Valya

Valya

Name:	Valya
Ship:	Mercenary
Rank:	<none>

Guilds

The Galley - Former Head Cheese (Nov 2012 Sept 2016)

Skills and Knowledge

• July 2012 Knots test given by Commodore Hawk

• Scribe - The Lady Sinister
• Quartermaster - The Lady Sinister
• First Mate - The Mad Queen
• Bosun - The Harbour
• Portmaster - The Harbour
• The Sentinel Aureate (Bosun) - The Harbour

Noted Favors and Awards

• 2012 - Top Step

Awarded Rummies

• 2012 - Creativity
• 2013 - Galley
• 2015 - Galley

Biography

In a castle in a faraway land, for quite a long time, lived a lady whose task it was to tend the hounds with her husband. If the villagers wanted something stored in the kennels, or needed a place to rest, they called upon her. As the castle folk petted her hounds they would tell her their cares, both big and small. She had her eyes and ears open, yet rarely spoke of what she knew. Everyone seemed to know her, yet they could not recall her name. To them she was invisible. Had anyone cared to ask, she could have told them how she and her husband yearned for more. They would look out to the sea and guess at the adventures taking place upon the ships that rose and fell with the swells of the sea. When the ships would come in to port to unload the treasures they held beneath their decks, she would listen to the stories the sailors would tell of strange lands and peoples. It seemed as if for all their trials upon the high seas, that these people of the sea were a family. A family that they had chosen to be a part of and that wanted them. In time, she learned to speak some of the tongues they used. These hard working and hard playing people were often roughly treated by the castle folk and called pirates as if that made them the lesser. Yet, she found that they remembered that she had a name. They were kind to her and sought out her company when they were in port. She, in turn, fed them and cared for them when the others would not. Yet, still, she wanted more than just to listen to others’ adventures. She wanted to be part of it. She wanted have her own adventures.

One summer day she met the one the pirates called Captain Greybeard. The others spoke of him in a mixture of awe, fear, and respect. She found him to be both a good listener and given to wise counsel. His crew was welcoming and bid her join them. She would have grand adventures and be whatever she chose to be they said. Hard work was valued and would be rewarded.

Her name was Valya and when the Lady Sinister let out her sails, she would be on it. Let the sea bring her whither it will; her fortune was hers to take!