Grynewyrn Bhalnjarr
plague of the north seas
Once a centurion of the Garlean military, Grynewyrn is now known as the notorious captain of the privateer ship, The Adder's Head. While her ruthlessness makes her a dubious ally at best, none can question her steadfast resolve to combat the tyranny of the Garlean Empire.
☠ basic information
─ Name: Grynewyrn Bhalnjarr (formerly Viridiana quo Maritimus)
─ Age: 39
─ Gender: Female
─ Race: Roegadyn
─ Clan: Sea Wolf
☠ physical traits
─ Height: 7 fulms, 2 ilms
─ Hair: Dark Green, light green highlights
─ Eyes: Amber
─ Build: tall, toned, broad-shouldered
─ Notable Features: red serpent tattoo on the left side of her face, many scars across her body
☠ personal information
─ Sexuality: Lesbian
─ Relationship Status: Open
─ Position: Top/Domme
─ Class: Gunbreaker*/Black Mage
─ Profession: Privateer, Pirate
☠ personality
The crew of The Adder's Head would tell stories of their indomitable captain─ over-embellished tales of beasts slain and enemies faced, rumors of turning men to stone with a stern glance. Whispers of her cruelty have even reached Eorzea's shores. Mere theater, of course; it's the selfsame theater that all pirates have a certain fondness for. The unvarnished truth is that Grynewyrn is a serious woman, steadfast in her dedication to her cause. Her years have taught her the harsh truths about war─ that hope alone is not enough, that salvation will not come unbidden, and that having a 'moral code' is a luxury that cannot be afforded. Grynewyrn knows all too keenly that the price for freedom is paid in blood.
(And she'll pay that price. Again, and again, and again.)
* Grynewyrn wields a gunblade of Garlean make; her weapon retains the long-range capabilities of a firearm. Functionally, her class is a fusion of the Gunbreaker class and the Machinist class.
It takes only a few generations of suppression for a culture to be snuffed out. If there are any in her village alive that speak the old tongue now, it's only behind closed doors and in hushed tones. But, there are the little, everyday battles of resistance: while each child is named officially under Garlean conventions, they are given the precious, secret gift of a true name, pulled straight from forbidden tomes stolen away by the village elders. Grynewyrn was the name she had been given to cherish and protect, to be known to her family by. The Empire knew her as Viridiana aan Maritimus.
The Empire took many things from her people. Her father, among those things. She can't remember his face, his voice─ only the way that his frame filled the door of their little hut when he left, and years later, the tears her mother cried when word reached them of his passing. The gratuity they received after his death was only a pittance, an insult. Their coffers would empty before long. With no means of providing for the family, her mother was faced with an impossible choice─ slavery, or wedding off her teenage daughters. It was a decision she couldn't make, and so, it fell to Viridiana to find her own way out: to enlist into the military herself. Only fifteen summers old, she was young, frightened, easily manipulated. But, she learned fast: to suffer the everyday indignities, to hold her chin up high, to endure silently, to be strong.
Half of her life carries on that way. Ten and seven summers spent swallowing her anger and clawing her way toward the top, and what had it gotten her? Aye, a pretty little title to call herself, and the right to own a parcel of her ancestor's land. But the pension she receives isn't enough, and the gunblade gifted to her is nothing but a reminder of the blood she's had to spill to win her position. Viridiana quo Maritimus learns to live with the sour taste of bile in her mouth.
There remain secrets that she cannot be pressed to tell─ how she came to posess the Echo, how she learned of Aulus mal Asina's Resonant project, the events that culminated in her defection from the Garlean military. What matters now is that Viridiana quo Maritimus is no more, and Grynewyrn Bhalnjarr has risen to take her place. Four summers past, Grynewyrn has resolved to combat the Garlean Empire wherever she can. She is both pirate and privateer, conducting attacks on the Empire and smuggling refugees out of enemy territory, as well as cooperating with liberation efforts, including lending her ship, The Adder's Head, to the assault on Castrum Marinum during Operation Archon.
Grynewyrn dares not hope that the war against the Garlean Empire could be drawing to its close, even as Garlemald itself is consumed by civil war. She carries on fighting, as she always has. It's the only life she's known.
☠ additional info
─ Suffers from PTSD following her involvement with the military and the Resonant project. Copes with unhealthy amounts of repression and alcohol.
─ Has recently taken up fishing as a hobby.
─ Grynewyrn captains The Adder's Head, a triple decker galleon crewed by about seventy men and women, most of whom are themselves survivors of the Garlean Empire. The ship is armed with seven magitek cannons and twelve conventional cannons. The Adder's Head is currently most active in the Sea of Jade and The Bounty.
─ Other notable* crew members:
⚠ content warning ⚠
Character backstory and RP involving this character may include reference to rape, underaged sex, abuse, gore, torture, death, alcoholism, and other potentially triggering themes. Please be advised and engage at your discretion.
☠ hooks
Behind Enemy Lines: Captain Grynewyrn Bhalnjarr and the crew of The Adder's Head have conducted many missions into Garlean territory to attack specific targets, gather resources, or most notably, to smuggle out prisoners of war, escaped slaves, and other refugees. Characters may have heard of her efforts in Garlean-controlled territories, or may themselves have been rescued.
Now Recruiting: The Adder's Head is short-staffed for a galleon of its size. Their work doesn't exactly have much allure. Still, if there are adventurers bold enough to join the cause, Captain Bhalnjarr would gladly accept the help. Players may inquire about joining The Adder's Head crew.
War Stories: When the ship makes its way to port, Grynewyrn often visits the local taverns and Adventurer's Guilds to relax, drink, and swap stories with other patrons about their adventures. Characters that talk about direct experience with the Garlean Empire, either as a (former) soldier or a resistance fighter, will draw her attention.
Dark Arts: Recently, Grynewyrn has taken a keen interest in thaumaturgy and black magic. Most of her research is conducted in secret, reading through plundered tomes that not even her most trusted crew members know about. She'll take additional knowledge where she can get it. Scholars of thaumaturgy and black mages will pique her interest.
Bozjan Resistance: Grynewyrn is currently involved the Bozjan Resistance, rendering aid in the form of supplies and blockades, and even direct attacks on the IVth Imperial Legion. Characters involved with Resistance efforts in Bozja, Dalmasca, or other nearby territories may have a connection to Grynewyrn.
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