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Álvaro Qamar Macario de Santigo.
- Full Name: Álvaro Qamar Macario de Santigo.
- Age: 45. 23rd December 266 A.C.
- Gender: Male.
- Race: Lusitsian Ailor. Bragacoan.
- Languages: Commons, Braggan, Daendroquin.
- Proficiencies:
- Combat Proficiency
- +10 Blades Combat, invested. (Increased Cap)
- Tactical Proficiency
- +25 Captain Tactic Skill, invested. (Increased Cap)
- +2 Admiral Tactic Skill, invested.
- Knowledge Proficiency
- +15 Maritime Knowledge, 10 invested, 5 Favoured by the Sea. (Increased Cap)
- +3 Linguistic Knowledge, invested.
- Daendroquin.
- Arts Proficiency
- +10 Literary Arts, hobby.
- Combat Proficiency
- Body Shape: Muscular.
- Body Fat: Low.
- Physical Stat: 25.
- La Pez Globo.
- A frigate and Álvaro's primary ship. It's crew has stuck with him through thick and thin, particularly over the last few years and they have sailed the world over in face of danger.
- The Siren.
- A smaller yacht, still armed with cannons but far fewer. This is a ship Álvaro favours for boarding missions and piracy against merchants. Also one that he often uses and used for smuggling.
- Infallible Navigator.
- Iron Gut.
- Favoured by the Sea.
- Eye Color: Green.
- Hair Color: Black.
- Hair Style: Álvaro currently has middle parted hair, and an undercut.
- Skin Color: Tanned. (Daendroque Tone)
- Clothing: Álvaro usually wears very simple clothes under a short overcoat and large leather boots. When it gets cold, he has a grey bear pelt from Forriesta Natal that he often wears.
- Height: 6'
- Weapon of Choice: Longsword, full basket-guard cutlass or fists he has also been known to use a machete with no lacking of brutality, and no great skill. Alvaro is not picky when it comes to weapons and is known for using brute force, jabs and knees to the groin as well as a slew of other underhanded tricks to win a fight.
[*]Paragraph One. Others perception of Álvaro is greatly varying on the mood they catch him in. He's known to be very jovial at times and is no stranger to the Daendroquin lifestyle that is so often appraised for its liveliness. He's often seen lazing about in his study, reading or otherwise relaxing. On the other hand, those that have been unfortunate enough to have caught Álvaro at a bad time are often quick to pick up on his argumentative, crass and quite frankly aggressive nature that hasn't seemed to have left him since his days as a much younger pirate. This often sees him getting into brawls or barking commands at strangers in the streets or public sphere. To conclude, a strangers perception of Álvaro could vary greatly from that of an imposing figure, a laid back person or for lack of a better word, an ass, not to mention everything in between.
[*]Paragraph Two. Often seen as an incredibly outgoing and charismatic person, people rarely get to see Álvaro's insecurities--this includes many of his inner thoughts, but foremost of which are not wanting to fail his children as a father, despite the fact that he already believes he has or impacting those around him negatively with the brash decisions he so often makes. In recent months Álvaro has made a concerted effort to do better, but often has moments of weakness. The difference really between these things that burden many people across the world is his distinct awareness of it but the difficulty he encounters whilst trying to change. His lack of a reasonable upbringing stems a lot of his vices. He is often a cynical, greedy and arrogant person who takes what he wants to try to shield others from seeing his much more sensitive and dwelling nature. Whilst he is very certain of his ability as a leader and combatant, he fails time and time again to form meaningful relationships with others. This reveals itself in the form of addiction, overprotectiveness, adultery and excessive greed as well as pride.
[*]Paragraph Three. Towards friends and family Álvaro believes himself to be a role-model. He is fiercely protective of them and offers misfits a place with open arms. He is confident and reliable amongst them and always willing to act as an anchor of sorts, he would do anything for his family - more specifically anything for his sons. Álvaro's father was always kind to him, but Álvaro, in his rather selfish youth neglected his children for his own self interest and hedonism in romping around the oceans pretending as though he didn't have a responsibility to anyone but himself. Now, as he sees or saw his children form as young adults he fears that he didn't have as much as an impact on them as he should have, and fears that they will not have the time for the knowledge he has to offer them once he's elderly and settled. His fear more than for his children suffering is that his grandchildren might suffer more for his inability to act as a father to their father's. In a way, this is very similar to how Álvaro acts with strangers but for a different reason, for his family it is a way to safeguard the people he's close to, but with strangers or even friends at times it's almost as if he is trying to add them to a collection and earn their loyalty.
[*]Paragraph Four. Álvaro is best described as chaotic neutral in most aspects of his life. Despite his standing in society, he resents and avoids authority. He challenges tradition and urges those around him to be independent and strong-willed. However, it is unfair to say that he is without order entirely, as previously mentioned he holds his friends and family in high regards and they come first. When dealing with issues regarding his family that might require a finer touch, Álvaro is not incapable of acting more lawfully, if not only to appease others to get irritating situations dealt with.
[*]Paragraph Two. Often seen as an incredibly outgoing and charismatic person, people rarely get to see Álvaro's insecurities--this includes many of his inner thoughts, but foremost of which are not wanting to fail his children as a father, despite the fact that he already believes he has or impacting those around him negatively with the brash decisions he so often makes. In recent months Álvaro has made a concerted effort to do better, but often has moments of weakness. The difference really between these things that burden many people across the world is his distinct awareness of it but the difficulty he encounters whilst trying to change. His lack of a reasonable upbringing stems a lot of his vices. He is often a cynical, greedy and arrogant person who takes what he wants to try to shield others from seeing his much more sensitive and dwelling nature. Whilst he is very certain of his ability as a leader and combatant, he fails time and time again to form meaningful relationships with others. This reveals itself in the form of addiction, overprotectiveness, adultery and excessive greed as well as pride.
[*]Paragraph Three. Towards friends and family Álvaro believes himself to be a role-model. He is fiercely protective of them and offers misfits a place with open arms. He is confident and reliable amongst them and always willing to act as an anchor of sorts, he would do anything for his family - more specifically anything for his sons. Álvaro's father was always kind to him, but Álvaro, in his rather selfish youth neglected his children for his own self interest and hedonism in romping around the oceans pretending as though he didn't have a responsibility to anyone but himself. Now, as he sees or saw his children form as young adults he fears that he didn't have as much as an impact on them as he should have, and fears that they will not have the time for the knowledge he has to offer them once he's elderly and settled. His fear more than for his children suffering is that his grandchildren might suffer more for his inability to act as a father to their father's. In a way, this is very similar to how Álvaro acts with strangers but for a different reason, for his family it is a way to safeguard the people he's close to, but with strangers or even friends at times it's almost as if he is trying to add them to a collection and earn their loyalty.
[*]Paragraph Four. Álvaro is best described as chaotic neutral in most aspects of his life. Despite his standing in society, he resents and avoids authority. He challenges tradition and urges those around him to be independent and strong-willed. However, it is unfair to say that he is without order entirely, as previously mentioned he holds his friends and family in high regards and they come first. When dealing with issues regarding his family that might require a finer touch, Álvaro is not incapable of acting more lawfully, if not only to appease others to get irritating situations dealt with.
- Character Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.
- Personality Type: ENTJ-A.
- Religion: Old Gods. 2/10.
Álvaro was born the son of an old fisherman named Renato de Santigo - with an unnamed mother that he never knew, and thus, technically a bastard and half-sibling to his older brothers and sisters. Santigo, where he was born is a small fortified harbour town, shyly north of the southern border to Amaolits. The vast majority of the populace were fishermen with the odd merchant that owned holdings in the town for storage as a pit stop en route south - the merchants found in the town, however, were far and few between given the notoriety of the town as a safe haven for several pirate crews.He had been, for quite some time working in the markets and on small fishing boats. That is until Álvaro was almost fourteen, during this time, he had begun to work in a local shipyard for an elderly and widowed man named Fernando Aguiar over the course of four years the two became rather close. At the closing of his tenure with the shipping company however, Fernando passed, leaving his fortune and company to Álvaro with no suitable heirs. At the young age of seventeen, it was decided the company would be left under Renato's care and Álvaro would take the coin to pay for his tuition in Portimao, to study as a Captain. During this time however, he also managed to get the daughter of a relatively wealthy family pregnant. He was later forced to propose to her by his father in spite of his plan to move to Portimao to study, and thus the de Bosque and de Santigo families were united in marriage.
It seemed that the young man's penchant for all things nautical and maritime, as well as his practical upbringing helped in his education as a Captain and he spent his time in the college passing with flying colours. As a young Captain, Álvaro showed cunning and brutality that was scarcely seen - at least that's what he'd have you know. After what seemed like a breeze through four years Álvaro briefly returned to Santigo and recruited a variety of family-friends as sailors before leaving aboard a sloop in Portimao under his first orders, which were ironically to track and hunt pirates. During what became three years of naval service and a resignation as soon as possible from the Regalian navy, Álvaro had taken to learning swordsmanship from a handful of marines, learning their trade during his time as their Captain.
During the next five year stint of his life, Álvaro and his crew of pirates stole a sloop and wreaked havoc along the coasts of the Daendroc supercontinent, as well as across the Yellow Sea and the coast of Farah'deen*. The crew was soon renowned in the waters they were active for their barbarity and speed, and became famed for their ability to free and recruit slaves from Songaskian slave ships. As their crew became larger, and their name became more memorable, they began to expand their operation to include more vessels - at its peak, the Santigoan piracy undertaking became three independent ships that were active throughout the Yellow Sea, Western Calms and Great Middle Sea, targeting whatever was there to attack (though typically avoiding Lusitsian and Regalian vessels) and all using the town of Santigo as a haven of sorts. During this period of great economic success, Alvaro took it upon himself to hire a Mariposa tutor to accompany him at sea and at home, which is how he became so proficient with the longsword.
From the age of 30, to 35 he continued his various acts of piracy and also dabbled in smuggling. He was also granted a Barony during this time in Bragacao, which is roughly around the time the family moved to Regalia to provide his children and nephew with a better education. Further time spent in the city has seen to Álvaro and Isabel getting an annulment of their marriage, as well as Álvaro's appointment as the Kaperflotten inspector and later removal of the Kaperflotten position. Some months after he became a Count and continued an upward trend amongst nobility until, rather unfortunately, he backed the wrong horse. In choosing Howlester over Ravenstad and losing in an election for Undercrown Álvaro had made an enemy of House Ravenstad and in a large smear campaign his reputation was ruined. Amongst the political fallout he lost his lands to a variety of factors, including outside influence from opportunistic elements around Coivra and Girobalda. Recent months have seen him abandon the world of politics in search of a more "humble and freeing lifestyle" as he puts it, and by this, he means he was bored and took up piracy again - though he wouldn't be so fast to admit that. With his vast reduction of power and influence however, left a void that Álvaro feels he must fill.
A change of lifestyle saw Álvaro drink less and quit smoking, and since he asked Euan to lock him in a cabin with nothing in it for three days, he sweat the opiates out of his system. He did this because he understands he's getting older and his body is becoming ever-increasingly difficult to maintain. After a failed attempt at boarding a ship in an act of piracy, Álvaro fell off his ship and was knocked unconscious. He washed up on a beach in Ithania where a household took him in. After some months, he found himself associated with a crew of merchants who delivered Álvaro from place* to place, eventually to the only place he can now call home, being Regalia after the Elven invasion of Lusits. Currently, he runs a piracy route between Portimao, Regalia and Ashanna which hits various other trade-routes headed towards Havensreach, Farah'deen and Dexai but he has taken a keen interest in the politics of the archipelago again and contemplates staying.
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