(ooc: Mind if I join as the Shipmaster?)
Name: Artephius (This is not his real name, but he refuses to give his actual one.)
Pirate Nickname: To his face? None. Behind his back, a variety. Scarface being one of the more common ones. Cut-throat is another. A few cuter nicknames have been circulated, but he has a strong cut-the-face policy for when people try to get /cute/ when him.
Gender: Male
Age: Tends to be tight lipped about person details, but he is clearly past his 30's. The fact that he almost never smiles accentuates that. He claims to be over 1000, though.
Orientation: "Gentlemen do not discuss this." He doesn't seem particularly receptive to most people's advances. Mainly because he is too good for them, not that he doesn't ever have sex. He's merely a gentleman of digression, taste, and sophistication.
Appearance: Artephius is a man of strong stature and little expression. He almost always bears a neutral scowl, and when his expression does change, it's almost never to a smile. He dresses with simple class, a fine, dark leather coat and shirts that seem to be well taken care of, mostly white, but a few of finer colors for special occasions. He has dark skin and black eyes, and has a small golden cross tucked under his shirt. His face and body are covered in the scars of a man who has had a fair few fights, including rope burn scars on his neck, the evidence of an attempt at a throat slitting, a few blade and shrapnel scars on his face, and more on his body than most anyone will ever find out about. As he is very difficult to get out of his clothing. He always has a heavy scent of spice around him, from an exotic perfume he always wears. No one ever sees him apply it, but the scent is always there. Its pleasant, though thick.
Personality: Artephius is intelligent, calculating, and interaction with him would (not inaccurately) would give you the impression that he is a heartless man. He doesn't have time for most people, as he is busy doing his job. He prefers to keep an air of mystery about himself, and will often answer questions about his person incredibly subversively. He seems to take some kind of wry, sick pleasure out of people's frustrations with his taciturn and tight-lipped nature. He likes the finer things in life, and tends to keep himself well-groomed. He tends to give vague, but very serious threats to people who mess with his work, though it is rare to see him actually start a fight. He doesn't see killing as a necessity to win a fight, but is more than willing in the right situation.
While he has a general hateful air, he is very fond of the ship, the maps, and their workings. He is not just good at his job, he is (or so he claims) the absolute best. He does not tolerate mistakes.
He has a passing interest in the sciences, arts, and alchemy. He prefers to have himself be seen as a beacon of class, reason, and sophistication, with a hint of danger and blood thirst to keep anyone from standing too close to him.
Don't touch his things, don't make chit chat, and don't try and be cute and his good side can be found. Not that he has much of a good side. Mostly it will grant you less looks of contempt.
He speaks with an English accent, though whether or not he's actually that is unknown. Regardless, when he does speak, he does so with clarity and sophistication ill befitting a pirate.
History: While he is very reticent with any personal details, he will give a few. He once worked as a shipmaster for a much more legitimate ship, but that went very sour and so did his personality. From there, he's working on a variety of ships, and has a hand in several prostitution rings in ports still, though he's no longer directly running them. He takes his name from an ancient Moorish alchemist who supposedly discovered the secret to eternal life. He's also tried his hand in the Opium business and the rum business, but found them to be distasteful.
