[CHAR] Beyond the Fog {An Exploration Steampunk RP with a bit Fantasy}

[ClocktowerEchos]

"Captain Edoric Thatch"

Main Theme: "French Perfume"

Name: Edoric Thatch
Age: 30
Gender: Male

Physical Description:

Tall with an average build, he doesn't have as much muscle strength as other, but he uses what he has to his best advantage. He has dirty blonde hair and a fair complexion, smells faintly of sea salt and gunpowder. While both of his eyes are brown, he covers his right eye as its actually a fact eye with a magic replacement.

Skills:

• While he is less adapted at Aeronautical Combat in normal conditions, he is a master at fight in the Fog's supernatural and dangerous weather.
• Smoothing talking
• Has a magical relic called "Black Cat's Eye"
  
  Black Cat Eye abilities

  • Insane aim (he can make otherwise impossible shots)
  • Incredible Grace and Agility
  • Night vision, X-Ray (supposedly), and "Clear Shift" (the ability to see clearly in any weather condition)
• Sword Fighting and Adept at hand-to-hand (mostly due to bar fights)
• How to grow and care for over a hundred different kinds of plants

History:

Edoric has no idea who or what his parent looked like, having grown up as a child slave on a pirate airship called "Kamula Nights" that made frequent outing to the Fog to raid trading ships. He and the other dozens children were treated like dolls, given very little food, shelter and clothes. Edoric would often have to fight his friends in pit fights the pirates set up. For the longest amount of time, he wondered by no one wanted to help them.

As the years past, Edoric saw the death of many of his fellow slaves; sometimes it was the weather or punishment, sometimes it was by his own hands in the underground fights. One day, after killing six kids in a fight, he broke down and hide in a corner. One of the pirates actually came to comfort him and gave him a book to read. Of course, Edoric didn't trust the man, but in due time, he opened up to him. The man taught him how to read, how to think and unintentionally, how to escape.

When Edoric was 10, he mounted a revolt against the ship's captain with his fellow child slaves and some of the more treacherous crew members. After killing the pirate captain, he took his sword as his own and burnt the airship to ashes, freeing all of those enslaved.

With the help of the older pirates, he and a few of the child who decided to stay with him bought a new, smaller airship to raid trade with, a Kobaya-Class ship called the "Dragon Sail". It seemed the Edoric was born to sail miles above the ground and be a pirate. By the time he was 17, the Dragon Sail had become a leading ship in a small fleet of like-minded pirates and a notorious raiding ship and tales of its crew had been spread far and wide. Although Edoric has been jailed before, he has managed to weasel his way out most of the time.

Kobaya-Class Ships

Weapons:

• Front Mounted 20-Pounder Armstrong Gun
• Back Mounted Hotchkiss 6-Pounder Quick Firing Cannon
• 2 Side-mounted .303 Gatling Guns
  OR
• 2 Side Mounted 37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannons (some ships)
  OR
• 2 Side Mounted Flamethrowers
  OR
• 2 Side Mounted Tesla Beacons

Eventually, Edoric had been transferred command as pirate by the previous captain, the man who taught Edoric to read, was dying due to wounds he suffered in a battle. That same battle would also claim one of Edoric's eyes. The captain's last gift to Edoric was the Black Cat's Eye which replaced his missing eye. Edoric has since then sold the ship (after stripping it of anything useful) and used the vast funds from raiding and gambling, he bought a Bune-Class merchant airship called the "Iberian Wedding". After heavily modifying it, he renamed it the "Chrysanthemum Throne" and has been pirating ever since, building a notorious reputation for himself with equal parts of awe and infamy with him and his crew that has grown much larger since then. At some point, he had also raised a small pirating fleet in his name consisting of two ship similar to that of his flagship called "Wondering Ronin" and "Red Banner", each with its own biplane resting on launchers. The Bune-Class also has an incredibly efficient weight-to-load ratio, allowing it to carry tons of stuff without its speed reducing. There are also over a dozen smaller ships similar to that of the "Dragon Sail" he once crewed in his youth.

Bune-Class Airship

Weapons (Bombs not included):

• 20 Nordenfelt 6-lbs Quick Firing Cannons (10 to a side)
• 14 Reffye Mitrailleuse Guns (7 to a side)
• 8 Hotchkiss 47mm Revolving Cannons (4 to a side
• 12 Vickers Machine Gun (Six mounted on removable mounts on the top deck)
• 2 Double-Vickers AA Machine Guns (Mounted on ring mounts at the top of the Ballons)
• 1 20-Pounder Armstrong Gun (Mounted on a turntable in the front of the ship; used for special ammunition like Chain Shots, Canister Shot, Grape Shot, etc.)

The Biplanes

• 2 Vickers Machine Guns (Facing forward)
• 1 Lewis Gun (on a ring mount in the back)
• 2 100-pound bombs on the wings or 1 300-pound bombs in the fuselage

As of recent, he has been more towards focusing his goals towards the exploring deeper into the Fog for the mysterious treasures that await him.

Personality:

Edoric is on the thin border between incredible, witty genius and absolutely fucking insane. He seems the be very sort of carefree with a tinge of cocky, he's almost drunken in some situations for lack of a better word, yet he seems to be perfectly sober. He is self-serving and surprisingly altruistic, most of the time. He does not consider himself above lying, cheating and stealing. Will also to try and make money in any situation.

He is one of the most notorious pirates and smugglers, having at least one enemy in every major port and city. He prefers to try and avoid conflict as much as possible. Edoric care little of what the people around him are or will do, although he does make quicks about this from time to time. He does adhere to the "Rule of Being a Gentleman Pirate", which consists of possibly hundreds of rules and guidelines that most people believe he makes up on the spots as many rules contradict themselves and some also have the same rule number.

Few things will ever truly piss him off. Slaves and inhumanely-treated workers anger him to no end, going off of his own "childhood". He will personally find the people in charge and kill them in alphabetical order with extreme prejudice.

Equipment:

• Rebirth and Liberation (Two swords that build up steam as he swings them and can release the steam as a distraction or a smoke screen. Won in a gambling bet.)
  
  Appearance

  
• A magically frozen banana
• Two Borchardt C-93 semi-auto pistols
  
  Appearance

  
• The Threaded Cane (A sword-cane that can become a bladed whip. Once owned by the Captain of the Kaluma Nights before Edoric killed him and took it for himself. Favors his normal sword over this but uses it when he cannot have visible weapons.)
  
  Appearance

  
• Burgess Folding Shotgun (Easily concealable and often used in conjunction with the Threaded Cane in spots where he cannot have visible weapons)
• The Black Cat's Eye
• Grappling Gauntlet (A fingerless gauntlet with a transforming grappling hook and can be reeled in. Often used to pull things/people from afar or a fulcrum for swing,)
• Fog Map - Magical constructs that are used to get to and navigate the Fog. They have two modes, the first is the "paper" mode where it is a map with a bunch of rings that are rotated around to show the way to the Fog. Then the "gyroscope" mode is used to actually navigate the Fog. It will always point to the right direction, no matter how strange the path may seem.

Notable Crew

• Galahad - First mate - Ex. Brittannian Navy Officer and talks in a British Accent. Discharged after a rival officer accused him of murder and insubordination, he one of the people in Edo's fleet who can read. While he can double as a doctor and navigator, he requires tea for that.
• Nayoki - Pilot - One of the former child slaves, she is the best biplane-pilot and a bit of an airhead
• Borris - Mechanic - Former child slaves, he is often shirtless, revealing his huge muscles. However, he is adept at doing detailed work and at using the ship's guns, especially the 6-pounders and the Armstrong gun. He sees Sharps as a gunner who he must out do for his honor.
• Sharps - Gunner - Former child slave, she wears cracked glasses but can double the firing range of any gun she is given. She is usually on the Mitralleuse guns and sees Borris as her shooting rival.
• Zhang - Engineer - A former child slave who went to the Ryukyuan Imperial Army. Re-joined Edoric after being kicked out for unlawful use of explosives to speed-bake bread. He is incredibly creative, but not all of his ideas work, or are sane.
• Lafayette - Chef - Former tavern keeper who lost his job, his casseroles and pastas are on par if not better than that of Royal Chefs.
• Rose - Logistics & Navigator - A sweet girl in charge of managing the fleet's supplies. She is one of the people who can read and is actually the daughter of a harbor master who ran away and end up on Edo's ship, circumstances are a private matter.

[Feisty-Pants]

Annaveya Kushrina

Name: Annaveya Kushrina, The Western Cross
Age: 26
Gender: Female

Physical Description:

Skills:
-Master of Aeronautical Combat
-Adept in Hand to Hand and Close Quarters Combat
-Negotiator in Mercantile / Business arrangements
-Bilingual - Kushrina Family's odd native tongue and common

History:
Historians always conflict with one another when they discuss the history of the Kushrina Line.

It is a matter of mixed opinion and conjecture, yet none can ever deny the fact the most powerful Mercantile family began rather small. A cluster of traders and tradesmen from the wastes of the desert towards the end of the Old Empire. Even through tragic and terrible Wars they prospered, sitting on the sidelines rather than getting involved and taking sides. As a result, the wealth they accumulated was absolutely massive, rather than those merchants who supplied weapons and got attacked by enemy nations, the Kushrina caravans supplied food and medicine equally for any who requested it.

Even so, such wealth did not go unnoticed as time drew on. Pirates, accursed Privateers on the seas and Raiders on the ground out for glory and greed often began to victimize Kushrina mercantile fleets. Initially, the family requested protection and assistance from military forces, and such a request was bitterly refused. As a result, ingenuity took upon it's shine to the family as they were the first to leave the hazards of the earth, and took to the skies. The first Airships they created were simple, cargo carrying structures that hauled goods and cash from one city to the next. They were slow, cumbersome, and could almost be matched by horses on the ground.

However, as their wealth began to continue accumulate even further, their stubbornness towards efficiency brought new invention to the skies. The Airships they and they alone controlled gradually became more sleek, faster, and even larger in comparison. Such drive soon brought about the invention of the Kushrina's Family's greatest prize during the emergence of the New Empire: The Dawn's Guard. It is an absolutely massive Airship. Some claiming it to be a literal city floating in the air, and others began to fear and despise it. Travel that once took months now could be completed in the matter of a few hours thanks to the Guard.

Yet it was created for once purpose. It was no longer a simple merchant ship.

It was heavily armed.

For the Kushrina family knew all too well that the ingenuity of Pirates had taken to the skies as well, and they intended to continue to protect their absolute control of wealth in the skies. Within The Dawn's Guard grew the family's private paramilitary force, subjected to extreme training the Kushrina family and their associates became the true elite aviators of the air, calling themselves "The Heaven's Lance", children of the main line of merchants were all required to join this service. For without the benefit of Magic, they had to resort once again to their inventiveness to insure the Family's survival.

Such invention brought about the first fighter Aircraft.

Launched from the Guard, these light, heavily armed, and incredibly fast while maneuverable machines could number from a handful to even dozens in a single attack wave. Which, when backed by the massive and elaborate weaponry on The Dawn's Guard, they could be used to remarkable levels of effectiveness. Again, Pirates suffered even greater losses from the sky as a Result, and other Mercantile Families soon took to the air and flooded the heavens. While respective governments suffered, the Kushrina Family began to flourish to even greater heights, as now Mercantile Families were also paying them for the escort of their goods. Such flowering prosperity then grew in the form of three more capital Airships.

The Heavens' Vanguard.

The Dauntless Wind.

And The Fated Endeavor

Each ship is home to four squadrons of Twenty-five Fighters each. Named after Valkyrie, each respectively have a directional and numerical denomination. The names that so many Pirates came to know and fear were Brynhildr, Hildr, Hrist, and Skuld. Each respective squadron specializing in specific types of warfare. Brynhildr and Hildr known for their ability to dominate the skies in Air-to-Air combat. Hrist for their remarkable intermixed Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground tactics, and lastly Skuld for Air-to-Sea. (For an example, Annaveya's aircraft call sign is "West Hrist 01")

Even at the utter dislike and nervousness of various nations, the Kushrina Armada had been truly born. Protecting the skies of their respective mercantile lines and even others of similar profession from Piracy. Some have even come to call them the "Nation of the Skies", even though they have no structured governmental setting. They are simply a company trying to protect their assets, and will do so with an Iron Fist.

These three new Capital Ships joined The Dawn's Guard in the skies in a continuing show of might and dominance in the four corners of the New Empire. From victories against even the most malicious Pirates, a new concept began to rise. Each Fighter Wing gained a new form of Rank, The Cross. Such distinction came only to the pilots of Kushrina blood who held the most prowess in the air. Named for each of their respective locations, the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern Crosses soon came to be known for the ferocity in which they engaged the enemy that attacked their family's incredible wealth. Rumor and legend often tell of their incredible ability to not only take on multiple enemy fighters at once, but also destroy their home ship at the same time.

This is often where historians finally discuss The Western Cross.

Known by such a name, it took years for them to discern the fact that her name was in fact Annaveya Kushrina. The heiress to the Kushrina Fortune, she is often claimed to be the greatest pilot of the age. Pushing Airship and Fighter performance to the very edge of the envelope time and time again. Though her business tact wasn't necessarily the best, her ability to command and control The Dawn's Guard fighter wing was absolutely unrivaled less for the other Crosses. It was in the Sky, rather than the Administrative side where she felt most at home, and her performance signified it.

It was the Western Cross that lead the other Four in an attack against the Pirate's Rebellion. Where hundreds of Pirates and Privateers banded together to bring down the Kushrina Capital Ships. Initially, the Pirates had planned to take them on one at a time, where they might stand a fair chance in combat.

Yet it was not in the Kushrina Family Blood to play fair.

With the growth of wealth, the growth of their control of the skies, massive and intricate spy networks then sprouted forward. And as a result, the Family knew very well that the Pirates were going to attack The Dawn's Guard all at once. It was a heavily clouded day that moment, and as the Guard hovered in the air, the Pirates surged forward in attack. With a rallying cry, they charged defiantly across the skies. And then the world itself changed.

Hellfire began to rain from the sky.

Dozens of Kushrina Fighters, numbering into the Hundreds dove in upon the attackers from above. And to their horror they saw something they hadn't expected. Four Crosses. Then from the clouds descended the four behemoth capital ships, each of them so massive that they could blot out the sun. All with their incredibly heavy weapons trained upon their adversaries and there was nothing else the Privateers could do.

Mercilessly, hundreds, if not thousands of Pirates died that day. The key victory solidified the skies for trade and commerce for the next several years, and made even government sanctioned navies shudder in the thought of taking on a Kushrina Capital Ship. Until at long last Pirates began to sprout up again and harass merchants once again. Having been a Cross since she was merely seventeen, Annaveya simply continued to hold command of her Wing, rejecting any further promotion at the disgruntlement of her father until she was forced at long last to take command of The Dawn's Guard at the age of 26.

Stubbornly, she still leads her Wing in combat.

Personality:
Of what is little known about Annaveya by historians, what is the most prevalent is her affection towards ruthless efficiency. Pirates upon being caught in the act were not even brought to a fair trial, and were executed on the spot. Often by her. Unafraid to get her hands dirty and into the trenches in the family's unending war against piracy, the odd contrast is that she's oddly benevolent towards those who are innocent. Even assisting competing Merchants while they fled from Pirate attackers. On the surface, the Kushrina family practices strictly moral business practices.

Though as historians delve deeper, they are beginning to find shrewd dealings between the family and the Crown. As well as other dealings with suspicious outside agencies independent of the Queen.

Equipment:
Six-Shot Revolver x2
Full-tang Combat Knives x4

The Kushrina Mercantile Family

An ancient merchant family known for thousands of years for spectacular business practices and ambitions, the Kushrina Family is headed by Alexandrov Kushrina the Eastern Cross, the commander of the fastest capital warship ever built, The Fated Endeavor. Known for their adventurous and daring tendencies, the family has risen from rags to become one of the most wealthy and a powerful autonomous force in the empire. Second only to the Empress and the military forces there accordingly.

Controlling and devoutly protecting seventy-five percent of the airship trade, and even the twenty-five percent they don't control, they continue as a business alongside commanding an elite, privately owned paramilitary force. Their prowess with building not only trade ships, but aerial instruments of war has granted them a valuable contract with building warships and trade ships for the Empire. Other smaller nations not united beneath the Empire's flag resent the existence of the family, but there is little that they can do other than be crushed beneath the Heel of a Kushrina Capital ship if they were to attack; and they know it.

Three of Alexandrov's children command the respected Airships outside of the Endeavor. With the youngest being Halion Kushrina the Northern Cross at the age of twenty, commanding the largest ship, The Dauntless Wind. The second being Emile Kushrina the Southern Cross at the age of twenty-two, commanding the most heavily armored ship, The Heavens' Vanguard. Lastly, the eldest daughter, Annaveya Kushrina the Western Cross at the age of twenty-six, commands the most heavily weaponized ship, The Dawn's Guard. The respective four crosses are known for two things: first and most infamously, their prowess in fighting in combat and aeronautical warfare. Second, their business cunning, and ability to recruit some of the most brilliant and ambitious minds in the world.

The people understand. If a Kushrina ship is the shadow which blots out the sun, they will be safe.

The respective Crosses can be seen below.

Alexandrov Kushrina, the Eastern Cross; Head of the Kushrina Family



Annaveya Kushrina, the Western Cross; Eldest Daughter, Heiress to the Family Fortune and Company



Emile Kushrina, the Northern Cross; Eldest Son



Halion Kushrina, the Southern Cross; Youngest Son

[Suku]

Name: Freya Hildegarde Sylfair the 28th
Age: 22
Gender: Female

Physical Description:


Skills:
Military Training
Expert Swordsman
Marksman

History: The kingdom of Archadia is ruled by the young queen and Freya and her ancestors devoted their life to defending it. Freya from a young age was trained for her current position her older sister before her untimely death taught her and groomed her for it. This was a majority of her life military and formal training was what she learned and lived off of. The Valkyries are an elite military division composed of female troops and officers. They are the head peace keepers and elite force of the military. Trained and raised by the valkyries she devotes herself to queen and country. Her name is one that is inherited by all head of the valkyrie division those who become head sacrifice their old name to inherit it. The Valkyrie division is sister to the Judges a all male military force under their queen who handles the keeping their borders safe and acting as diplomats. To everyone else beyond Valkyries they are known as your grace even amongst themselves.

Personality:
Freya is a kind soul who would rather enjoy the peace with their young queen the violence that has been happening. Though when it comes down to it Freya when her country and queen are in danger is anything but kind rather a cold and harsh person who is willing to make sacrifices needed for the betterment of their country.

Equipment:

- Blessed Valkyrie armor (standard valkyrie armor that has been blessed to stand up to most modern weapons)
- Divine Lance (A Standard Jousting styled lance has steam vents at sides to increase thrusting strength)
- Sanctified Sword (a standard sword issued with the valkyrie armor allows the user to dispel most fog/smoke)
- Gungnir(A rifle used and cared by Freya it is blessed in the fact that with the multiple augments it can’t miss a shot”)

Valkyrie Flagships
- Highwind (the main flagship for Freya it leads the airships of Archadia)
- Blackwind (main ship for the judges but has been sense given to the valkyries for their use)
- Windor (heavy armored ship serves as the queens personal transport also carries numerous smaller ships that can be released for battle)

[SepticGentleman]

Jolly Gutters

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Name: He does indeed have a real name. But his mind is so broken that he’d probably deny it even if he remembered what it was. Nowadays, he has taken to calling himself by the same name of the shipwreck he resides within – “Jolly Gutters”.
Age: Forty-something. He’s not quite sure anymore, but his guesses are always in the low forties.
Gender: Definitely a man. Crazy as Gutters is, he remembers that much.

Physical Description:

A tall, disheveled, filthy individual. Gutters looks to be a man who’s forgotten what bathing and shaving even mean, with wild black hair, a rampant beard, and a natural odor that invades the nose like a plague upon a village. His left eye is, quite clearly, no longer functional. He wears an assortment of tattered rags and a wide-brimmed hat, none of which have been washed in months.

But there’s something else about the man. Something unnatural. Blackened veins, easily visible through his pale skin, run down from his facial orifices, and end God-knows-where. As to their nature, it’s easy to say they’re by no mundane means. But it’s still a mystery, and one Gutters is not too mindful of anymore.

Skills:

Gutters was never a soldier. He was never a swordfighter or a pilot or a mechanic or anything even remotely useful in the Fog. But whatever sickness of the mind grips at him now, has turned him into such a rabid psychopath that his sheer desire to live and claim “the ancient treasure”, drives him to surpass just about any hardship he faces. Whether it’s by the man’s own skill, or luck, or the work of the force that possesses him, is anyone’s guess.

History:

As far as anyone would know of who Gutters was before he became what he is now, it’d be got from his demented ramblings, and then immediately all lost the moment he brought out the knife. So there’s no good there.

Rather, let’s look at Gutters’ surroundings. He’s a madman stuck on a wrecked airship in the thick of the Fog. The thing is absolutely ruined and the bodies of its former crewmen are littered everywhere, looking as they they’d been individually slaughtered. They are dressed in peasant rags and armor cobbled from scrap. The supplies have all been tapped into by Gutters himself for the good of his survival. There are weapons strewn about, most by the hands of the dead crewmen, indicating they’d all made one final stand against their last enemy. And they all failed – save for one.

Gutters talks to everyone, anyone, and no one, all at the same time. He talks about his knowing where an ancient treasure rests in the Smoke, something the value of which would rival Kushrina’s, Archadia’s, and many other nations’ wealth and power. He talks about how it would let a man drink of the infinite nothingness and spread it all out over the world, superseding the Fog and ushering in a new age of stark beauty and wonder.

And he talks about how it will be his. All his.

Personality:

Gutters is mad. He is loud, he is violent, and he often speaks in gibberish. But listen closely enough and maybe something can be made out from his inane babble. If he hasn’t run a dagger through you by then, that is.

Equipment:

Nothing but the clothes he wears and whatever’s still left on the shipwreck he currently treats as home.

[Blubaron45]

Lennard Kliemer

Name (Full name): Lennard Bronnard Elias Kliemer the Third
Age: 31
Gender: Male

Physical Description:
Height - 5'11
Eye Color - Green
Hair Color - Brown
A little more specifics - A almost ragged, handsome gentleman who off the bat seems as if he can handle himself quite well and not someone to mess with. Stocky and medium build.

Skills:
-Huge Aviation/Technology nerd (but he's also a low-key guy).
-War veteran.
-He also works time to time as a professional Pianist and part-time composer (Franz Schubert reference).
-Lennard also has a keen, observant eye which allows him to see patterns in things more than most people can.

History:
Lennard comes from a stable-income family who specifically work in an aviation department for a famous multinational corporation which specializes in both military and aviation technology. Since childhood, Lennard has always had a deep interest in mechanics and technology in general so much that he even took it as far as creating his first Airship steam-assembly engine at the age of eight; It would not be an over-statement to call the boy at the time a 'child prodigy' which caught the attention of aviation companies everywhere as he was taken on several occasions for job interviews for the company. However, his strange and narrow-minded obsessions with technology had made him drawn away from people and soon Lennard found himself out of a job.

During the great draft when he was 19, Lennard was called for duty and took the position as a Aviation Mechanic and a part-time battle air-naval aviator which required him to often fly patrol missions but would never be in any sort of danger due to his important role to his crew/staff members aboard their airship vessel. It was not until one day when the entire airship carrier he was on went off course, only to be shot down by enemy fire pilots/heavy artillery. The grand ship was taken down around 500 feet from the surface and crash landed behind enemy lines. Sadly, Lennard was one of the only crew members to survive as none of his good friends made it out alive as he and several other crew members had to survive and evade enemy patrols who began to hunt them down. Out of the 2000 naval crew members who were aboard that ship, only 155 men survived the crash, and out of the 155 men who survived the crash, only 6 men survived the events that later took place. This event changed Lennard's life forever, as he soon began to become a totally different person, one who completely had his optimism drained due to the consequences of seeing and doing terrible things in hasty moments of war in order to survive. Years after the incident, he was awarded a metal of honor by the high commander of the Royal Naval Air force, a medal (as well as any other badge he had earned during service) which he put on the graves of all his friends who had died during the war. Lennard now lives almost completely withdrawn from his family and works as a freelance who takes jobs from almost anyone including thieves, pirates, or even mob bosses.

Personality:
-A quick-witted, intelligent but also pessimistic person due to experiences from war.
-As his friends used to say, 'He's a modest and honest type of guy'
-Not very good at understanding people, he often can come off as 'too honest' or 'blunt' in his manner.

Equipment:
-.44 Magnum revolver
-.22 Caliber pistol
-.44 Magnum (new model), 'Len Khilen' lever action rifle he sometimes carries on hunts for Cliff-riders
-A handy Swiss-army knife
-A boot knife

Ships:
-A small, light armored flagship called the 'Lenore' (named after his ex-girlfriend) which comes complete with two small emergency air boats.
-Airboat used for short distances which is small enough to be used in city streets.

[Saltwater Thief]

Hider

Name: Michael Hartwind
Age: 25
Gender: Male

Physical Description:

Skills:
-Genius Mechanic
-Ace Pilot
-Master Marksman
-Skilled with improvised weaponry

History:
Michael Hartwind is one of the finest airship mechanics in Alalban, but you'll rarely hear his name in such circles. Most of those names have been employed by the king's army or lapped up by the Kushinra Company, and their position gives them prestige. But Michael Hartwind is what they call a specialist. He gets called in when those other big names can't figure out how to fix a problem; otherwise, he sticks to his own little shop out on the border between the Outer and Inner Fog. He fixes airships and ground vehicles mostly, but he has a few projects on the side. Most of them small things like a motorcycle or a jeep. But then there's his big one.

He calls it the Celsius . See, most customers come to him with broken airship parts, and ask for a replacement. Which he gives them. But then he takes the broken pieces and, on his own time, Michael fixes them up and puts them together as part of a fully customized, personally designed airship of his own. And, after 7 years' worth of such work, the Celsius is almost ready for its maiden voyage. Its mission; to become an airship that can brave the terrors of the Fog and reach World's End!

Personality:
Michael is a daredevil. He'll accept nearly any challenge, any bet against him, and take on anybody who tells him he can't. A free spirit by nature, Michael lives for traveling and hates being tied down. Which is why he's refused all offers to join a broader organization, even when the eldest daughter of the Kushinra Family herself approached him in person.

Equipment:
-Mechanic's Magic Box: Contains any tool a good mechanic might ever need.
-Single Shot Rifle
-Hilde: A large wrench that Michael uses to fix his large problems. Usually irate business partners.

[Girlie Go Boom]

~Later~~

[ACHTUNG]

Hider

Name: Alexandra Nikos
Age: Twent-Seven
Gender: Female

Physical Description:


Skills:
Doing things and making things.
Along with basic skills needed for a human being to live.

History:
Alexandra... never had a family in the traditional sense, well everyone should have one but she just don't remember hers. The closest thing to a family she got was an old smith at one of the post towns that tied the roads and paths of the country together. She learned via experience and practice how to work Earthly things like metals and stone from the old man. And as with all stories like these there'd come a time she'd have to leave the comforts of home and run off to start her own story and maybe find out something, anything about her actual family.

The basic skills she learned was the basis for which her small band of freelancers was founded. To eek out a living she performed odd jobs and doing so, she learned what she could do and what she could not. Which began her early quest to learn. her goal was simple. Help people do what it is they needed to do and learn how to do as many things as it is possible. At first her companions started out being people who had a skillset that was different from hers but over time the people of the "Crew" learned from one another and became jack of all trades AND masters of em.

That was five years ago. Now "Frontier Services" have grown to be a small but significant player in every field one could imagine. Be it from pathfinding through jungles and savannas, Building things from houses to airships, Mapping inhospitable territories on the edge of various kingdoms, Serving as artillery and gunners for whatever little conflict that needs extra firepower, And even catering. Their motto was "We do everything, and if we can't then we learn how to"

Personality:
Straightforward and practical. Sociable and overtly pedantic, with a playfulness and hints of a tomboy character.

Equipment:

The company currently have twenty lorries at their disposal, almost all of them being Scammell Pioneers, slow and steady beasts of iron, what which they lack in speed, they make up for in sheer unstoppability. The lorries range from just simple cargo carrying box bodies and flatbeds to mobile workshops, factories and even living quarters. Complementing the metallic beasts are beasts of flesh and blood, a dozen elephants for both carrying and hauling things along in places where feet and legs work better than wheels and tires.

Her personal equipment of notable mention are her tools and her guns.

[Suku]

Name: Alyss Drake
Age: 14
Gender: Female

Physical Description:

"Remember my name by the death of my Father's passing! Alyss Drake! I am the girl who shall set the sun! It's time! The Queen of storms, a swarm of ghosts, The rain of gunfire this is the beginning of our Wild Hunt! THE RISE OF LEVIATHANS CLAW!"

Skills:

dagger/martial arts(focuses on kicks) fighting
Gambling
Black market dealing
Sharp shooter with multiple fire arms
adept with aeronautical combat

History:

Alyss proudly runs what many would consider a "semi illegal" business and gladly makes corrections when she hears people make that mistake. Beyond that her past life is not one filled with joy and wonder rather she grew up little more than a indentured servant for a noble. Working as a maid for a few years of life. She was than rescued by a roaming privateer feeling sorry for the young girl he took her in and taught her everything he knew. This lasted for a few a while but he was eventually gunned down by a pirate. Seeing the death of her "father" she quickly grabbed a pistol from a nearby corpse and shot the one who did so killing him. Seeing as the one who did the deed was dead she did what her "father" told her to do when all is said and done loot the ones who did you the most harm. So keeping those words in mind she took his hat and his curved dagger. These later on became her signature along with her "fathers" rifle though it was still a tad to large for her. She quickly took control of her "fathers" work though continuing where he left off earning the crew's respect at her quick kill of the pirate who shot the captain. With her in charge they quickly became something more than just a privateer crew expanding and eventually letting them become a "business" of sorts.
Time line of events
forced to work as a maid for corrupt noble 4-6
taken in as apprentice (daughter) of a well known privateer 6-10
Takes former privateer crew and expand it to a known business 10-12
Turns the "business" into Leviathan' Claw 12-14

Personality:

Alyss likes living life to its fullest and does to living from one of her fancies to the next without a true care. She might in outwards look have a nice carefree type personality but she can get serious when she needs to. With all that said and done she care little for her own life and at times others but there are a few she cares for. She would fight tooth and claw for those she cares for. With that said her actual personality is hard to place down exactly.

Equipment:

• pistol
• Curved dagger
• double sided coin
• 2 hidden daggers in boot heels
• deck of playing cards
• Platinum Binoculars
• custom rifle

[Diabolicalrhapsody]

Hider

Name: Solomon Jadek (pronounced Ya-Deck), Nicknamed 'Tiger-Shark'
Age: 39
Gender: Male

Physical Description:



His Face:

Skills:
- Skilled Dogfighter (Close combat aerial manuevers)
- Expert Marksman (I am going the Sharpshooter way, i.e Rifles and long distances.)
- CQC Specialist (Mix of Jiu-jitsu and Muay Boran)

History:
Father to a murdered daughter, husband to a slaughtered wife and son to a tortured mother. Life took a turn for the insane for Solomon soon after he retired from the Royal Airforce after near fatal accident. The will to spend time with his family paramount after being reminded of his mortality. They were going for a picnic on the Isle of Solistium when their air caravan was attacked by Pirates. Pirates with an axe to grind as he had taken out their leader and most of their elite team.

While all the hostages were captured and kept in the hull. He and his family was taken to the bridge and he was made to see them torture his loved ones. First his daughter, all of 8 years was taken from him, then his beloved wife and finally his loving mother. A holiday turned to nightmare when finally the pirates took to torturing him.

By fate, their party was crashed by none other than The Western Cross, Scourge of the Skies and Tormentor of Bandits in the Sky. Personal forces of Annaveya Kushrina took the ship by surprise and he was luckily or unluckily saved, his face disfigured and his body nearly broken. It took him some rehabilitation before making a full recovery. But his former colleagues now employed with the wealthy Kushrina will attest that he wasn't the same man.

Something sinister had awakened inside him that fateful day and Annaveya Kushrina known for being a ruthless and calculating scion, may just have found her Dark Templar.

Personality:
He was once a happy and funny man, replete with tongue-in cheek jokes he was a life of the party. A skilled fighter pilot and a great drinking bud, he was quite the woman's man with his suave looks and overwhelming charm but he was loyal to his lovely wife and devoted to his family.

It has all changed though, those under his command will swear to the fact that they haven't heard or seen him laugh in almost three years now. He just looks coldly at the screen while patrolling the skies and isn't afraid to engage when a bandit ship is sighted. Often extinguishing the projected threat with extreme prejudice and overwhelming force. He is known to take no prisoners figuratively as even those who he has captured have never survived an interrogation with him.

He resigns himself in a dark room totally devoid of light when he is not on-duty and likes to be alone. A Master level swordsman, he is comfortable even in fights where guns seem to fail, often jumping into the fray ahead of even advance troops and wrecking shit. It is assumed that he shares a weird relationship with Annaveya, often improvising on her orders if he sees better results in offering. It is assumed that their may be a scope for a romance seeing how similar they are in character.

Equipment:

- Kushrina Arms Modified Bolt-action Rifle nicknamed "Efrat"
- Kushrina Arms Modified Pump-Action Shotgun "Irit"
- Bladed Gauntlets nicknamed "Natalie"
- Keys to his fighter craft "Black Tiger"
- pack of filter-less cigarettes and matches.