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Edward Teach
by Edward Teach Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:36 pm
DOSSIER: DEMON
”And really bad eggs.”
BASIC DETAILS
”And really bad eggs.”
BASIC DETAILS
NAME:
Edward Teach
ALIASES:
Blackbeard, Edward Thatch, Devil of the Seven Seas, Captain of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, The Pirate Whom All Pirates Fear, The Devil’s Brother, The Black Corsair
AGE:
332 years old; died sometime in his late thirties.
APPARENT GENDER:
Male.
HOMESPHERE:
The Black Sea.
PICTURE: DEMON:
- Spoiler:
PICTURE: MORTAL:
N/A.
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PERSONAL DETAILS
DEMON DESCRIPTION:
Blackbeard earned most of his sinister reputation as a pirate through his great size and his naturally intimidating facial features. There wasn’t a single man among his crew that never doubted he was a brother to the Devil himself, and rightfully so, for he made full use of his scary visage and many other tricks to maintain their respect and instill fear into the hearts of civilians everywhere. Unusually large for a man of his time period, Teach towers over the smaller demons at six feet and five inches and weighs in at an intimidating two-hundred and thirty pounds of fat and musculature. What little skin he shows off underneath all of the clothes he wears indicates a pale complexion, indicative of an almost-exclusively nocturnal activity cycle. Teach earned his infamous cognomen by deliberately cultivating his facial hair into a great beard that covered his whole face, merged with his messy hair, and was as black as coal, braiding it into tiny tails with ribbons and beads in order to create the distinctive pirate look he is believed to have popularized.
Most of the apparel he wears builds on such a look, as well. Blackbeard wears an apple red bandana atop his head, kept neatly tucked beneath a dark brown, wide-brimmed hat that he never adventures without. Its tailoring is closer to that of a cavalier hat instead of the tricornes that were often associated with the pirate stereotype, given gold trimmings and further decorated with extravagant, gray feather plumes that flow with the wind as if they were made of smoke. Blackbeard typically wears a white, frilled poet blouse—a common pirate garment—underneath a long, belted waistcoat in dirty brown tones, keeping his shirt stuffed inside a pair of brown linen trousers, which in themselves are inserted into his rugged, leather sea boots of Georgian design, the uppers folded over at the knees to further exaggerate his pirate ensemble. A black overcoat, styled to take on a more European flair with its folded cuffs and the silver accents embroidered into its fabric completes the whole ensemble, fitted perfectly against his large frame and finalized with a great red sash tied around his waist.
MORTAL DESCRIPTION:
The mighty pirate intentionally sculpted his own image into one that could sow the seeds of fear into the minds of the weak, and sees himself as demonic enough, despite having been a resident of Inferis for well over three-hundred years. Blackbeard defiantly eschews the use of a Mortal Form and frankly believes he doesn’t need one. He feels that hiding behind a false mask would be considered a form of cowardice.
PERSONALITY:
Edward Teach, more infamously recognized by his moniker “Blackbeard”, may not have wrote the book on piracy, but he undoubtedly holds the honor of being one of the greatest and most notorious marauders to have ever roamed the seas, even if he wasn’t the most financially successful of the lot. Scores of rumors and legends surround the great and terrible exploits of a man who could strike pure terror into the hearts of any and all that even dared whisper his name, whose soul was so steeped in darkness, that he may as well have been the Devil’s brother himself, expectorated from the blackest bowels of Hell. A master of self-promotion and fear mongering, Blackbeard often perpetuated his own deeds and expected his crew to do the same with all they encountered, to ensure that his terrifying image and reputation would never be forgotten.
Respect was a form of currency in itself during the Golden Age of Piracy and still is to an extent, and not only was it a challenge to earn, it was even harder to keep it. Knowing this, Teach painstakingly trained himself to embrace the pirate lifestyle and demeanor so that he may exploit it for his own ends. Blackbeard’s voice is powerful and carries with it an overwhelming amount of charisma that can either make a man fear him or respect him, speaking with an uncultured sounding British dialect peppered with the pirate slurs and slang of the era. Many of his mannerisms, from the way he walks to his eating and drinking habits, do nothing except contribute to outsiders’ perceptions of him as being aloof and cruel, which only spreads his image and external character further.
Much like the seas they devoted their lives to navigating and plundering, pirates are an eclectic and fickle lot, and Teach is no exception to this unwritten rule. His temperament and opinions are quick to shift for better or worse depending on the circumstances at present; he’s more likely to interact with those that pique his curiosity than to trifle with those that nip at his heels like dogs, begging for scraps of attention. Untold are the number of fools that threatened to instigate a mutiny under his sails, only for the captain to have complimented their unusual courage, then had them flogged and tortured for their reckless yet admirable hunger for power. If a person is interesting enough to capture his attentions, he will cordially go out of his way to grace them with his presence and show his hospitality, an attribute unheard of with most pirates. Make no mistake, however, that an audience with Blackbeard does not signify that he wishes to be friends with you. If the prospects of glory and fortune are at stake, Edward Teach will be just as willing to stab you in the back as much as he would be to shake your hand.
Further contradicting his fabled deeds of sadism and brutality is his modus operandi. Unlike the tales and reports that depict him as an irredeemable savage and a bloodthirsty scoundrel, Teach is actually quite perceptive and intelligent for a man that champions such an uncultured lifestyle. Shrewd and calculating, the good captain is capable of formulating highly complex and elaborate strategies that can make the minds of lesser men practically spin in circles. He understands the fragility of the human mind and its reliance on logic and rationality, and knows that one is quick to fear what they cannot comprehend or understand. That being said, he strongly advocated the use of scare tactics and intimidation, and consistently puts his menacing appearance and other factors to use in order to illicit the reactions he desired from his victims. He confidently asserts that as long as a person is scared for their life, they are easy to manipulate and take advantage of, thus are more willing to do whatever it is that’s being demanded of them.
But even the dreaded pirate has a bit of a merciful side to his dark, unforgiving nature. Keeping with his self-publicizing tendencies, he is generous enough to spare the lives of those that comply with his stipulations, willingly or otherwise, positive that they will spread the message as to who robbed them of their valuables. Of course, being a pirate with virtually little concern for anything other than himself, Blackbeard usually expresses his “benevolence” for life by either tossing them overboard near the shoreline of their newly ransacked port town, or marooning them on a nearby sandbar, their ship purposely run aground, and leaving them with a bare minimum amount of supplies. Those that are either too slow or too stubborn to obey his demands are merely disposed of without a second thought, which gives the pirate an added edge when it comes to negotiating the terms of a ransom. Teach spurns the use of wanton violence unless the circumstances deem it absolutely necessary, as there exists a high probability that any collateral damage caused by him and his crew will destroy valuables and useful materials.
HISTORY:
- book i – early life:
It goes without saying that much of Edward Teach’s early history has long since been overshadowed by his identity as the dread pirate “Blackbeard”, but historians and experts on the subject assume that he was born sometime in the year 1680 and likely spent a large portion of his early life in the Bristol, England, an international sea port which had grown exponentially as a result of the formation of thirteen British colonies in America and the subsequent spike in slave trading. Further evidence suggests that Teach had originaly belonged to a family that had both wealth and status; documents found on his corpse before it was cast into the sea were addressed to various individuals with seats of power indicated that he had the ability to read and write, which helps to support these claims. Teach eventually became enamored by the impulse to make a name for himself, which prompted him to set off for Jamaica during the turn of the 18th century, where he operated as a sailor sometime during the Queen Anne’s War.
His nautical prowess and courage in the face of insurmountable odds earned him a great deal of respect from fellow sailors and privateers. But shortly after the Treaty of Utrecht was signed, Teach and countless others soon found themselves out of work. He finally turned to leading a life of piracy in the year 1713, where he sailed from Jamaica to the island of New Providence, which had become a sort of sanctuary for pirates and shady merchants alike. He took part in various criminal activities for roughly three years before he joined the crew of Benjamin Hornigold, a notorious and well-known pirate captain who held a base of operations in New Providence. He was quick to prove himself to the great marauder in both skill and fortitude, and was given command of his own sloop and crew in 1716, where the two of them set out for the mainland, capturing a number of vessels that contained a wide assortment of cargo, from food and wine to gold bullion and rare textiles.
By September of the year 1717, Teach’s reputation as a fearsome pirate was quickly spreading throughout the Caribbean, and word of his collaboration with Captain Hornigold was sure to make its way to the colonies. However, in spite of the frightening headway they were achieving, Teach’s partner-in-crime and several others within his circle chose to abandon their treacherous ways in favor of accepting royal amnesty from the King, where they would be pardoned of all their crimes and given permission to live out the rest of their days in comfort and ease. Reduced to two sloops and nearly half his men, he felt utterly betrayed by his comrade and mentor, and in his burning anger, defiantly rejected the opportunity to have his sins reprieved by the British government. His career of plundering and terror was only just beginning.
- book ii – the rise of blackbeard:
Hell-bent on making his fortune on the high seas a reality, Teach and his crew sailed the waters for two months until they spotted the Concord, a great French guineaman vessel that harbored slaves, off the coast of St. Vincent Island. Without hesitation, Teach’s sloops hastily intercepted its path and flanked the ship from both sides, pelting it with artillery fire. Several men aboard the vessel were killed in the assault, leading the captain of the Concord to surrender to the power-hungry pirate. Teach eventually guided the ship to Bequia to have it repurposed into a fearsome warship, offering its crew and the slaves on board the chance to join his crew or be forced to disembark. Those that originally sailed on the Concord that took up the pirate’s proposal were given the smaller of his two sloops to use, while Teach himself, having taken a liking to the guineaman, made the watercraft his personal flagship and had its armament drastically enhanced with the addition of over forty guns and turning its sails from pure white to blood red. This ship, with its frightening appearance, speed, and firepower, would eventually be rechristened as the legendary Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Soon after welcoming the enormous vessel into his fleet, Teach shortly encountered the merchant ship Great Allen somewhere near St. Vincent Island. The resulting engagement between her and the Queen Anne’s Revenge was lengthy, lasting for several hours, but Teach’s ship and her crew proved to be superior in the end, forcing the merchants to surrender. The Great Allen was boarded and subsequently cleared of all its valuables and supplies before the pirate directed the vessel to shore, dumping their crew overboard and sending it to the depths by means of incineration. Days later, on December 5th, the pirate ship besieged the Margaret off the coast of Crab Island and successfully took its captain, Henry Bostock, and the other merchants as prisoners while Teach and his men ransacked the ship of its merchandise for nearly eight hours. After interrogating Bostock for information regarding important trade routes, he and his men were promptly released back to their now-empty craft.
News of the attacks spread like wildfire throughout the colonies and the trade ports in the Caribbean until an affidavit of Bostock’s encounter with Teach attracted the attention of British officials. The HMS Scarborough, a thirty gun man-of-war, was immediately dispatched to apprehend the pirates and bring them to justice. After attacking and robbing several more trade ships, the Queen Anne’s Revenge finally crossed paths with the military warship. Although the pirate craft could have easily outsped the intimidating Scarborough and fled unscathed, Teach took its presence as a personal trial, a challenge to see if he was truly worthy of carving his name into the scrolls of history. With confidence and courage, he set upon the British war boat with cannons ablaze and the wind at their sails, delivering heavy casualties to their opponents in the hours-long skirmish. Realizing the battle was lost, the Scarborough’s captain withdrew from the fray, leaving the Queen Anne’s Revenge victorious and earning Teach an immense level of respect and fear within the pirating world. Upon getting wind of his growing reputation among the masses, the great pirate reached an epiphany: What good would any of that status do for him if nobody knew what he looked like?
From that point on, Teach spent much of his free time making adjustments to his physical appearance in order to achieve the reactions he desired from those he raided and terrorized on a frequent basis. He allowed his coal black beard to grow to extravagant lengths and weaved it into small tails, decorating it with beads and colored ribbons for added effect. All of the clothes he once wore were abandoned in favor of dark, intimidating garments that would make him stand out among his fellow renegades. When he entered battle, he would emerge literally bedecked in weapons; as many as six pistols hung in holsters like a bandolier over his shoulder, while two cutlasses hung at his sides and a varying number of daggers and knives were strapped to his waist and legs. Teach had also acquired the habit of soaking pieces of hempen rope in saltpeter and tucking them beneath his hat and inside his beard, which he then lit so that they produced constant streams of thick smoke that seemed to exude directly from his head and face. No longer was he simply a great and powerful pirate; he had transformed himself into a living, breathing demon so fearsome, so terrifying that rumor had it that Hell itself spit him back out.
The dreaded Blackbeard was born.
- book iii – the charles town blockade:
Somewhere around the year 1718, Blackbeard entered a chance encounter with the pirate sloop Revenge, commandeered by Stede Bonnet and his crew of roughly one-hundred and fifty men. Sharing similar ideals and philosophies, the two captains were quick to get along with one another and agreed to conduct business together, but it became apparent to the greater pirate that Bonnet was not cut out to lead a crew of his own, and was fairly incompetent even as a regular seafarer. Addressing his lack of adequacy, Blackbeard and Bonnet’s crew convinced the other captain to assign command of the Revenge to a more capable pirate while Bonnet himself was permitted to travel aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge as a sort of guest. In March, Blackbeard’s fleet had dramatically increased in size upon adding another warship and five more sloops to their ranks, and increasing their number of men to well over three-hundred pirates. Among these vessels was the Adventure, formerly captained by David Harriot, who accepted a personal invitation from the notorious captain himself to join him in his pirating escapades.
By now, Blackbeard’s voyages revolved around a seasonal cycle. During the warmer months, he and his fleet would embark to Virginia and the Carolinas, where they would pillage important trade harbors and steal from every merchant ship they came across before departing back to the Caribbean when winter approached, where the cycle repeated itself. At the height of his power, Blackbeard’s fleet arrived and blockaded the port at Charles Town, South Carolina, intercepting any ship that attempted to enter or leave the harbor and ransacking them of their goods and valuables. A number of hostages were taken from at least ten vessels, which Blackbeard used as leverage against officials while his men continued their plundering. Requiring medical supplies for many of the ill pirates under his command, he threatened to execute his prisoners and ship their heads to the Governor of South Carolina if his demands weren’t met, sending one of his captives ashore as a gesture of good faith alongside two of his men so that the ransom note could be delivered. Complications involving the shore party forced Blackbeard to wait for two days before the supplies were finally delivered. As promised, the hostages were released and sent back to shore without a scratch on them—albeit stripped of everything they had with them at the time, including most of their clothes.
- book iv – royal pardon:
During the Charleston incident, Blackbeard had caught wind of a British plot involving several military-grade warships with orders to purge the West Indies of pirates. Seeing this as an opportunity to escape right beneath their noses and retire like his mentor had, he hatched a complex plot that would leave him and approximately forty of his most trusted men with a vast sum of their accumulated wealth, after which they would all pursue a royal pardon and have their crimes waived by the authority of the King. The pirate armada eventually sailed their way to Topsail Inlet off the coast of North Carolina, where Blackbeard intentionally ran the Queen Anne’s Revenge aground on a sandbar alongside his second-in-command, Israel Hands, who had done the same with the sloop Adventure. Fully aware of the possibility that his plan may go south, Blackbeard convinced Stede Bonnet to pursue the pardon as well, informing the amateur seafarer of his master plan, divulging that the Revenge would also be kept aground and hidden from the authorities until after they were granted amnesty, where he would be free to claim for himself at his leisure.
Bonnet took up Blackbeard’s advice and made use of a small sailing boat to make his way toward Bath Town, North Carolina, where he surrendered to Governor Charles Eden and was given his official pardon as predicted. Meanwhile, the crafty Blackbeard took advantage of his absence and had every ship, including the Revenge, cleared of its valuables and supplies and loaded onto the Adventure, which he and his chosen few used as their getaway vehicle when the tides returned to successfully pull it back into the sea. Approximately twenty-five men eventually discovered the true nature behind his deceptive plan, but Blackbeard left them behind on a nearby sandbar before they could expose him for his treachery. Bonnet eventually returned to reclaim the Revenge, but found that it had been cleaned from top to bottom of everything of value. After finding the marooned men that Blackbeard left behind, Bonnet swore vengeance on the the backstabbing pirate and returned to their criminal lives to pursue him, but were shortly captured at Charles Town and hanged for piracy before they were able to obtain any leads.
In the summer of June 1718, literally a day after Bonnet had received his pardon, Blackbeard sailed for Bath Town and met with Governor Eden to discuss the terms of his own pardon. To his surprise and amusement, the pirate discovered that Eden was a regular practitioner of dark magicks, and had been perfecting his craft since his earlier years, during whence the infamous Salem witch hunts had reached its apex in the colonies up north; his position as Governor of North Carolina was merely a front to deter attention away from his practices, which would have definitely earned him the death penalty, for such practices were seen as acts of heresy against God. Ever the manipulative bastard, Blackbeard threatened to expose his secret lifestyle to the public if he didn’t receive full consular immunity, which would grant him complete immunity from the law. Observant of his demands, Eden instead counter-proposed that, in exchange for keeping mum on his practices and sharing a cut of his plunder, not only would Blackbeard be pardoned of all his crimes, but he would be commissioned as a military privateer, where he would be free to continue his activities without fear of being punished. The marauder happily agreed—but on the condition that Eden would divulge a portion of his knowledge of the dark powers to him as insurance for the exchange.
Upon completing the terms of their agreement, Eden handed the pirate a dusty tome as black as his own beard, its cover etched with all manner of unholy symbols and runes. He returned to the Adventure to study the book, but upon opening it, his eyes lit up like candles as he glared down at a page that chronicled a creature whose name he was all too familiar with: Leviathan. It was an eldritch thing, described by its human author as being three-hundred miles from its beak to its tail, and having unparalleled command over the bottomless waters and all that thrived inside it, existing long before the Earth became inhabited by the likes of Mankind. Having become obsessed with gaining absolute control over the oceans and seas, Blackbeard exploited his privateer status and spent the next five months ravaging every ship and plantation he came across, all while secretly preparing an elaborate conjuration ritual which he believed would summon the great beast from the depths and bind it to his will. His greatest act of piracy was drawing near.
- book v – final stand:
It was during the middle of September of 1718 that Blackbeard ran into Charles Vane, another pirate, off the tip of Ocracoke Island. Recognizing each other’s status and power among the pirating world, the two of them and their respective crews spent several days and nights drinking and partying to celebrate their success on the high seas. Their repeated gatherings stirred anxiety among the commonfolk, as they believed an organized attack was being planned throughout their extended festivities. Unable to contact Governor Eden for assistance, not knowing that he was in cahoots with Blackbeard himself, the citizens appealed to Alexander Spotswood, the Governor of Virginia, to deal with the supposed pirate insurgence. Through his incredible affluence and dubious contacts, Spotswood personally organized a military force which he confidently believed would eradicate Blackbeard from the waters that he tainted with his mere presence.
Two ships were handpicked by the Governor to accomplish the task: the HMS Pearl and the HMS Lyme. The ambitious Spotswood was quickly reminded by their two respective captains that, in spite of their overwhelming firepower, their sheer immensity would make navigating the shallow waters next to impossible, and would certainly give Blackbeard’s vessels an advantage. Two small sloops, the Jane and the Ranger, were leased to correct this problem, while the crews of the Pearl and the Lyme were divided between Captain Hyde of the Lyme, who would lead his forces over ground in order to prevent an attempted escape on foot; and first lieutenant Robert Maynard of the Pearl, who was left in charge of the sloops and would cut off the pirate’s escape route by sea. Maynard and his men eventually discovered Blackbeard’s hideout on the inner side of Ocracoke Island on the evening of November 21st of 1718, but strategically waited until dawn to strike, as they were unfamiliar with the terrain and needed to validate their respective positions.
As soon as the first ray of sun broke over the horizon, Maynard and his men launched into the offensive. With haste, the Jane and the Ranger sped their way into the inlet where Blackbeard’s men spotted them approaching from the distance, immediately greeting their arrival with deadly cannon fire. Because there was virtually no wind to guide their sails, the sloops were forced to rely on oars to evade incoming attacks. With a vicious broadside volley, the Adventure delivered a crippling blow to the Ranger, killing Captain Hyde and nearly a third of their forces while rendering the vessel utterly useless to Maynard in the process. Left with the Jane, the onslaught continued until Maynard’s sloop damaged one of Blackbeard’s sails in the process, causing her to run aground on a nearby sandbar, but the Jane had also been damaged by the previous broadside, and eventually ran into a sandbar of its own.
Blackbeard himself ordered his men to quickly return the Adventure to the sea before dipping below deck to initiate the ritual to summon Leviathan, where he remained for an unprecedented period of time. Contact was established with the great beast, who appeared before the pirate as a dark-skinned woman of unmatched physical beauty, where he willingly offered his soul to her in exchange for command over all the oceans and the seas. Simultaneously, Maynard, having suffered considerable losses, urged his men to hide below deck and wait for the pirates to board the Jane, where they would take them by surprise. Blackbeard soon emerged from the hold and glowing with an unearthly blue light, confidently leading his men to the beached sloop, fully armed and prepared to do battle with Maynard and his forces. Instead, they were only met by a small contingent of soldiers, which the other pirates had occupied themselves with under the impression that they were the only ones remaining in the aftermath of their grand assault. Blackbeard scowled, immediately catching onto what had transpired next.
The pirate’s men were taken by complete surprise as soon as Maynard and his remaining troops emerged from the hold like cockroaches, armed with guns and swords alike as they engaged the pirates in combat, leaving the lieutenant to take on the dreaded pirate himself. Trapped and forced to fight for his survival, Blackbeard rallied his men to fight back and drew his swords in unison with Maynard before both men lunged at each other, trading blow after blow before a shallow thrust from Maynard caused his sword to bend at the hilt, which Blackbeard took advantage of by breaking it with his own weapon with the intent to sever the officer’s hand, only managing to wound his fingers as Maynard jumped back to draw his flintlock pistol and fire at the pirate. Blackbeard took as many as five gunshot wounds without so much as twitching an eyebrow, a startling testament to his outstanding personal courage and his impressive physical endurance, which may or may not have been amplified further by Leviathan’s influence. The azure glow that exuded from his body intensified as he prepared to display his command over the most powerful monster to have ever graced the seas with her awesome and terrible might.
But before the dreaded pirate could command the Sinker of Cities to rise up from the depths and eliminate his adversary, one of Maynard’s men ambushed Blackbeard while his guard was lowered and delivered a fatal cut to his neck. He slumped over to one knee, his neck and clothes basting in his own blood, but even as his strength threatened to leave his body, he attempted to finish what he started and invoke Leviathan’s power. Unfortunately, it never came to pass, as several more soldiers assaulted Blackbeard from every angle and delivered as many as twenty lethal cuts to his body before a broadsword succeeded in fully removing his head from his shoulders. The ghostly blue aura surrounding his decapitated body vanished in the blink of an eye as it fell over, limp and lifeless. Realizing their captain had been slain by Maynard, the rest of Blackbeard’s surviving crew members immediately dropped their assault and were shortly taken into custody.
Maynard claimed Blackbeard’s head as a trophy and tied it to the Jane’s bowsprit as evidence that the pirate was indeed dead, then proceeded to return the sloop to sea before dumping the body overboard; legend states that Blackbeard’s corpse, once it had been thrown intot he sea, swam around the Jane a total of three times before it finally sunk into its watery grave. Despite collecting the bounty tacked to the pirate, Maynard’s bravery and stunning victory over one of history’s most infamous outlaws went virtually unrecognized by the government, and he eventually faded into obscurity. Governor Eden’s involvement with Blackbeard was also delved into, and some went out of his way to accuse him of being an accomplice, but none of these insinuations could be verified; Eden eventually died of yellow fever as a result of a botched magick ceremony.
Edward Teach would ultimately be recognized as one of the most feared and respected of the outlaws that flourished in the Golden Age of Piracy. His life and death would enter the annals of history, where it then became legend, which soon evolved into myth. His exploits and appearance became the stuff of folk tales and rumors alike, and while he may not have had the most financially successful of pirating careers, he certainly earned the most infamy of them all.
But the true tale of Blackbeard doesn’t stop with just his death.
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FACTION:
Freelance.
SKILLS:
– [ Expert Swordsman ] Blackbeard was remarkably adept when brandishing a sword, and could easily wield two such weapons as if they were extensions of his own arms, allowing him to easily fight off multiple opponents under appropriate conditions.
– [ Impressive Marksmanship ] The dreaded pirate was also a skilled shot with a pistol, and can boast of his experience with a rifle as well due to the time he spent fighting in the Queen Anne’s War. He prefers using his flintlocks over any other weapon, and would much rather pick off his opposition at a distance.
– [ Supreme Endurance ] Blackbeard suffered a total of five gunshot wounds and over twenty sword cuts before he was finally decapitated during his battle at Ocracoke Island. Although he attributes this feat to Leviathan’s influence, constant exposure to Soul Energy has led him to develop superhuman levels of physical fortitude and stamina, allowing him to survive even the deadliest of injuries with relative ease.
– [ Intimidation ] Ultimately his greatest skill, Teach was a master of instilling fear into lesser minds. His facial features and glare are naturally menacing in their own right, but by deliberately dressing the part of a demon, combined with the use of lit fuses tucked underneath his hat and inside his beard and the black smoke they generated, his arrival can immediately usher total silence around him in a matter of seconds.
– [ Charismatic ] Blackbeard knows how valuable respect was in his time, and will utilize every trick in the book to ensure that he keeps it by the end of the day. His voice alone holds enough influence to snatch up the attention of any who are less powerful than he is; depending on the circumstances, he can either bolster his men with courage, or strike terror into the hearts of the weak.
– [ Nautical Genius ] Although he was a pirate for two years, Blackbeard had always been a man who was born to travel the seas. His sense of direction is outstanding, and will rarely if ever get lost or make mistakes when piloting a ship. His numerous experiences have also granted him the ability to predict incoming weather conditions with startling accuracy.
WEAKNESSES:
– [ Soulbound ] Upon being sent to Inferis, the terms of Blackbeard’s short-lived pact with Leviathan resulted in his soul being permanently bound to her realm. As his punishment, he cannot leave the Black Sea, under any circumstances. Attempting to do so will cause his body to dry up until it crumbles into ash, killing him instantly. He is currently looking for a means to bypass this flaw.
– [ Romantic ] Though he comes off as being cold and heartless on a natural basis, Captain Teach does have a bit of a soft spot for women that happen to catch his eye. He treats these select few ladies with compassion and respect, and when he’s especially head over heels for them, he behaves very much like a certain, amorous skunk would. Hearing a marriage proposal from him is relatively common.
– [ Obstinate ] Teach’s boldness and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, powerful as it is, stems from an ever-burning compulsion to prove himself as the best of the best. He views any potential opponent as a test of his mettle, and when faced with a truly worthy adversary, will go to great lengths to crush them beneath the heel of his boot. Blackbeard never ran from a battle in life, and neither will he run from one in the afterlife.
– [ Avaricious ] Hardly to be expected, Blackbeard is a thief to the very core. At one point, he merely stole to supplement his ship and crew, but his resurrection into a full-fledged demon has compounded his pirating tendencies to the point where it effectively turned him into a pathological kleptomaniac. When it strikes his fancy, he will attempt to rob anyone of their valuables alongside their supplies, regardless of whether or not doing so will actually benefit him.
– [ Decapitation ] Like most demons that roam Inferis, Blackbeard is not exempt from the consequences of having his head chopped off by a capable force. Having suffered the same, terrible fate at the end of his mortal life, it is the only means by which the mighty pirate can be permanently killed, notwithstanding the ramifications of any attempts to leave the Black Sea.
COLOURS:
Captain Teach never received a complete formal education in his youth, but his natural astuteness has allowed him to pick up a couple of languages during his adventures at sea. He fluently speaks Crude English (deepskyblue) and Spanish (fern), and can partially understand French (khaki), but cannot speak it himself. His demonic rebirth bestowed unto him innate knowledge of how to speak Infernal (carnelian).
TRIVIA:
– Blackbeard has married over fourteen women throughout the course of his life. Needless to say, none of them lasted very long.
– Excessive drinker, and holds a special liking for Madeira wine and black spiced rum. Because of the staggering frequency with which he imbibes alcohol, Teach is always open to participating in drinking contests.
– Incidentally, there has yet to be a single person, human or demon, to outlast the pirate in such a contest.
– His body perpetually exudes a mantle of thick, black smoke wherever he goes. The effect is primarily aesthetic, and has no other function aside from wrapping him in an atmosphere of supernatural mystery.
– Once cut off a man’s hand because he was too slow to fork over his rings. Still practices this every so often.
– Having been out of touch with humanity for over three-hundred years, Blackbeard has shown a genuine interest in modern day technology. Weaponry, in particular, will grab his attention in a snap; he’s always on the lookout for new toys to play with.
– In confirmation to the legend associated with Teach’s death, his body did actually swim around the Jane three times before sinking. It was all Leviathan’s doing, however; she thought his corpse would be fun to play with after being stripped of its ability to think it was master of the seas.
– In order for a person to summon Blackbeard to the mortal coil, they must gather three items before conducting the ritual: a bottle of Kraken black spiced rum, a twenty-four karat gold ring no cheaper than $500, and a gallon of water that’s been left to stagnate for over six months.
– Uncommon for many pirates of his age, Teach prefers to keep his iconic beard in decent-looking condition. He will painstakingly spend hours in front of a mirror, weaving each and every last bead and ribbon into his braids.
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USER DETAILS
ALIAS:
Marcus, or Vlad.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
Vlad III Drăcula Țepeș, Adelaide Kingsford
ROLEPLAY HISTORY:
4 years.
FACECLAIM:
- Code:
[b]UBISOFT/ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG[/b] :: [b]EDWARD THATCH[/b]
CUSTOM RANK:
CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD
Edward Teach- CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD
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Join date : 2013-06-23
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Power Level: 1
Character Faction: Freelance
Player: Marcus
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Join date : 2013-04-29
Location : Johannesburger
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