#Klydstein

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Meet The Crew! 🏴‍☠️

I've decided it would be fun to develop Eleni's backstory a little bit, and what better way than to dive in to the people who made her the way she is!

I never thought much about doing this before, but I do love fleshing out little details like this, so I decided to pick out some Faceclaims and some personality traits for Eleni's old crewmates!

First and Foremost! The Captain!

Great Captain Klydstein, Eleni's adoptive father.

Moody but with a heart of gold, big guy, bulky. A brute who could out-drink nearly everyone. Never had kids or married, but would be damned if he let a young girl bent on revenge and determined slip away and get hurt. Not always the most emotionally supportive, but he always meant well.

Faceclaim: Ian McShane

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Arne, the Captain's Right Hand Man and Helmsman.

A goofier member of the crew, more like Eleni's fun uncle. He liked to braid hair and often helped younger Eleni with braids and hairstyles. He encouraged Eleni to shave her head after she lost some hair in a battle, and helped her put it into a cool Mohawk.

Faceclaim: Magnus Bruun

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Braggi, Quartermaster.

More serious, liked lurking in the shadows. Quick for a fight, Loyal to a fault. Would rather die than see a loved one injured. Hot-tempered, equal parts bark and bite. Taught Eleni how to use a sword. Also was the one who found Eleni dying in the storage room after she'd been stabbed in the gut and brought her to the doctor.

Faceclaim: Tobias Santelmann

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Hjalmar, Doctor

Not one with the best bedside manner, but he tries. Can name your bones as he breaks them, but prefers to stay to the back or the side in a fight, surveying and watching. Would rather heal the injured than get into the fight himself, so is often dragging his injured crewmates to safety to patch them up quicker.

Faceclaim: Ben Robson

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Arkyn, Navigator

A good sharpshooter, even when drunk, quick tempered, likes to fight out his problems, good at going unnoticed, is the person who knows a lot of people and shady deals. Often the one who 'knows a guy' when they need something done. Best not to question it.

Faceclaim: Austin Amelio

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Audun, Cook

Quiet, mild mannered, prefers solidarity and alone time, often found fishing off the helm to get food for the crew. Good support in a fight, works primarily with knives.

Faceclaim: Leo Suter

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😳 an embarassing moment for Eleni!

Eleni grits her teeth a little. "Ah, of all the questions you had to ask, it would be this one. Well, uh--" she lets out a sigh. Best to get it out. She sits forward in her chair, hands on her knees.

"Now I'm sure it's no surprise I don't get embarrassed easily." To demonstrate just how unbothered she was, she opened her long jacket to show she wasn't even wearing a shirt underneath. "But, putting that aside, being stuck on a ship for months with nothing but gruff men does have its downfalls. Specifically, a monthly downfall, if you catch my drift. At this point in my life, I couldn't give two shits who knew what was going on in my body. But at thirteen? Yeah. Let's just say puberty isn't kind to pirates. Imagine having to go up to the captain of the ship-- this huge bulky dude who you've watched punt an intruder off the bow-- and ask him for new underwear."

She just shakes her head. It's not so much embarrassing, because she knew her younger self blew it up in her head, but she could remember it vividly. Her young self, still with a large mop of curly black hair instead of her mohawk, timidly tapping Captian Klydstein on the shoulder.

"Uh... Captain. I--I think there's something wrong with me. I... I can't stop bleeding."

"Good heavens, girl, where did you get hurt?" He circled her, looking for her wounds.

Eleni, nervous, crumpled in on herself a little as a cramp sent her body reeling. "Ahh, I don't knowww," she whimpered. "My stomach hurts and... And I just keep... bleeding."

"Did you drink poison?" The Captain's face went pale and he checked her pulse. This didn't feel any more reassuring. Her chest felt tight with worry. Was she going to die!?

"I-I don't think so... I had wine with the crew last night-! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have, but-- ahgh!"

"Well the crew seems fine, but--" then a light seemed to go on in his head. "Eleni, how old are you?"

"I'm, uh, thirteen?" She said timidly. Nowhere near the confidence she had now.

Then the Captain smiled, relieved. "Ah. Okay. I have a daughter around your age, I think I know what the culprit is. Go see the medic for the pain and then I think we need to have a talk."

Even now, Eleni rubs at her neck nervously. "Honestly, it could've been a lot worse. But having to hear the birds and the bees talk, not from family, but from your boss, a pirate clearly untrained in any form of female health, was a bit unnerving for teenage me. That might have been some, uh, TMI shit, but hey. You asked. So yeah. Getting the puberty talk from the Captain has got to be one of the most embarrassing things that happened to me. God, they needed a girl on that ship so badly." She just laughs now.