a reason to stay, Marc joined the crew as the shipwright.