SEVERUSMAX
Benevolent Master
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Patrick Cavanaugh was an Irishman, but he was no man's tenant. He had flee from Limerick, spent some time on a Royal Navy vessel, and then turned pirate. Now, at last, he had his own ship (well, stolen from slavers, which didn't exactly haunt his conscience). Other men might complain about food on the ship, but to him, it beat the dull and unsatisfying diet of an Irish tenant farmer's table. Everything beat being an Irish tenant farmer. Kowtowing to the damned English! Never again! Cavanaugh was his own man, his own master, and captain of a ship. The Brian Boru, his choice of name, and his crewmen were all Irishmen like himself. All loyal to their new "chief"....old clannish tendencies resurfacing and giving them more loyalty to him than most crewmen gave buccaneer captains.
At 34, he was strong, tough, hardened, ruthless, and quite happy to use this ship, the Brian Boru, to be the terror of the seas off the shores of Brazil. Preying off of slave ships, since he found them more vulnerable than most.
This time, he and his crew have captured a Portugese slaver and killed the entire crew. The slaves were sold off elsewhere for additional profit. Only the cabin boy was saved, because Cavanaugh privately suspected that "he" was no boy. Shorter hair or not, he knew a woman when he saw one. He just didn't tell his crew, because he wanted this girl all for himself. The old Irish temper and clan chief's prerogatives taking the form of jealousy.
And Cavanaugh was a VERY jealous man. He just didn't know why. He killed one man back in Limerick over the affections of a tavern wench. And very nearly got hanged for it. He knew that the wench was a strumpet, but he couldn't help his jealousy. He was insanely jealous of any woman who caught his eye....so he wasn't about to let the crewmen onto the cabin boy's secret....let them think that this was just a Brazilian cabin boy from Brazil......something about her lovely skin....indicative of mixed ancestry.
He determined to know the girl's name....and why she was disguised as a cabin boy....as well as getting her for himself....his lust and passion raging in him...now to be released, since they had docked at last with their booty at Port Royal, heart of piratedom.
OOC: Yes, I know that I don't normally make my characters jealous, but this is a different character and I wanted to do something different. Besides, it comes in handy this time. Besides, he's a hot-blooded, redhaired Irish peasant turned pirate. What do you expect?
Patrick Cavanaugh was an Irishman, but he was no man's tenant. He had flee from Limerick, spent some time on a Royal Navy vessel, and then turned pirate. Now, at last, he had his own ship (well, stolen from slavers, which didn't exactly haunt his conscience). Other men might complain about food on the ship, but to him, it beat the dull and unsatisfying diet of an Irish tenant farmer's table. Everything beat being an Irish tenant farmer. Kowtowing to the damned English! Never again! Cavanaugh was his own man, his own master, and captain of a ship. The Brian Boru, his choice of name, and his crewmen were all Irishmen like himself. All loyal to their new "chief"....old clannish tendencies resurfacing and giving them more loyalty to him than most crewmen gave buccaneer captains.
At 34, he was strong, tough, hardened, ruthless, and quite happy to use this ship, the Brian Boru, to be the terror of the seas off the shores of Brazil. Preying off of slave ships, since he found them more vulnerable than most.
This time, he and his crew have captured a Portugese slaver and killed the entire crew. The slaves were sold off elsewhere for additional profit. Only the cabin boy was saved, because Cavanaugh privately suspected that "he" was no boy. Shorter hair or not, he knew a woman when he saw one. He just didn't tell his crew, because he wanted this girl all for himself. The old Irish temper and clan chief's prerogatives taking the form of jealousy.
And Cavanaugh was a VERY jealous man. He just didn't know why. He killed one man back in Limerick over the affections of a tavern wench. And very nearly got hanged for it. He knew that the wench was a strumpet, but he couldn't help his jealousy. He was insanely jealous of any woman who caught his eye....so he wasn't about to let the crewmen onto the cabin boy's secret....let them think that this was just a Brazilian cabin boy from Brazil......something about her lovely skin....indicative of mixed ancestry.
He determined to know the girl's name....and why she was disguised as a cabin boy....as well as getting her for himself....his lust and passion raging in him...now to be released, since they had docked at last with their booty at Port Royal, heart of piratedom.
OOC: Yes, I know that I don't normally make my characters jealous, but this is a different character and I wanted to do something different. Besides, it comes in handy this time. Besides, he's a hot-blooded, redhaired Irish peasant turned pirate. What do you expect?
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