Bron Bluehorn

Characteristics

Physical features

Bron is a massive Minotaur, nearly 7 feet tall and as wide as a doorframe, with yellowed teeth and blueish-gray hairs. He wears a simple leather tunic and wields a large great club made from a ship's mast. Bron fashions his hair and beard after those of a Dwarf. Though the numerous scars lining his limbs and torso speak to a background of violence, you immediately sense kindness in the creature’s eyes.  

Mental traits

Bron is simple-minded but obedient and loyal, particularly to Captain Greydone. Despite his fearsome appearance, he often comes across as jovial and even friendly, but he shows great enthusiasm for acts of violence when given the chance. As a minotaur, he is often used as an enforcer and muscle by the crew due to his size and strength.  

History

Bron was respected within the Stonehorn clan out in the Savage Savannah, his roar could scatter even the bravest trespassers, leaving only the foolhardy to face him in combat.   Bron, with 15 other mighty warriors from the minotaur clan, went on a rampage to the west, soon reaching Siniadòr and ending up in Tana's Empire. Wanted criminal, it took a bloody battle to stop the minotaurs, Bron crushing his enemy's skull with his bare hands—but soon enough, he and his surviving warriors found themselves bound in chains, headed for the distant empire capital.   These unfortunate minotaurs found themselves cast into the Crimson Colosseum of Holypertuis, as gladiators.   Bron had fallen far when he met Greydone Thorne, a pirate in the arenas. At first, he bellowed and charged the bars of his cage, expecting him to fear or goad him like the others, but Greydone did neither. He spoke to him with gentle respect and eventually, Bron answered in kind.   Greydone offered Bron freedom. He came back one night, bringing the key to his cell. Bron thought he had sacrificed much to arrange this escape, and he swore he would repay him tenfold.   Bron now serves Greydone and becomes a pirate doing so.  

The cloven crystal war

late 1136 AD   The Cloven Crystals — ancient seals that bound the mighty Tromokratis — had fallen one by one. Destroyed or stolen by the Kraken King’s pirates, each loss brought his monstrous reign closer. Only one crystal remained, the final barrier to his dominion over the seas. It was embedded within Queen Morganyn herself, who stood as the last line of defense.   Desperate to break that final seal, the Kraken King rallied the Longstraw Pirates. Over twenty ships, crewed by hundreds of raiders, surged toward Coralia — the Triton capital — intent on tearing the last crystal from the queen’s body. Foreseeing the coming storm, Morganyn dispatched her warriors to meet the enemy at the surface. Within Coralia, the city’s defense fell to their Plasmoid allies.   As arcane fire and magical volleys rained from pirate mages, the sea boiled with war. But not every pirate served the Kraken King faithfully. A rogue ship — The Garrot — used the chaos to slip its own infiltrators into Coralia.   The battle raged for hours. Triton forces, hard-pressed on the surface, were forced to retreat and reinforce the palace, turning back Katarina’s assault from within. But their withdrawal allowed the Kraken King's pirates to dive beneath the waves, setting a new plan in motion. His mages gathered for a ritual — calling forth dragon turtles to shift the tide in his favor.   When news of this reached Queen Morganyn, she wavered. With no way to hold Coralia and no reinforcements in sight, she made a painful decision: she would flee, drawing the fight away from her people to buy them time.   Under cover of night, Morganyn, her advisors, and Wellan slipped from the palace. First disguised as drifting jellyfish, they then polymorphed into sharks to escape undetected. Their destination: The Garrot — the only ship that might still carry them to safety.