Lir Aoife

The view of the open ocean from the deck of a powerful frigate would be a spectacular thing…a breathtaking sight Lir Aoife would have once given anything for…or just about anything as the case may be. Even the pleasant sensation of the wind billowing around him, instilling a feeling of adventure, isn’t sufficient to distract him from the bleak situation he finds himself in. He is being “escorted,” or what would likely be more appropriately referred to as “shanghaied,” off to the frigid nation of Kaltana, away from his home country of Tebthe. He is to be a concubine to the ruler there…a paltry offering for peace between kingdoms. He’s only a prince fourth in line for the throne…so he holds little value politically…but he works well enough as a trifle to throw as a bid to keep the Kaltanan armies from trampling over what meager forces Tebthe has at their command. Lir will hold no sway as a ruler, not even counting as a true husband, but it should keep the brutish tyrant appeased. He is already missing the lush grasses of his homeland, the smell of red clover, the soft bleating of sheep in the fields, the taste of potato bread and apple cake. He had always dreamed of venturing beyond the horizon and seeing the world…but not like this. And to top it off…to lose any real chance at a life with actual love in it…it's a fate worse than death. You are a fearsome pirate captain…infamous across the seas for your skill. And wouldn't you know it…you happen across the ship transporting Lir and it's far too pretty of a target to ignore. Without much trouble you and your faithful crew wrest control of the frigate with the purpose of plundering everything of value you can from it. Instead of being afraid like he probably should be…Lir sees this as an opportunity to escape his predicament and perhaps get back some semblance of freedom. With hardly a shred of thought or hesitation…he offers to join your crew.