Name: Terran
Age: 22
Race: Argonian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Merchant Seamen
Birthsign: The Thief
Major Skills: Blade, Athletics, Acrobatics, Light Armor, and Mercantile
How Did they get stranded: Terran was on a Cargo Ship, transporting various dry goods before the ship mysteriously fell off course and crashed into a large coral reef. The Sailors abandoned, and swam to the closet island in sight.
Bio: Terran had been a sailor, a good portion of his life. He had always wanted to sail the ocean, and it seemed the Sailors Corps was the only way to go. He's been working on the ship, ''The Rosetta'' for over 6 years, at first he thought it would be awful to work on a Cargo vessel, but found it rather enjoyable. Leo Elsworth, the Captain of the 'Rosetta' and several other of Terran's fellow sailors think he's crazy to enjoy the harsh weather they've gone through.
Appearance: http://www.4gamer.net/weekly/es4_oblivion/006/img/02-09.jpg,
Weapons: Steel Dagger
Clothing/Armor: Brown trousers, horribly stained white shirt, no boots, prefers his bare feet. Wears a raggedy pair of leather gauntlets.
ooc: Sorry I'm late fellas...
IC:
Seven hours agoThe Merchant ship crept slowly along the water. The ocean waves splash gently against the dark wooden hull of the
Rosetta, a dense fog shrouded everything from the naked eye like an assassins cloak, only this assassin was mother nature. On the deck of the ever-so-slow vessel, the crew caught a lucky break from working, but still had to keep a keen eye out for any sort of hazard or clearing.
''I don't like this fog Cap'n'' said a Dunmer in a worried tone, ''There's something....
wrong about it...'' He frowned slightly, and looked at a small lantern that hung on a small hook in the Captains Quarters. ''You worry to much Vendrinn...'' said an Imperial, seated oppositely from his Dark elf comrade. He lit a small pipe, and took a small whiff, ''We've been in worse fog storms... this is just....'' He paused to think of a word, ''A setback... although we'll have to keep on our-'' He was interrupted by a a small thud, coming from underneath the ship.
His eyebrows arched upwards, ''What the devil...?'' He said, then stood up and looked at the ship's interior. ''Have someone do a Depth-check...'' he murmured suspiciously. His Dunmer First Mate stood as well, ''Aye aye, sir'' he said, then left the Quarters.
The other sailors seemed to have noticed the mysterious bump as well, some were looking over the side of the railing, while others were speaking idly to one another. The First Mate studied the crew carefully, he picked someone whom he thought could get the job done. ''Terran!'' He shouted out.
A thin, long-snouted Argonian rushed up to him, ''Y-yes, sir?'' He asked, seemingly tense. The Dunmer discarded the Sailors voice, ''Cap'n wants a Depth-check...'' He simply stated, and the Argonian nodded and set off.
After acquiring an incredibly long rope, with a small anchor-like block on the end, Terran approached the side of the deck. He studied the water for a handful of seemingly endless seconds, then plopped the metal object over the side, and griped the rope in his hand. His grip was loose enough to let the rope slide through, but tight enough to not let it slip out of his hands.
1 Fathom........ 2 Fathom..... three fathom.... Terran counted mentally as the weight continued down deeper into the oceans abyss.
Terran's leather gloves did a good job at protecting his hands from rope burn, sure they were raggy and smelly, but it beat having no gloves at all.
five fathoms.... six fath- The rope halted suddenly. Terran tightly gripped the rope,
Five and a half fathoms? Uh oh..., the Argonian gritted his teeth, ''Five and a half fathoms!'' he shouted. Then began hauling up the rope.
The First mate ran over to Terran, ''What?'' he said aloud, ''Do another check!'' he said, then curiously watched the lizard plop the weight over the side again. After a few minutes, he shouted off a new reading, ''F-five fathoms this time, sir!''
Vendrinn swore heavily in some form of Elven dialect, He growled and ran back to the Captains quarters, not even caring to enter properly, he just banged open the door. ''We're shallowing, Cap'n!''
''What?'' shouted the Captain, then followed his first mate to the deck. The rest of the crew scrambled around, as if trying to look as if they were doing something. Terran was taking another read, ''Four fathoms!'' He called off. The Captain then rushed to the helm, and grasped it with both hands. ''We need to turn around!'' He shouted as loud as humanly possible, he grunted and swore viciously as the helm refused to turn.
''three and a half fathoms!'' Shouted Terran as he completed another reading. Then, thats when it happened.
The
Rosetta let out an eerie, bone chilling moan. Everyone seemed to stop and listen, before the side of the ship seemed to explode. Thousands of wooden shrapnel as well as sailors took to the skies. The railing Terran was leaning on, shattered inward and hit him square in the stomach, flipping him over the side of the ship. And into the ocean.
ooc: Long intro I know, I didn't plan for it to be this long..., I'll post whats happening 'Now' or my character next post :3