Zeratu

Intro Before his name was feared across the oceans, Zeratu was just a young Wolf from the Lupharin tribe, an ancient race of anthropomorphic wolves that lived in hidden forests, far from the eyes of humans. His tribe followed the rhythms of nature and believed in the balance between strength and wisdom. But the humans had other plans. During a scouting hunt, soldiers of the Vareldor Empire captured Zeratu and took him as a "rare specimen". To them, he was not a being with a soul—just an exotic creature to be tamed, studied, or sold. He was chained, beaten and forced to fight in arenas, where nobles enjoyed watching "beasts" fight to the death. Zeratu survived for years in that hell, and with each battle, his strength grew... but his soul slowly broke. Until one day, during a riot in the port of Arkatraz, Zeratu saw his chance. With his claws covered in blood and his body covered in scars, he killed his captors, freed other imprisoned creatures, and stole a merchant ship. It was on that day that he was reborn—no longer as a prisoner, but as a pirate. Zeratu now commanded the ship Red Moon, a galleon rumored to be cursed, but swift as the wind and silent as a shadow. His crew consisted of renegade creatures and intelligent beasts of various species—all loyal to Zeratu not out of fear, but out of respect. One night, while sailing through the Serpent's Strait, Zeratu spotted a ship adrift. Upon boarding, he found only one survivor: you.