[hider="Red" Raphe Alan Leveret][b]NAME:[/b] "Red" Raphe Alan Leveret

[b]SEX:[/b] Male

[b]DATE OF BIRTH:[/b] 10/30/1684

[b]PLACE OF BIRTH;[/b] Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

[b]BACKSTORY:[/b]  The son of a middle class low-ranking naval officer, Raphe Leverett had as good a childhood as can be expected. There was a charity school nearby, which he did well enough in, but he commonly got into fights with the other boys behind the schoolhouse. When he was 14, he became the cabin boy on a Royal Navy ship, where he learned the ins and outs of sailing and ship hierarchy. A couple years later he jumped ship in Italy, after witnessing many impressive feats of swordplay and shooting; an advertising campaign by a martial school. Raphe got a job at the school as a janitor, but was almost fired when his boss caught him mimicking the students with his broom. Luckily, the master of the school saw him too, and noticed the boy's natural talent. 

After several years of training, he traveled to Spain to participate in a competition. There, he met the wife of a participant that he didn't end up fighting and they both fell in love. The absconded to the south of Spain, and there they lived for a long time before the angry husband found them. After looking for a job, Raphe came home to the husband stabbing his former wife through her pregnant abdomen. After a long and painful duel, he killed the husband. He believes that had he been a better swordsman, he would have been able to save his wife. He turned to piracy to find adventure, money, and practice the generally frowned upon hobby of becoming a more efficient killing machine.

[b]APPEARANCE:[/b]  5'8"; well muscled, but still flexible; medium-length auburn hair kept in a ponytail, sideburns and stubble; wears navy blue breeches and a dark red leather frock coat, with a navy and red striped sash; he wears two braces of pistols and an early ringed rapier, with a stout throwing axe tucked into his belt; his arms are covered in countless small red X tattoos. I'll get a picture later.

[b]MOTIVATION:[/b] Wants adventure, cash, and to be a better fighter

[b]SKILLS/STRENGTHS:[/b] Expert swordsman and sharpshooter; good secret keeper; moves extremely quietly; speaks spanish and some italian

[b]WEAKNESSES:[/b] Teamwork, especially in a fight; recklessly impulsive; obsessed with becoming stronger/better fighter, to his own detriment; violent drunk

[b]ROLE ON SHIP:[/b] Master Gunner

[b]NAME OF SHIP:[/b] The Zodiac's Warning

[b]NAME OF CAPTAIN:[/b] Theodore de la Cruz

[b]SHIP DESCRIPTION/SPECS:[/b] [i]The Zodiac's Warning[/i] is a 13 gun brig, carrying 10 broadside 12-pounders on the main deck, 2 long 8-pound bow chasers, and 1 long 9-pound stern chaser, as well as 4 swivel guns, mounted 2 at the fore and 2 at the aft. At any given moment, it carries a crew complement of around 100, including the officers and their mates. The mainsail and Jolly Roger are decorated with paintings of the Chinese Zodiac, and the leafed figurehead depicts a snarling hound.
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