Name: Hope Kyd

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance: [IMG]http://digital-art-gallery.com/oid/28/608x700_6466_Beatrice_2d_character_pirate_girl_woman_fantasy_picture_image_digital_art.jpg[/IMG]

Personality: Hope is her own woman and any man having doubts has run aground. She is famous for her aggression in combat many saying it is with blood that her hair was dyed red. Honest to a point her word is trusted only among those who share passage with her, everyone else is merely a sheep before shearing. She is a lusty woman enjoying her drink and the company fair where she might find them.

History: Hope's past is as shifting as the grains of sand on any beach. She is a runaway bride of noble lineage, her father the lost son of royalty an she a princess. But the Best of the lot are that she is the daughter of William Kidd and a Sea witch or she is the Heir to Calypso the Sea Nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for seven years as he tried to return home to his wife an country. 

What is known of Hope is that at one time several years ago she was married to a bold Captain by name of Samuel Bellamy though this would make her his third wife an he a true bigamist. Known as "The Prince of Pirates or Black Sam" Captain Bellamy died at the age of only 28 after having taken an estimated 53 prizes. Some believe that Hope knows the key to or is pivotal to discovering the Key to Black Sam's treasure.

Harried by the Navies of the world who thought that she knew the location of his treasure forced Hope to flee the civilized world to escape their aggravation an threats

Skills: Hope is an excellent swords woman having practiced with Black Sam when they were together and after he had left for sea. She fights often in the Main gauche style preferring a trident dagger to a sword breaker in her off hand.
Gymnast Hope has a natural ability for climbing and swinging which she uses to allow her to be one of the better top men on her ship.
Knots an Ropes, having a skill coupled with her gymnastics means that she is a good person in the masts. 
Weather Witch: Hope has a knack for reading the pattern of clouds an winds and is a fair predictor of the coming weather
Pistol dueling: Hope is very familiar with the use an care of pistols and this skill is due to her having fought several successful duels.

Equipment: 1 Cupped Cutlass
3 Flint lock pistols 
3 Daggers hidden 
1 Trident (Parrying) dagger
1 Sea Bag with two changes of clothing and an extra pair of boots

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