Jeren Covewatch
Captain Jeren Inkeye of Covewatch (a.k.a. Patches)
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Jeren's grandmother gave him the name Inkeye due to the patch of dark fur that surrounds his left eye. A jagged line of white fur runs up his right arm where he was injured while defending his ship in 260.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
A life at sea was always on teh cards Jeren. His father had spent his life at sea, transporting cargo up and down the west coast of Caresnas and Jeren was keen to follow in his footsteps from an early age. His father's ship, the Covewatch Trader, was known from Filishar to Pelimouth as a reliable vessel and Jeren dreamed of one day being it's master.
In 260 Jeren was again obliged to protect the Trader from an elven attack, suffering a long cut that normally cost him his arm. While recovering and looking to get the Trader repaired Jeren discovered that his family's finances were in a far worse position than he had thought. It turned out his sister had borrowed heavily and had secretly used the Trader as collateral before falling behind on payments. With insufficient funds to repair the trader, and no way to continue without the repairs Jeren went to see the Renkart family who had made the loan to his sister. The Renkarts were open to negotiation and Jeran was able to ensure his crew's continued employment and an income for his family, though at the cost of the Trader and his command.
Now a captain without a ship Jeren was only to happy to sign up for the End of Darkness Expedition when a recruiter came to see if he was interested.
When Jeren was old enough to go to sea himself his father arranged for a position for him on another vessel so that Jeren wouldn't be treated favourably by crew hoping to gain an advantage. The arrangement was easy enough as the Covewatch Trader had taken on it's share of future officers in the past. Jeren proved to be hard working and capable enough in his role, and at the age of seventeen he was brought back to the Covewatch Trader to begin learning the ship and it's crew.
Jeren worked for his father for the next three years until an attack by an elven ship claimed his father's life. Jeren managed to rally the surviving crew and drive off the attackers before assumming command. There was little question of his authority on the trip back to Covewatch, but on reaching port several of the crew questioned whether he should command the ship going forward given his relative lack of experience. Jeren had been thinking the same himself, but Nevil of Pebble Cove, his father's second in command, convinced Jeren to stay the course. The dissenters were dismissed and Jeren continued to captain the ship.
For the fourth ship I think Covewatch would be best. The other two are due to have additional casters and warriors, but the Grusk has more crafters. We need someone who can keep them together in a crisis. Jeren's shown he can keep a crew together in a fight, even when they aren't trained fighters
Personality Characteristics
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Jeren is far from the best at using the new tools and an Endless Glass for navigation. He can just about get his head around how it works, but his calculations usually end up going awry, so he leaves this task to his navigator as much as possible. Where Jeren excels is in reading the wind and currents, even in unfamiliar waters. He attributes this to his unusually sharp eyesight that lets him pick on wave patterns that show how the wind is changing and changes in the seabed are affecting the flow of water.
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Species
Conditions
Date of Birth
20 Lomar 236
Year of Birth
4828
26 Years old
Birthplace
Children
Sex
Male
Eyes
Yellow
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Light brown fur
Height
5'8"
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