Edwin

Blood and fire, salt water and frozen winds.

That was how I was born into this world and how I was reborn into it and it will likely be how I leave it, if I have my say. I was born on a boat rocked and ravaged by a storm beaten on all sides with wind and waves but in the end, damaged but whole, it came through and so did I. I’m a survivor at heart, I do what it takes to get by. My mother was being smuggled over into the country from somewhere else in Europe. Maybe Russia, who knows? She died before I was old enough to find out and it was into children’s services I went, getting adopted by a couple of middle class royalty loving simpletons. Because I was a quiet and sullen boy they gave me a new name. Edwin Joseph De’Ath. I’m sure they thought it sounded high class.

But I was a trouble maker from the start. I was 10 or so on the beach with friends, a beaver scout trip. Storm blew in real fast and real mean. We were supposed to help put out the fire and head for shelter but I didn’t want to, the wind and the fire was lovely. Pretty in a way.

He tried to pull me, I pushed him. He pushed back and then the fight was on. In the end we both got burned and I bit off one of his fingers. It was the taste of blood in my mouth that did it for me. Someone else’s blood. I woke up to the real world and I knew I was different. I ran then, disappearing into the wilderness for a couple of weeks. I was tracked down quick enough by a nasty piece of work Eshu who knew and dealt with some of my kind. Redcaps. He took me to them and it was there I learned what I was.

I eventually went back home after a while, my parents seemed to forget about my difficulties given I’d been missing a couple of months. I lived with them for a while longer, taking advantage of their generosity and love to ensure I would be alright on my own. I learned what I had to learn from my new family and my old family before I cut all ties and went out on my own. The ocean called to me. I was young enough but I looked older and I lied my way onto a salvage boat and it was there I learned my craft. How to man a boat, how to pick a spot and dive for whatever remained below the waves. How to tell the weather from the feel of the air, the look of the sky.

By the time I once more struck out on my own, buying my own boat…more or less…I had a special lucky golden coin salvaged from a wreck mostly picked clean. I also had a reputation among the sort of people who want to bring things to shore and avoid customs. The captain of the boat I served on dealt with them and when I struck out on my own I had a word with them, let them know I was a private contractor and if they wanted to make use of my services, they could reach me at a number I provided. I didn’t need to advertise that shit, the word would spread among those who needed to know.

Course lately things have been getting a little tense inland with tensions rising between folks. I can smell blood and fire on the wind, sure as the sun rises in the east. That sort of thing brings a bit of a smile to my face. These are the times when a man could make a fortune. Course I can’t get involved in that shit just now. I gotta protect my own interests and that involved getting something of mine back. I was out at a rowdy event maybe six months ago, had more to drink that I should have. I’d thought it was a good night that ended with a great fight. Didn’t notice until I got home that one of my teeth was missing. Now I ain’t superstitious much, but that’s a chance I can’t take. Taken me awhile to track down who it was that has my tooth, but I found her. Now I just gotta get it back.

Chimerical Items

Auto-Ratcheting Crossbow

Magic Gold Coin (Dragon's Ire 2) This gold coin had a crescent moon carved on one side of it and a coiled dragon's tail on the other. Once per lunar cycle he may flip the coin before a fight with another and call heads or tails. If he wins the toss he will gain the benefit of "Confounding Coils" but if he loses the toss, his opponent gains this bonus instead. When the toss happens the beneficial party then rolls and gained the benefit as per normal, even if they do not have Dragon's Ire, the coin grants them the poower

Cutlass

Dagger

Freebie Point Spending

3 freebies gained by taking "Stolen Tooth" flaw

2 freebies spent to buy 1 dot in Kenning

4 freebies spent to buy 2 dots in Streetwise

6 freebies spent to buy 3 dots in Subterfuge

6 freebies spent to buy 3 dots in Drive

6 freebies spent to buy 3 dots in Sailing

1 freebies spent to buy 1 dot in Chimera

1 freebie spent to buy 1 dot in Dreamers

2 freebies spent to buy 1 dot in Willpower