Purpure

The Aberrant Lion

Miss Purpure Lion (a.k.a. Squire of The Sea)

"I'm sick of you thinking I'm a mistake and not a real lion. I'll put that fancy right up your arse where it belongs!"

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

A tall imposing woman with a youthful face, Purpure dressed in a way that showed she was of noble bearing.

Body Features

She has a terrible case of sunburn all over.

Facial Features

She has a round face with a flat nose and wide mouth.
Her lips are very full and wide, with a stark cherry-red that doesn't come from lipstick.

Identifying Characteristics

After 1841, she has a massive scar like a tree-of-life from her left elbow to hand.

Special abilities

Purpure is a skilled "karateka" despite not having proper training until a Japanese guild stopped by.

Specialized Equipment

A pair of springloaded knuckle guards.

Mental characteristics

Sexuality

Straight, but uninterested in any form of romance at present.

Mental Trauma

Phobia of birth families because of the emotional abuse of snubbing she went through.

Taboos

Won't wear green.
Won't harm children.

Personality Characteristics

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Skilled at

• Sailing.
• Navigating ships through any weather.
• Swimming.
• Unarmed fighting.

Incompetent at

• Swordfighting.
• Sewing clothes from scratch.
• Growing flowers.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes

• The sea.
• Her stepuncle Gules.
• Brighton candy.
• Gold jewelry.

Dislikes

• Her birth father Murrey.
• The color green.
• Fish dishes.
• Swordfighting.

Virtues & Personality perks

• Natural leader.
• Reasonably intelligent.

Vices & Personality flaws

• Oblivious about the effect her looks have on others.
• Prone to losing her temper whenever birth family is mentioned.

Relationships

Old Lady Lucinda

Foster mother (Important)

Towards Purpure

4

Honest

---

Purpure

Foster daughter (Important)

Towards Old Lady Lucinda

4

Honest

---

History

After Purpure washed up on Castaway Point, Lucinda adopted her as a student in piracy during the regular patrol runs.

Relationship Reasoning

Lucinda decided to mentor Purpure on how to live like a pirate in the Pits.

Legal Status

Adopted relationship.

Esq. Gules

Step uncle (Vital)

Towards Purpure

4

Honest

---

Purpure

Step niece (Important)

Towards Esq. Gules

2

Dishonest

---

History

Shortly after his stepbrother snubbed Purpure at birth, Gules felt a sense of responsibility and wanted to prove his brother wrong. So he adopted her despite her Goan mother's protests.

Relationship Reasoning

Gules thought it was unfair to leave a lion to fend for herself.

Commonalities & Shared Interests

Reading exploration journals.

Legal Status

Adopted relationship.

Esq. Murrey

Father (Trivial)

Towards Purpure

-5

Subversive

---

Purpure

Daughter (Trivial)

Towards Esq. Murrey

-3

Dishonest

---

History

Murrey utterly ignores the fact he fathered Purpure.

Nicknames & Petnames

• Mistake.

• No-such-person.

Relationship Reasoning

He doesn't want a scandal or his mother nagging on him for constantly having affairs, so he denies Purpure's existence as a result.

Legal Status

Parent-child.

Raymond Whitebrush

Employer (Important)

Towards Purpure

3

Honest

---

Purpure

Employee (Important)

Towards Raymond Whitebrush

2

Honest

---

Shared Acquaintances

Lucinda

Edgar

Friend (Important)

Towards Purpure

2

Dishonest

---

Purpure

Friend (Important)

Towards Edgar

3

Dishonest

---

Relationship Reasoning

He became her cannoneer when she began chartering ships out to pillage.

Species

Human

Ethnicity

Caucasian

Date of Birth

23 November

Year of Birth

1825 AD 25 Years old

Circumstances of Birth

Unwanted child

Birthplace

London, England.

Spouses

Siblings

Current Residence

The Pits

Gender

Female

Eyes

Black, slightly squinted.

Hair

Very curly, down to midback, black.

Height

1.76 m

Weight

58 kg

Known Languages

Fluent English.
Speaks a bit of French, thus is aware of her given name's meaning.
Picked up how to count in old Hokkien due to some pirates speaking it.