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[Azgulor]

Aidan Turandal

Human male, Ghostly Buccaneer 1

Str 15 (+2), Dex 14 (+2), Con 14 (+2), Int 12 (+1), Wis 10, Cha 14 (+2)
HP = 12 [10+2]
AC = 15 (13 flat-footed, 12 vs. touch attacks)
Initiative = +2 (+2 Dex)
BAB = +1; Grapple = +3
Melee = +3, Ranged = +3
Fort = +4, Ref = +2, Will = +0

Skills [24 points] – Ranks (Total Bonus)
Balance – 2 (+4), Bluff – 2 (+4), Climb – 3 (+6), Gather Info – 2 (+4), Intimidate – 3 (+5), Jump - 1 (+3), Knowledge (Arcana) – 1 (+2), Knowledge (Local-Freeport) – 3 (+4), Profession (merchant) – 1 (+1), Profession (sailor) – 1 (+1), Swim – 3 (+5), Use Rope – 2 (+4)

Feats: Improved Unarmed Strike, Power Attack
Special Abilities: Fearless

Languages: Common, 1 unselected bonus language

Description: 21-yrs old. Shoulder-length black hair worn tied back. 6’ tall, 180 lbs. Green shirt, grey breeches, black boots. Studded leather armor.

Equipment:
Scimitar
2 Daggers
Throwing Axe
Studded Leather armor
Traveler’s Outfit (+1 spare)
2 Belt Pouches (1 contains Thunderstone)
Backpack

Backpack contents:
Flint & Steel
50’ Rope
Grappling Hook
spare Traveler’s outfit
Whetstone
2 Sacks (empty)

Background:
The son of one of Freeport’s mercantile families, Aidan Turandal was to learn the family shipping business the old fashioned way: by serving on one of the ships under his father’s tutelage. Unfortunately for his father, Aidan was drawn to the rowdier side of a pirate's life more than to the life of a respected merchant. Aidan was always one to look for a fight or a woman, and if he could have a fight and then woo a woman, so much the better. Determined to teach his son manners, his father forced him to remain in town until his 21st birthday. On his maiden voyage, Aidan shipped out as his father’s apprentice, eager to learn, delighted to finally be at sea, and ready for adventure.

What Aidan didn’t know (because he was too busy fighting and wenching to really focus on his duties) was that the family business was in trouble…serious trouble. Several ships had been raided, cargo was stolen from warehouses, and business partners were severing ties. His father hid the majority of the details from his family and had gambled the future of the business on this run.

Whatever forces were working against the family, however, had planned well. While only a few days at sea, during the chaos of a storm, the crew mutinied. Aidan’s father was slain and the captain as well. Aidan thought he would die with the other officers but the ship capsized in the storm.

Aidan was pulled out of the water by a ship heading to Freeport a week later. The bright-eyed young man who had embarked on the voyage of his life returned home a dark shadow of his former self. He learned that his mother and sister had been murdered two days after his departure.

Aidan has since sold what few belongings he found hidden away that the debt-collectors hadn’t found. Most were curios and tomes his father gathered on his journeys. Aidan sold them to the Athenaeum, but in addition to selling the items, he began inquiring about strange lore, specifically regarding tales or legends of people who succeed in breaking pacts involving the selling of one's soul…

...and at night, when a wench shares his bed, they can hear him murmuring in dream-haunted sleep, "Umberlee".