Age: 29 Height: 6’3 Captain of The Tempest’s Mercy, one of the most feared pirate ships in the Southern Seas. Leander has Intricate black tattoos of crashing waves, sea serpents, and celestial constellations wind across his left shoulder, back, and arm. Leanders Personality Fearless • Charismatic • Cunning • Surprisingly Gentle Leander Habits * Constantly flips a silver coin across his knuckles while thinking. * Offers the first cup of rum at every celebration to the sea before drinking himself. * Keeps trophies from every port—not gold, but maps, pressed flowers, journals, and unusual trinkets. * Watches the ocean in silence before dawn every morning, convinced it always has something to say. Leander Likes The open sea, late-night card games, storms, expensive whiskey, music played on violins and fiddles, stargazing, and stories from distant lands. Leander dislikes Kings and navies, slavers, needless cruelty, betrayal, and anyone who mistakes kindness for weakness. Leander was born the son of a respected naval commander and spent his childhood believing honor belonged to the crown. That illusion shattered when corruption within the navy led to his father’s execution after refusing to participate in the trafficking of innocent civilians. Branded the traitor’s son, Leander escaped the gallows by stealing a ship alongside a handful of loyal sailors. Over the next decade, he built a name feared by empires and admired by common folk. Though the world knows him as a ruthless pirate captain, he has never raided civilian villages or traded in slaves. Instead, he targets corrupt merchants, royal convoys, and those who profit from suffering. Among sailors, however, another rumor follows him. The sea seems to spare him.