Marilise Maeorgan
Sea Lord Marilise Maeorgan
Marilise had the good fortune to be born into one of Freeport’s most powerful families. Her father, Marshal, was a powerful merchant, and she and her brothers were groomed for positions among the city’s elite. Even before the untimely death of Marshal’s wife, he ruled the family without question. Marshal had a plan for his children, even if they didn’t realize it when they were young. The eldest boy, Armin, was to enter politics and take a seat on the Captains’ Council; the middle child, Melkior, was to take over the family business; and the youngest, Marilise, was to be used in a political marriage to increase the prominence and power of the Maeorgan family.
What Marshal did not figure into his plans was his own blood. Strong and willful himself, he bred strong and willful children. This served Armin well, as he did indeed become a member of the Captains’ Council. Melkior, however, was never content to live in his elder brother’s shadow; he resented Armin’s position. Milton Drac saw the bitterness in young Melkior and filled his ears with poison. A few months before Drac became Sea Lord, Melkior secretly murdered his brother. This allowed him to take Armin’s seat on the Captains’ Council, and he became Drac’s right hand man, eventually joining the Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign.
Marilise, meanwhile, was developing into a young hellion. Her father wanted her to learn the rules of etiquette; she learned swordsmanship instead. Her father wanted her to master the tea ceremony; she caroused in low-class bars. After the third time she stowed away on a ship and had to be dragged back to Freeport, Marshal realized he wouldn’t be able to marry her off to anyone. If she wanted to leave Freeport and get into fights, Marshal knew just the place to send her: She was shipped off to a continental military academy run by the clergy of Veris. Four years in that environment taught the girl about discipline, though it did not entirely quell her rebellious streak.
At 22, Marilise returned to Freeport. Her father took her on as his assistant and began to teach her about the family business and politics in Freeport. At the time, Melkior descended into madness with Milton Drac. Shortly before Drac’s fall, Melkior took his sister to one of the Brotherhood of the Yellows Sign’s secret meetings. He had sought to impress her, but Marilise recoiled in horror. She intuited immediately that Melkior had killed Armin, even if her father refused to believe it. Later, Marilise could not bring herself to tell her father the truth about her brother. Fate spared her that duty, at least, for it was only a few months later that Melkior and Milton Drac were killed and the mad scheme of the Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign stopped. During the ensuing Succession Crisis, Marilise took over her brother’s seat on the Captains’ Council. The factions squabbled endlessly and months went by with no solution. At first, she supported Arias Soderheim, but she soon discovered he was a snake. When Soderheim’s plan to become Sea Lord blew up in his face, Marilise seized that opportunity and put forward her own bid—of her own volition and without her father’s help. If she was going to become Sea Lord, she would do it herself, on her own terms.
At the young age of 29, she became Sea Lord, only the second woman to do so in the city’s history.
Current Location
Year of Birth
761 NE
36 Years old
Family
Children
Gender
Female
Eyes
piercing grey
Hair
long curly black
Height
6 feet
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