NAME: Gideon Newport
RANK: Pirate
CURRENT TITLES: Witch Doctor, Captain
FACTION: Independent
SPECIES: Human (Undead)
AGE: 32
SEX: Male
HEIGHT: 1,74 m
WEIGHT: 65 kg
EYES: Brown
HAIR: None
SKIN: Scarred
FORCE SENSITIVE: No
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STRENGTHS:
-Sailor of the Void: More then 15 years of being a pirate have formed Gideon into an expert when it comes to space travel. He is skilled as pilot, commander, navigator, boarding crew member, drunk, merchant, thief and gunslinger, and has no problem using these abilities to get whatever he desires.
-Drunk Man's Luck: Gideon is the the kind of guy who has a drink to much, gets into trouble and then miraculously stumbles out of it unharmed besides a few scars more and a few credits and memories less.
-Pirate Swagger: Arrogance is a crass understatement when describing Gideon, yet his extreme confidence is not entirely unfounded. Besides that his natural confidence and charisma are known to sway others to his side from time to time, despite his more then questionable loyalties and morals.
-Collector: While at first Gideon became a pirate for credits and the thrill, he has stayed one for so long because of the booty. Since his first contact with a dark side relic he became fascinated with collecting ancient trinkets, bordering on obsession.
WEAKNESSES:
-Act First, Think Later: If there is a man with a plan, it surely isn't Gideon. He is a classic example of someone with a mouth faster than his head, and the same can be said about pretty much any other part of his body.
-Soulsearching: After spending days locked in the netherworld due to an incident inside a ruined sith temple, a part of himself was lost in the nether and never found its way back to him. Since then he is somewhat undead, plagued by strange dreams, and a unnatural willingness to take ridiculous risks for no real reason.
-Scars: Years of being a pirate as well as a abusive youth have left Gideon's body scarred and broken. Pretty much every muscles and every bone in his body is a source of slight, but constant pain, clouding his mind under high pressure.
APPEARANCE:
Gideon is not a man of impressive size or strength, but that makes him only slightly less terrifying. His hair was already gone in his early twenties, revealing the deep scars below that are carved through his whole face and reach down right to his toes. The color of his skin had once been rather fair, but after returning form his involuntary stay in the nether it turned into a unnaturally darker, almost burned tone. His back is riddled with a seemingly random collection of tattoos, most of them just chaotic scribbles. Commonly he shrouds himself in simple clothing, most of it ragged and ripped, while also carrying a few favorite pieces of his relic collection, consisting out of rings, amulets and other objects of arcane origin that give him a slightly otherworldly appearance despite lacking any connection to the force.
PERSONALITY:
Gideon is most easily described as a extremely extroverted, expressive person, with a bit of strong, undeniable charisma. At least that would be how he would describe himself. While there is quite a lot of truth in that statement, there are a few less positive qualities to him that are as prominent. Since he returned from the realm of the dead he became uncomfortably unhinged, bordering on absolutely mad. He is prone to sudden mood swings, going from drinking and laughing to bursts of unfounded violence and range in a matter of seconds. Also he is not to be trusted, and in return never trusts anyone else (what doesn't stops him from pretending otherwise) as he knows quite well how little it words of loyalty can actually mean. During his time as a pirate he developed a mild obsession with collecting relics and artifacts with arcane abilities, despite the fact that he isn't able to use most of them. Gideon also lacks any kind of moral compass, acting only based on one value: His own current desires.
FIGHTING STYLE:
In combat Gideon prefers a trusty revolver to do the work for him, keeping his distance will pumping the bodies of his enemies full with bullets. His style can only be described as chaotic, consisting of erratically running around, blindly firing and angry shouting until he either blackouts from the mix of alcohol, exhaustion and adrenaline or anyone else is dead. When forced to fight in close quarters then Gideon proves to be a talented, ruthless brawler with an eye for using his surroundings as improvised weapons.
BIOGRAPHY:
-Pre Roleplay:
Born on Tatooine Gideon's live was marked by struggle and hardship from an early age on. His mothered died at birth, leaving the boy behind with only his abusive, spice addicted father who found more enjoyment in drugs and neglected then in his son. Poverty mixed with the overall living conditions of the desert forced Gideon to get creative from the day he learned to walk and act. With seven he stole for the first time, a handful of credits to get away from the fists of his father for a few hours. With ten he mugged someone for the first time, once again to avoid the violent, aimless rage of the man that should have raised him.
With fourteen he committed his first murder, to get away from his father once and for all. Taking what little the man that had granted him nothing more than a part of his genetics he set out to leave the sand and heat behind.
After drinking and drifting through the dirtiest parts of the galaxy for four years he finally found something that felt like home. During a short, lethal bar brawl Gideon unintentionally saved the life of John Songbird, Captain of the Pirate vessel "The Deserteur" and earned the right to join his crew. Happily Gideon accepted the offer, quickly becoming a vital part of the crew.
During his second raid with his new crew he came into contact with a sith ring of little power, yet he instantly grew fascinated with the small artifact, developing a habit for seeking and collecting pieces of similar nature despite the fact that he has little to no use for them.
During the next five years of raiding he rose through the ranks of the pirates, earing himself the position of first mate and the moniker "Witch Doctor" due to his collection for artifacts and his liking of strange brews of alcoholic beverages.
In year six of his career as a pirate the unexpected happened during the raid of a seemingly abandoned temple at the edges of the unknown regions. Caught in an ambush Gideon and Captain Songbird fought to the end, but while the Captain left to join with the dead, Gideon himself stumbled into an ancient construct leading him into the deaths of the Nether.
He knows nothing of what happened during those days of being lost among the death, but the man that returned was a changed one, more violent, more mad and more brilliant than ever before. Slaughtering his way through the temple he managed to return to the Deserteur, claiming the right to be its new captain.
Another five years passed on in which Gideon lead his crew to wealth and luxury through violence and ruthlessness, years he nostalgically describes as his golden years. Yet as most pirates they one day meet their match, they set their eyes on a price to great for them. While his crew didn't survived the encounter with a medium sized patrol of the Imperial Remnant, he somehow managed to escape both death and capture, his name forgotten as Dead Men tell no Tales.
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