elias delane

 BIOGRAPHY

RE: CHILDHOOD.         *

elias is the firstborn child of zelda & philip delane. philip died when elias was six, and the child was tasked with helping his mother raise his younger sister, zohar, for several years. he leaves home at age fifteen, feeling a calling towards the sea & heading for the coast.

RE: AT SEA.         *

the plan, initially, is to become a fisherman. this is what elias tells his family he is doing when he writes letters to them. 

in actuality, elias reaches the coast and immediately begins offering help to any crews he can find, whether they are fishing boats or others — including pirate crews. he's naive and has no idea what he's doing. he discovers his magic soon after joining a pirate crew as their navigator: he grew up with stories of his aunts' magical abilities & seeing his father's healing prowess, so this isn't too strange to him, and he revels in training his powers to help his new crew. he's not super stoked about the moral dubiousness of piracy, but he figures as long as he doesn't have to really hurt anyone innocent, he values being a part of a team more than he values strict morality.