Barnaby Brandi Jones - aka "Baby" Jones 

Male | 28 | 5'10" | (Barbarian) Tiefling

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Captain of 'the Horny Mermaid', Sir Barnaby Brandi Jones sails the high seas with his crew of abyssal creatures and voidsent. There is no real origin story for Captain Brandi-- the accepted sailors tale is that the man was created in Hell to purge the seas of pirates who turned their backs on the Pirates Code. Other tales are less embellished and pin Brandi as a young and simple Tiefling slave who ran from his master and found himself on a pirates ship not long after, the rest was history there on out.

Now a days the swashbuckling tiefling spends his time sailing the high seas and targeting merchant ships that specifically carry alcohol and other strong and rare spirits. Treasure, artifacts and gold are an added bonus, but Captain Brandi (as funny and strange as a tiefling he is) often splits the shares of these treasures more with the crew getting a slightly larger cut than he would. While the crew is granted a larger pay out, Brandi keeps a large portion of the alcohol to himself.

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[ Wicked Spirits ]

The tiefling simply awoke one day to the sound of crashing waves upon a shore of an uncharted island. He had no memories, no idea where he was or his purpose/reason for waking up like this. Around him were the wreckage of what seemed to be a merchant ship and a single bottle of brandy that almost floated out to sea. He wandered aimlessly for days in search an answers and shelter; the bottle was left unopened but served as his anchor to reality and sanity.

 Unlike a couple of unfortunate souls that he had stumbled upon along the way, the wandering man was fortunate enough to find a sparkling lagoon surrounded with means of survival for the tiefling. As be built fire and shelter an unusual splash was heard within the distance as the lagoon rippled. Curiously, looking over the edge was the first time Tiefling had actually had a proper reflection of himself. He fell back in horror, thinking himself a red eyed, blue skinned monster with horns upon his surprise, but his attention was caught once again as his bottle rolled away and fell into the water. 

He found a wave of cold wash over him as he unthinkably dove into the lagoon after the sinking bottle. The water then somehow felt boiling hot as he swam-- eventually becoming heavy, as if it was dragging him further and further into its depths. This feeling felt all too familiar to the man for an odd reason-- never the less he still attempted to swim back to the surface for air, but as he swam the light of world above grew dimmer and dimmer. As he reacted the bottom the last bit of breath escaped his lungs and Brandi was quick to accept his short awakening was soon to coming to an end.

"---?!?"

His eyes shot open as a soft yet cold sensation touched his lips and air was breathed back into his lungs. As quickly as he could Brandi had no time to wonder who or what it was, and scrambled for the bottle and attempted another swimming burst to the surface. An unknown hand then grabbed his when his adrenaline started to falter and swam him up the remaining feet to the warming embrace of the lagoons surface where sun welcomed the tiefling once again. 

The blue tiefling was quick to collect himself, put the bottle away and looked back to the lagoon for the strange 'thing' that aided him back to land. From the waters surface broke two black horns that rose up to greet the lagoons newest guest, then a face and soon followed by the entire upper half of the being that greeted him warmly with a worried and concerned smile for his well being. To his surprise the awestruck tiefling felt his heart skip a beat and a warmth rush back to his cheeks looking upon this.. mermaid? Language found a way back upon his lips and the two talked for hours about his shipwreck(?) arrival, the lagoon, the mermaid them-self, and so much more about the world outside island. The mermaid had grown fond of the tiefling, the feeling was mutual and so at the end of the day the two celebrated a wondrous meet and shared a drink from the bottle that brought them together.  

The two, although had only met for a bit of time, their days together were cut short when human pirates came upon the shores of the island. They had heard rumors of a mermaid living here that could grant them immortality and combed the area day and night until a team had stumbled upon the unnamed Tiefling and followed him back to his shelter at the lagoon. Beating after beating he was stubborn and refused to give any information or knowledge of the area or if the rumors of the immortal mermaid were true or not. With only an inch of his life left to spare the man was ready to die happily knowing his 'beloved' was safe. 

The island within a blink of an eye conjured a storm and the water in the surrounding beach and within the lagoon turned black like thick sludge. The mermaid rose up from behind the pirates in a massive wave and commanded the waters to sweep the ship away and to take the crew and drown them. As for the ones who maimed and tortured their beloved, they were met with a blacken and demonic spear piercing in their chest. With the pirates and their ship destroyed the mermaid rushed over to the bloodied body, weeping and begging him to awaken. As a last resort the mermaid crawled deeper into land to grab the bottle they had shared with the charming tiefling, enchanting their essence and an arcane spell into it. For the spell to work the mermaid drank from the bottle and let their life force flow into it. With their own life hanging on by mere moments they brought the bottle up to their beloveds lips and had him drink the last sips.

Once more the tiefling would soon awaken, weary, confused and alone on the island. The lagoon was dried empty and the island was barren with no signs of lush or life. Had everything he experienced been a dream? A mirage?? He gathered only the only thing that survived the beating and raid: the bottle that he shared with mermaid-- he could have sworn it was empty, but it had a only a swig left. Venturing out, the beach was wrecked once more-- a familiar sight to  as he remembered his own awakening. Upon the shore were bodies upon bodies of strange monster like creatures that had the resemblance of a ship wrecked pirate crew. As these things came to an awakening, they saw the disheveled stranger and questioned who he was and who they were-- where they were, even. The tiefling looked at them, looked to the bottle, and then back to the crew as a ghastly ship of black with a mermaid and their spear at its bow rose from the deep waters. A bloodied captains hat washed upon shore and brushed against his leg, he smiled grabbing the hat, and more turning it into a devilish grin when noticing in the other hand his bottle filled to the brim with brandy. He placed the hat upon his head and took the name on the bottle for himself,

"I'm Barnaby "Brandi" Jones-- Captain Jones to the likes of you. You are my crew and we've come to this island in search for a mermaid and immortality... and I think we've found it, mates."

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• Languages known: Abyssal, Common, Infernal
• To be on his crew you either have to fight him while in rage mode and live within an inch of your life still attached, or impress him in a simple drinking game.
• Has an magicked/enchanted bottle of brandy that never goes empty.
  • The bottle has a golden octopus wrapped around the body. It usually is just a decoration piece, but comes alive when Captain Brandi commands it to so it can pour him shots and drinks.
• He has an unsatiated thirst for alcohol. [Enter alcoholic joke here.]
  • After leaving the island from where he woke and obtainted the crew, he condemned himself a life to sailing the seas and finding the perfect alcohol bottle to fill a strange gnawing void for something/someone lost. Treasure and pillaging is an added bonus.
    
• The little pearl decorations in his hair are actually melted down platinum pieces. It's from his first ship plundering and he thinks they make him look pretty.
• Chosen weapon of choice is a massive anchor.
  • With that being said: Brandi is stronger than he seems. His strength is other worldly despite his size.
• Spoiler(?) highlight: [He once was a human and a practicing surgeon upon a ship that wrecked not far from where he had awoken.]