{| The Seven Seas ;; Form for Viscet B#1796 |}

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• first post ;; introduction - you are here -
• second post ;; personality & relationships
• third post ;; history
• fourth post ;; comic
• fifth post ;; art gallery & playlist
• sixth post ;; trivia & q&a

{| :: Introduction ::

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• name ;; Rohalind Zoranereus Antonuashka Eylevindr
• birth name ;; Candeirdra Zaranerine Antonuashka Eylevindr

:: Rohalind from the Albanian name "Rilind" - "Birth, East, Rebirth, Reincarnation" - and the Hindi name "Rohan" - from the Sanskrit word "Rohana" meaning "Ascending", hence "One who travels the higher path".
:: Candeirdra from the Indonesian name "Candra" - "Glowing like the moon." A name from a love story about Candra Kirana of Kediri, who was the incarnation of the goddess of love Dewi Ratih - and the Celtic name "Deirdre" - Potentially means "Young girl." From the legend of a tragic heroine who committed suicide after her lover was murdered, sometimes known as Deirdre of the Sorrows.
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:: Zoranereus from the Serbian name "Zoran" - "Light of dawn" - and the Latin name "Nereus" - from Greek "Nêreus" meaning "Wet one." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the sea.
:: Zaranerine from the Serbian name "Zora" - "Light of dawn." Feminine form of Zoran - and the Greek name "Nerine" - "Daughter of Nereus, Sea sprite, Wet one." Feminine form of Nereus and also the name of a genus of plants native to South Africa.
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:: Antonuashka from the Hindi name "Anoushka" - from the Sanskrit word "Anoushka", meaning "One who fulfills their dreams and aspirations." - and the Nahuatl name "Tonauac" - "The one who possesses light."
:: Eylevindr from the Old Norse name "Eyvindr" - "Island wind." From the elements "Ey" meaning "Island" and "Vindr" meaning "Wind" - and the Scottish name "Lyle" - From the Norman French phrase "De l'isle" meaning "From the island."

• nicknames ;; Rohan ;; previously Cande
• gender ;; transmale ;; biologically female
• pronouns ;; he/him
• sexuality ;; bisexual/biromantic
• age ;; mid to late teens, possibly into very early twenties range

• about Rohan ;;

• Rohan is an intellectual Viscet who's generally fairly quiet, reserved, and passive, but when circumstances push him he can be bold, authoritative, and commanding. He was born as a female in the same village as Tokala, who he ultimately developed a crush on but was never very close to. Fairly early in life he began to have issues with his gender, not really feeling like he belonged in the body he was in but also unsure of how to express this feeling, or if he even should due to the religiosity of the town as well as the general intolerant attitude. One day when he was older, he'd decided he'd head out into the forest for a bit of alone time, a decision that didn't end too well for him. He was kidnapped by bandits combing the area and was swiftly taken to the nearest port city. There the bandits tried to sell him into slavery over seas, but a band of pirates interrupted their attempts. The pirates killed off most of the bandits while the rest got away, and while they were raiding the bandits' caravans the captain found Rohan - Cande at the time. Instead of killing him, he decided to take him in as some sort of an apprentice. The captain tough him basic skills and helped him figure out his identity. Rohan has since stayed with the pirate crew working as a translator and puzzle-solver, but has been growing restless and unhappy for a while. Thoughts of leaving the crew and going his own way have been beginning to stir in the back of his mind, but only time will tell if he'll actually leave.

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• first post ;; introduction
• second post ;; personality & relationships - you are here -
• third post ;; history
• fourth post ;; comic
• fifth post ;; art gallery & playlist
• sixth post ;; trivia & q&a

{| :: Personality & In-Depth ::

• quiet ~ passive ~ thoughtful ~ smart ~ agile •

• selfless ~ logical ~ loner ~ sly ~ persuasive •

• Rohan is generally a very quiet and reserved Viscet. In conversations and when around others, he prefers to keep to himself and really only speaks when spoken to or when he thinks something really needs to be said. In general, he prefers to be alone with his thoughts and journal. He's sort of day-dreamy in the sense that he gets lost in thought quite often, whether he's planning something, thinking back on something, thinking of possible outcomes for various scenarios, or really just letting his mind wander. He enjoys just being by himself and enjoying the silence and ambient sounds while pondering whatever topics happen to cross his mind and writing in his journal if the mood strikes him. It's not uncommon to see him sitting somewhere with his journal nearby.
• Despite his somewhat dreamy nature, Rohan can be quite surprisingly observant, and has quite a knack for reading body language and expressions to figure out what makes others tick. He's a very smart Viscet and picks up new skills and information very quickly. Perhaps given that, he can be incredibly persuasive and sly when he puts his mind to it. He knows how to figure out others' motives and from just a brief interaction can often figure out exactly what to say in order to get his way and get what he needs. This skill can just as easily be used to help others as well, and he's a great Viscet to talk to if you're feeling down at all. If someone comes to him for help, he'll do his best to help make them feel better as well as try to figure out a solution to whatever problem they may be dealing with and doing his best to offer advice.
• Rohan is of fairly small stature, and as such is certainly not the strongest around. As such, he tends to rely more on speed, agility, and cunning. He doesn't need to be strong if you're not able to catch him. His small size works to his advantage when it comes to dodging blows, climbing anything, and running through cramped and narrow spaces. He's a master of hand-eye coordination and is a skilled lock-pick and pick-pocket and is quite handy with a knife. However, he's naturally incredibly passive and has a strong dislike of confrontation. He would much rather find a way to talk himself out of a situation or slip away through some obscure path that most others can't follow.
• However, passivity is not a great trait to have when you're essentially the right-hand-man of the Captain of the most notorious and feared pirate gang. Since his arrival, he's been forced to act much more aggressively and authoritatively than he usually would. Rohan has learned that he can't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence if negotiating isn't working. Multiple times he's been forced to enforce his commands and back up his authority through the use of aforementioned knife and many threats. Despite his passive nature he's proven that if you push him he'll push back harder, though he does still do his best to avoid unnecessary violence.
• Joining the pirate crew has also driven Rohan to reevaluate his morals as he knows he's going to come into contact with and likely be forced to participate in less than righteous deeds. He himself has a quite strong sense of morality, not simply adhering to it because it's the law but rather because of his own conscious and sense of empathy. However, he knows that in order to survive in his current situation, he needs to be able to distance himself from his own moral compass in order to not be hurt or worse by his own actions and by the actions of others around him. Normally empathetic and compassionate, this has lead to him developing an apathetic and icy exterior, numb to the atrocities committed around him on a regular basis.
• If you ask him how he became a pirate, the answer is simple enough; they rescued him. However, if you asked him why he chose to stay, you'd find the answer isn't quite so simple. When he stops and thinks about it, Rohan himself isn't even entirely sure why he's stayed for as long as he has. It's not because of the gold and treasure, he really honestly couldn't care less, and it's definitely not because he enjoys the lifestyle. He doesn't even like most of the crew mates. Ultimately the biggest reasons Rohan has stayed as long as he has is because once he was taken in with the pirates, his reputation was sealed and he knew he'd be chased, persecuted, and even arrested just about anywhere he went. It simply was safer to stay. He also stayed partially out of a sense of obligation to the Captain, almost like a sort of pact with the devil. Rohan felt like he owed him something big in return for saving him, as loosely as that term could be used in this context. However, despite all that, Rohan has begun to grow increasingly restless with life on the ship. Many times he's entertained the thought of leaving, but his passive nature and sense of obligation always made him stay. However, with the right prompting, that scale might finally be tipped.

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{| :: Relationships ::

• Tokala ;;

• Rohan grew up in the same village as Tokala, and consequently they saw each other around quite a bit. Tokala was always busy helping his parents care for his younger siblings, and so was rarely in the village for long periods of time, and when he was around he was generally quite busy. In addition to that, he always quite aloof in general and was widely known in the village as a troublemaker thanks to a gang of bullies, and so had a bit of a reputation to carry around.
• Despite Tokala's scarcity in the village, Rohan always seemed to notice him when he was around. He also seemed to be one of the few Viscets who saw what really went down between Tokala and the bullies, and for that Rohan felt quite empathetic toward him. He began to feel something of an admiration toward him, and from that admiration ultimately came a crush.
• He was always too shy to act on that crush, and admittedly was often too shy to talk to him, so he instead would often observe from a distance. There was one time they ended up talking on the subject of Tokala's family and Rohan had asked him about archery. Over the next week or so, Tokala taught him the basics of archery as well as a few other tricks. That was the longest stretch of time they interacted regularly, partially because not even two weeks after that Tokala ended up getting essentially exiled, and about three months after that was when Rohan was abducted.
• Rohan still thinks back on these memories with somewhat of a fondness, though his feelings for him have faded in the time they've been apart. He'd like to one day meet Tokala again and catch up with him, but with him never being in the same place for long and not knowing where Tokala ended up going, it's not very likely that will happen.

• The Captain ;;

• Rohan's relationship with the Captain is interesting. The first instance they ever met was just after Rohan had been kidnapped by bandits and nearly sold into slavery. The Captain was the one who found him and decided to take him in.
• Rohan was grateful that the Captain had rescued him but was also very wary of and intimidated by him. Ever since that day, he's always felt that he owed the Captain something in return for rescuing him, an idea that the Captain himself even subtly reinforced, often with Rohan even noticing.
• From the start the Captain had been almost strangely understanding and protective of Rohan, even going so far as defending him from the other crew mates. The Captain treated Rohan almost like a son and was even the first one Rohan had felt comfortable enough opening up to about his struggles with his identity. It was even the Captain who helped him figure out he was transgender and helped encourage him to explore his identity more. It was the Captain who gave him his first sword-fighting lesson and taught him hand-to-hand combat.
• As warm as the Captain seemed to be toward him and as helpful as he acted, Rohan still didn't trust him completely. He'd always make snide and subtle comments about the day of the raid and how much he'd done for him, which always served to enforce in Rohan's mind that he owed the Captain his life in return for being saved by him. Rohan had also seen how the Captain acted toward the other crew members and how he behaved around their enemies and as such had always suspected him of having some sort of ulterior motive for rescuing him, but for once in his life he couldn't figure out what it was.
• Rohan does look up to the Captain, almost as a sort of father figure. He's somewhat protected him, he's taught him important life skills, and he's helped him out with very personal issues he hasn't shared with anyone else. However despite all this, Rohan still doesn't trust him completely. He trusts him more than most others, but he still recognizes the fact that he is a pirate after all. He's seen the more shady and treacherous parts of the Captain, and with the way he keeps finding ways to offhandedly mention how he was the one who saved him from bandits, Rohan knows there's some other motive behind the way he acts towards him and knows better than to trust him fully or let his guard down around him.
• As if Rohan needed anymore reasons to not put his full faith in the Captain, it's not uncommon for the Captain's mood to change at the drop of a hat. Calm and serene one moment, absolutely furious the next, and then cheery and welcoming as if nothing ever happened. This unpredictability has forced Rohan into being much more wary and aware of his surroundings and those around him, watching them to make sure they're not about to snap and fly off into some sort of murderous rampage. He's always carefully watching others' body language so he can be prepared for any sudden changes.
• The Captain isn't all smiles and support however. He can be incredibly harsh and quite cruel at times, and in the past has been known to plot out horrific deaths for those who displease him. As much as the Captain seemed to care about Rohan, not even he was free from this harshness. Often during their training sessions, the Captain would say equal parts helpful tips and scathing remarks to get under Rohan's skin. All that combined with quite a lot of bullying from the rest of the crew ultimately forced Rohan to toughen up, take charge more, and stand up for himself, which was quite a change from the passive pushover he used to be.

• The crew ;;

• Rohan admittedly doesn't feel much for the crew in general. He's mostly apathetic towards them and would rather not interact with them if he can avoid it. He's not exactly attached to any of them, and he certainly doesn't trust them. He does his best to ensure they respect and fear him, but has faced his fair share of bullying at their hands. They've often pressured him into doing risky and morally questionable things he's not fully comfortable with, and in response he's shown a slightly more aggressive side of himself. He knows they're incredibly dangerous Viscets, yet has done his best to demand their loyalty and obedience, and over time they've slowly come to grudgingly respect him, though a few who've been by the Captain's side the longest harbor a slight resentment towards him and tend to sass or backtalk him when he tries to order them around, to which he promptly reminds them that he too knows how to use a knife.

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• first post ;; introduction
• second post ;; personality & relationships
• third post ;; history - you are here -
• fourth post ;; comic
• fifth post ;; art gallery & playlist
• sixth post ;; trivia & q&a

{| :: History ::

• Rohan was born a female into the same village as Tokala. This town sat just on the edge of the forest, halfway between the woodlands and the plains. It was a minor trading town connected to numerous other big cities, and so while there were a lot of people passing through, there weren't many in the town itself. Rohan was raised as an only child, though there were a few hints from his parents that he might've had an older brother, but they never were clear on the matter. His birth name was Candeirdra or Cande for short. His parents were religious, not that that was particularly uncommon, and he was raised to believe in the same religion as them.
• From an early age, he'd been quite reserved and not exactly the most playful type. He'd often prefer to stay inside and read instead of going outside to play with other Visclings his age. He was always sort of the weird, shy kid who didn't really have any friends, though he didn't mind too much. He preferred to sit and watch anyways. It wasn't uncommon for other Visclings to tease him for always being on his own, but they quickly dropped it once they stopped getting a reaction from him anymore, deeming it was no longer entertaining enough.
• Really the only other Viscling he could even loosely consider a friend was Tokala, even though they really didn't talk much. Like him, Tokala was quite aloof and didn't really have many other friends. However unlike him, Tokala had numerous younger siblings and worked hard to help his parents take care of them, even when he was young. They were close to the same age, with Tokala being just older than him, and so they were in the same class in school - which wasn't hard to do considering it wasn't exactly a big town. They were in the same class for a few years until Tokala decided to help take care of his siblings full time and unenrolled.
• It wasn't long after Rohan started school that he began to feel quite uncomfortable with being called "she" and "her" by everyone he knew, but he couldn't quite place why. He'd been having vague feelings like that for a while, but they'd never gotten that strong before. These feelings only intensified over the course of his schooling, and after a few years he began to notice a nagging feeling that his body wasn't quite right for him, a feeling he'd had for a while but had never really been quite so noticeable. He didn't know how to express what he was experiencing, and even if he had he was too afraid to do so confidently due to the intolerant attitude of the vast majority of people at the time. He'd begun to have second thoughts about his religious upbringing in conjunction with this newfound confusion, beginning to question clear contradictions in the various stories and many logical inconsistencies as well as just taking the time to think about the morality of it all.
• Around this same time, he began to notice his feelings toward Tokala were changing, a fact which often became very clear to him whenever he'd see Tokala around the village. His cheeks would heat up and he'd feel his heart start to beat a little faster just at the thought of him, and it wasn't long before he realized he had a crush on him. Being the shy, socially awkward Viscet he was, he was always too passive to act on that crush and approach him, instead preferring to look up to him and admire him from a distance.
• There was one time they ran into each other and ended up talking for a while. The conversation eventually turned to archery, at which point Tokala offered to teach Rohan the basics of archery since he seemed so interested in it. Rohan agreed, and the next week they spent out in the forest for most of the day, with Tokala teaching Rohan how to shoot a bow as well as some of the basics on tree climbing and how to steal small things without getting caught.
• Rohan very much enjoyed the time they spent together, and has been working up the courage to ask Tokala if he wanted to hang out more for just over a week when Tokala ended up getting into a fight with the town bully Lorvan. Lorvan had managed to twist the story enough that the guard he told believed him and essentially evicted Tokala on the spot, telling him that he'd blown his last chance and to be out of the village by sundown. Rohan had been busy that day and so didn't get the news until the next day, at which point he was quite distraught that he hadn't even been able to see him one last time.
• In the following few months, he felt quite dejected and was overall a lot less energetic and attentive than he'd been before. One day, he'd decided he'd go back into the woods again, partially just to have some time by himself and partially to see if he'd be able to reconcile his dreary mood. As it later turned out, a group of bandits had been passing through the area at the time.
• Everything had been going fine. He'd been enjoying the scenery and with the time spent by himself just to think, he'd started to feel a bit better about what had happened. He'd heard a sound behind him and turned to see a dark figure looming over him, and the next thing he knew he was waking up to the sound of hooves on pavement, a blindfold over his eyes and his legs and paws tightly bound with no idea where he was or where he was going.
• The bandits took him to the nearest port city, hoping to sell him into slavery overseas. Unluckily for the bandits and luckily for Rohan, a band of pirates had just pulled into the harbor and took it upon themselves to raid the caravans. The bandits either ran away or were killed, and while the pirates were going through the caravans to see what the bandits had brought with them, the Captain discovered Rohan in the back of one of them. He untied him and decided he'd take him in. After setting fire to the wagons, the Captain took Rohan with him when he returned to the ship with the rest of the crew in tow with their loot. He took Rohan to his quarters, and after a short while of talking, presented him with a special gold coin that all members of the crew carried as a sign they were part of the same crew.
• Rohan's been with the pirates ever since, picking up new skills, coming to terms with his identity, and traveling all over to many foreign lands. Recently he's begun to doubt whether he should really stay or not, but hasn't yet made up his mind on what he wants to do.

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• third post ;; history
• fourth post ;; comic - you are here-
• fifth post ;; art gallery & playlist
• sixth post ;; trivia & q&a

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- Astoria
- Little Game
- Something Wild
- Master of Tides
- Moon Trance
- Roll With the Wind
- Sweet Dreams
- The Seven Seas
- Shut Up and Kiss Me
- Acadia
- Fairytale
- B Team
- What Hurts the Most
- Dearly Departed
- Above the Clouds of Pompeii
- The Moss
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- End of an Era
- No Place Like Home
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{| :: Art Gallery ::

- Headshot / Avatar - By me
- Human Reference - By me
- Heart Bounce GIF - By me

{| :: Additional Credits ::

- Icon made by me
- Owl dividers made by me
- Of Bandits & Pirates by me
- Tokala and Lorvan both owned by me
- The Viscet portraying the Captain is currently up for readoption and my form for them can be found here. If I don't win that competition, I'll likely recycle the concept to use with a different Viscet.

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• fourth post ;; comic
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• sixth post ;; trivia & q&a - you are here-

{| :: Trivia ::

- He's a skilled lock pick and pickpocket.
- He's multilingual and can speak several other languages in addition to his native language.
- His favorite color is a soft, kind of dusty purple, similar to the sky at dusk.
- He keeps detailed notes and journal entries about the behavior of the crew, the places they've been, the people they've met, and all the trouble they've gotten into, as well as some rough maps and sketches of the creatures they've encountered.
- In this notebook, he also talks about matters more personal to him such as his past, his thoughts, and his emotions, and even some existential and philosophical ramblings. Probably even some poetry.
- He writes in smooth, flowing cursive except for when he's under stress, fear, anger, or panic.
- He's likely one of the only crew members who's literate.
- He gets cold easily.
- He loves thunderstorms but hates wind.
- He used to be religious, but over time began to doubt what he'd been told and eventually turned atheist.
- He's shorter than most others.

{| :: Q&A ::

{| ;; Question Count 23 questions

{| ;; Gritt asks

So as far as basic skillsets, what does he have? Is he a magic user?

- Hmm, I'm not sure. I don't think he'll be a magic user (I have enough of them already honestly). I think he may be something of an escape artist? Or maybe at least a really good lock-picker and pickpocket. He's probably really good at interpreting maps and riddles, and may even act as a translator / voice of reason to the others when they get out of hand.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

So he’s not quite out front as much, he seems a little sly. He’s more of a brain than a muscle, right?

- Yes, very much so. He's sort of the captain's right hand man, behind the scenes kind of guy. He's the small agile one of the group, and the thinker for most of the crew honestly.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

So he and the captain are close, how does the captain influence the character? (I.e. make him more brash, negative/positive habits etc)

- Yes he and the captain are certainly close. The captain is probably the one who brings out the more brutal side of him, as before he was a pirate he was quite shy and soft spoken. However, the captain is also the one who helps him come to terms with his identity and acts as almost a father figure to him sometimes. The captain is likely the one who encouraged him to develop his skills in pick pocketing and lock picking for more nefarious schemes
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{| ;; Gritt asks

So on the subject of his past, what was his village like as far as their actions towards him/ her

- I think the village was pretty indifferent towards him - or I guess her at the time? - , but not in a bad way. I get the feeling they kinda let him be the same way they let everyone else be. He was a pretty standard citizen honestly. The only real difference between him and the average person was that he was transgender, though he didn't know quite what to make of his identity at the time. They didn't persecute him for being trans because at the time he was still closeted to everyone and not even he really knew what it was.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Given that he was pretty standard in the village, I assume he was not naturally a thief, and so learned EVERYTHING from his time as a pirate. Is that correct of me? Like as far as locksmithing and such

- Mm I would say mostly correct? I imagine he would've hung out or been around Tokala quite a lot, and Tokala was a little bit of a thief / rogue himself (though in a slightly more Robin Hood style kinda way) and was an archer as well, and probably taught him a little bit about that kind of stuff. However, most of it he probably would've learned by trial and error and from the pirates.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

So I read Tokala's bio, and given that and the tendencies of pirates, I assume that this character must have picked up a thing or two on fighting, strictly based on those facts.

- I can just about guarantee it. Tokala was well known for getting into a lot of fights (and even ended up getting kicked out of the village because of that but this isn't about him) and I'm thinking that he was actually first introduced to the pirates in the middle of a fight / raid. I also doubt the captain would've let him go around and join them on raids and stuff if he wasn't able to defend himself.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Does he prefer to be alone or in a team? Or any group rather?

- I imagine he works best on his own with a few key exceptions and so prefers to be on his own most of the time. However, if say there's a confrontation or a fight, he prefers to be in a group as he's not good at hand to hand combat due his stature and strength and prefers to keep his distance from enemies. If it's like a puzzle or riddle, he prefers to be on his own as others are usually a distraction to him. If he's close friends with someone though, he doesn't mind being around them more.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

What are his key achievements if any?

- I'm not entirely sure if he's done anything extraordinary in his life at this point. So far in his life he's been fairly passive and has mostly been acted upon instead of acting himself. However, now that he's been lumped in with a crew of pirates I'm sure that's bound to change. I'd say so far his biggest achievement in life is probably learning multiple languages - a skill that very very few people have in their day and age - and acting as a translator for any foreigners they come across.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

How old is he?

- I'd imagine he's in his mid to late teens, maybe very early twenties at the absolute most.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Does he have siblings?

- Right now, I doubt he has siblings. Though it's possible he may have an older brother? I don't think any siblings he did have would play too much of a big role in his life except for late childhood - early teen years.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Are there any other characters he trusts without exceptions?

- There are certainly characters he trusts, but simply seeing as he's a pirate, I doubt there are any he trusts with no exceptions. The most likely candidates though would be his family, Tokala, and the captain. He'd trust them the most, but not unconditionally. He hasn't seen his family in quite a while, and while he was friends with Tokala, I doubt they would've been too close as Tokala was fairly aloof among the villagers (he was often too busy for most things) and he himself was a bit too shy to really become good friends with someone. Though he does see the captain as something of a father figure, he recognizes he's still shady and treacherous and he knows better than to let his guard down around the other pirates simply due to their nature.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Does he have any enemies explicitly of his own?

- I don't think so? I think anyone hes enemies with or anyone who considers themself his enemy is probably a general enemy of the crew. This may come to change later though.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Are there any crew members he favors other than the captain?

- I'm not sure. Possibly? I don't really have any clear cut concepts for the rest of the crew just yet so I can't say for sure.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Does he ever plan to leave the crew?

- As of right now, I don't think so. However, it's possible that some event in the future may cause him to change his mind and go his own way.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Did he join the crew of his own free will or was it forced?
How did he end up in the initial raid/fight?

- (Gonna answer these two as one as they're closely linked) A bit of both in a way. He'd gone out into the woods one day for a bit of exploring and alone time when he was kidnapped by a group of bandits. Those bandits then took him to a port city to try to sell him into slavery across the seas, but they were intercepted by the pirates who fought off / killed the bandits and raided their stuff. They found him probably hiding behind some of the caravans but unable to get away, and instead of killing him too the captain decided to take him in and teach / mentor him.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Why was he in that village?

- Honestly he was in that village just because that's where he was born. They really didn't move around that much.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

Did he welcome the prospect of traveling, marauding, and all that other piratey stuff?

- He was probably excited at the thought of traveling and seeing far off foreign places, but I don't think he'd be quite as thrilled about all the other dirty stuff that comes with pirating, though I imagine he'd develop a sort of thick-skinned tolerance / indifference to it later on.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

He seems pretty aloof and not too attached to anyone or anything including his own morals. This begs a question of religion. Including of him, his village, his parents, or even of his crew and captain. Is he atheist?

- Possibly to some extent. His hometown, since it's more out in the open and connected, probably has two or three primary religions with a few extreme minority groups. At least one of those religions is likely a polytheistic religion as a guard in a short story I wrote for one of my previous entries swears in the name of the gods, plural. I imagine his family likely followed one of the three more common religions, though I'm not sure which specifically. He was probably raised to believe the same religion and the same god or gods, however I imagine he'd also begin to notice inconsistencies and other logical fallacies and other minor things that over the years slowly turned him off the religion. He'd probably have become fully or mostly atheist at some point after joining the pirates, possibly further prompted to question religions in general by the pirates' actions. He does have a sense of morality, but he's been able to sort of distance himself from it so it doesn't feel quite so personal, as he knows that if he's going to live this life he needs to be tough. He won't be cruel for cruelty's sake, but if you get in between him and what needs to be done or you threaten him, he won't let his morality get in the way. Both of these factors - the slow turn to atheism and distancing himself temporarily from his morality - has probably led to him gaining a somewhat nihilistic outlook on life.
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{| ;; Gritt asks

He doesn’t seem unnecessarily selfish or self concerned, but also not too group oriented, where would you say he bases the majority of his motivation?

- Most of his motivation may honestly come from simple boredom or just having nothing better to do. Some might be motivated by curiosity and wanting to know the truth, or possibly out of some sense of obligation to the captain? But he certainly doesn't do it for personal materialistic / monetary gain like everyone else does. I don't think he's motivated by a sense of kinsip or responsibiliy to the rest of the crew either.
-- I also want to take a second to go back to what you asked earlier about him possibly favoring other crew members or wanting to leave the crew. Due to the circumstances of his arrival into the crew, I really don't think he'd be too attached to any of them. There might be one or two he ends up becoming friends with, but I think for the most part he wouldn't care overly much about any of them. It almost makes me think that the only reason he stays with them at this point is because he has nowhere else to go, and at this point he's gained a reputation as a pirate and it's just safer for him to stay with the crew than to go his own way and be chased and persecuted. I honestly think the only member he'd feel much loyalty to at all is the captain, ad that's likely because he feels like he owes the captain something for saving his life.
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In his interactions with other characters, how does he behave?

- I imagine he's generally fairly quiet when talking with others and prefers to allow them to speak more while he just kinda stays quiet, with the occasional interjection / interruption to correct them on something, call them out, ask a question, offer advice, etc. He's generally quite guarded and I would imagine tends to keep most of his thoughts, opinions, and ideas to himself. He's respectful until you've proven you don't deserve his respect. He dislikes confrontations, so he rarely raises his voice, instead preferring to stay calm and composed except for a few circumstances.
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Is he more reserved and terse or more open and given to tangents or what?

- Talking in person, he's quite a bit more reserved and mysterious, not letting others in on what's going on in his mind. However, he keeps detailed journal entries on what the crew gets up to and is prone to a lot of rambling and going off on tangents in his writing.
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Did you mention earlier something about him not knowing about his sex change or something to that effect?

- Yes, more or less. He was born biologically female but since he was young he never felt quite right with the feminine label, and being called "she" and "her" often made him deeply uncomfortable. At the time, he didn't know what he was experiencing or how to come to terms with this "split identity", and often felt like he was living behind a mask of something he wasn't. Living in the time and place he was, things like being gay or being transgender were rarely if ever discussed, and even then generally only in a negative light. After being taken in by the pirates and seeing how the captain acted, he felt fairly safe in confiding to the captain how he'd been feeling an that he'd been feeling like that for a long time, at which point the captain explained to him the idea of gender dysphoria and being transgender, and he was finally able to understand what he'd been experiencing and begin to come to terms with who he was.
- As long as he lives, he'll probably experience some form of gender dysphoria as he lives in a time before any sort of modern medicine and technology, where the most modern stuff is magic. With the right materials and preparations though, it might be possible to somehow do that kind of complicated surgery? I'm not entirely sure on how advanced "magic medicine" is yet.
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Since he is of higher ranking in the crew, what has he done to demonstrate his superiority?

- Personally I think that under normal circumstances, Rohan would generally be too passive to really be of much use in positions of authority, but since these aren't normal circumstances and he's essentially one of the highest ranked among a crew of pirates, he's gotta do something to show that and earn the respect of those under him. This has likely lead him to acting more aggressively than he usually would, and I'd say his style of leading/ordering is somewhere between "yell threats and orders until you listen" and "get scarily quiet 'you dare question me' when disobeyed". I wouldn't be surprised if he carried a knife with him at all times, and he's probably used it to leverage his authority before when people try to sass, backtalk, or threaten him. He's likely quite skilled with a knife even though he's not good at hand to hand combat but only uses it as his absolute last resort.
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