Sabre Seesaw - sailor of the seven seas
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Character name: Sabre Seesaw
Account name: Karnivorrr_The world was blue, rocking gently back and forth. An inquisitive seagull floated past on unmoving wings…upside down. A small, jewellike ship approached slowly on the horizon, its shape beautifully outlined against the shimmering azure ocean. The young girl hanging upside down from her knees high up in the lookout point of the ship smiled at the sight, idly swinging to and fro with the rolling of the ship....then she noticed the hostile flag being hoisted by the closing vessel.
"Incoming!!!" she yelled, her voice shrill with sudden fear. "Incoming, incoming, all men on decks!" She scurried down the mast, hearing the alarm spreading all across the ship. Men rushed by, gripping their weapons, manning the guns and shouting. In the midst of the chaos she spotted her mother, standing at the helm. She looked beautiful and terrible, her green eyes blazing as she barked her orders to the crew. "Sahlee, down below deck, now!" The girl hurried below, doing her best to avoid bumping into the men rushing in the opposite direction. She hid....
The sounds of battle shook the ship, going on and on for what seemed like an eternity. Finally the girl couldn't stand waiting, she had to see what was happening though she was by far too young to be of any help in the fray. Picking up a meat cleaver, Sahlee cautiously picked her way up on deck. The scene was gruesome, with dead and dying of both sides all around her, and what was worse was the fact that her own blackclad crew seemed far less numerous than the red attackers. Near the helm she again spotted her mother, fighting like a furie against half a dozen assailants, rallying the remnants of her men to her in one last stand, but they were losing...
"Sahlee!" A hoarse whisper to her left, she looked down and saw Hanr, the ships grizzled old cook, waving her over to a sheltered spot. "Quickly child, this will nae end well....they mustn't know ye be Raven's lass". Hanr grabbed her close and with a swift move cut her long black braids off. "Ye be the scullery boy, alrite lass? Shh....nae cry...ah'll do me best ta keep ye safe, but nae a word about yer mother, ye hear?" The girl nodded numbly, seeing her mother fall in the distance as if though a haze..._
Many years later, a short and slim figure disembarks in the Peltarch Docks. Going by the name Sabre Seesaw, the young woman still habitually wears a boy's guise when it suits her purposes. Since her childhood days she has travelled many seas, constantly on the move until now, when the ghoul attacks caused her ship to sink with most of the crew on board. Sabre is currently seeking employment in the Docks District of the city.
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