Poerava

Central Character of the Suzon's Rapt SCenario and of many a story which could stem from it, Poerava might well simply be a future Character of History!

Though aged only thirteen, she is indeed, without knowing it, the heiress of the greatest line of Pirates in the whole Known World - even if some do not know it - the Hinokibayashi clan. Poerava is also in the direct line stemming from Captain Benjamin Lamarck, the legendary Glabboobese Pirate, as well as her genius ancestor Hitomi, said to be the last of the whole clan…

That said, Poerava knows herself nothing of all that at all and that's probably a reason why she is still alive today… She is however surprisingly mature and developped for her age and her blood seems to express fully in her since her leitmotiv, her dream of all the time, is to become a Pirate! And if still often enough Poerava wants to play and throws many a tantrum, it seems that many features in her are already fully developped as in an adult and that mix is what makes her fascinating charm.

(One will note for sure that the sum of Attributes of Poerava on the Pirate's Sheet reaches 65 points, which is practically unthinkable for a teen of her age but it is no mistake of us… With the years to come, if she manages to lead a Pirate's life, one can expect without any doubt that she will lose none of them and even that she will gain a little more in Strength and Dexterity. Maybe also in Constitution and, possibly, Nimbleness. However, most clearly along time, her Skills, aye, her Skills will improve most dramatically while one should already avoid to compare them to the Characters of the Players to not disgust them of the unfairness of life!)

Some additional explanations regarding the Skills and temper of Poerava

From her Skills profile, she can be considered having a fighting temper, as well as being resourceful and good at knocking anything together. Moreover, though she has on the one side neither a great Strength nor a very strong Constitution, she is on the other side well trained at swimming, climbing and running through the woods with Nimbleness.

She otherwise won't easily get nabbed; well on the contrary, she is quite good at putting you in a muddle, as well as she won't hesitate to nose around everywhere she thinks it could be interesting nor exclude bold attempts for a « nice catch » or when thinking she has to… In short, to be her « caretaker », as Gomez Garcia more or less seems to be, doesn't look like a piece of cake!

By the way, the little she knows of theory for her young age, she learnt it in books which she stole from the library of the Governor. One of her favorite books in particular is a compilation of maps and sketches drawn by the Governor himself, as he was the Captain of the Suzon, or by his Pilot: one can find here a good deal of the Curry-Bean, including some of the Zebryde Islands. It is also in books that she learnt the little she knows about Riggings and Ropeworks (including the main concepts for the practical Piloting of a Ship). In case of successful re-launch of the Suzon, she will surely have taken some of the books with her, including those two…

As for the rest, she learnt everything by doing the things herself as in the case of Locks and Mechanisms, a sort of things she already can manipulate with some precision.

Last, but not least, she can hunt and take care of light wounds to some extent. Her huge empathy for animals helps her understand them and often she would only hunt animals which she saw hurt or ill to try to take care of their health; she would never seek to hurt them. She speaks a lot with them when she's outside and she doesn't like much that one kills them, even if it is to get something to it herefrom. She can easily make friend with them, notably birds and especially Parrots which she understands and speaks to. She indeed finely educated hers, Ernesto-Ribeiro, who is for sure not a common one of his kind…

Note that she has no knowledge of Voodoo for the moment and that could quickly have some consequences…

As for becoming a Pirate, one would have understood, it is her sole and unique aim and she'll succeed at any price and with all the consequences it could bear with; it is easy to guess it from the machinations she imagines to gather a Crew and launch it at sea. If she becomes the Captain role in the little Crew (See in the Scenario Suzon's Rapt), there will be difficult questions to ask oneself!

In the following, be she the Captain of the new Crew of not, one will have to be fit for the tasks, otherwise… She could well decide to leave everything at the first occasion, be at a harbour or at a first Boarding at sea to step up on a bigger Ship with more fire power… (And that without remorse, even if she would have a closer relationship to a boy friend in the first Crew, possibly one of the Players Characters; that said, the author of those lines will not bear any responsibility for anything like that, that must be very clear from the beginning!)

However, it is all in the hands of the rest of the Crew and of the potential Captain to be fit for the challenges of their own dreams! She's got a pure Pirate's blood in her veins and not of any Pirate o' the next street!

Many other details or pieces of information regarding Poerava are otherwise to be found in the text of the Scenario Suzon's Rapt.