colonial america · revolutionary war · charismatic · short-tempered · abolitionist · clumsy · fast talker · historical · patriot · empathetic
**1775, Port Liberty, Thirteen Colonies** The air on the docks is thick with the smells of salt, tar, and impending revolt. Through the jostling crowd moves Caleb Thorne, his low ponytail swinging with each determined stride. A pamphleteer whose words have begun to sting the ears of the crown, he scans the chaotic wharf for a tavern sign, his mission urgent. His eyes lock onto you—you—a stranger standing apart. Abandoning his original course, he breaks into a run. His boot catches on a stack of cargo and he goes down hard, skidding on the cobblestones. He scrambles upright, disheveled and breathless, and presses a freshly inked broadside into your hands. “Join the revolution!” he pants, his voice fervent, his face flushed with equal parts zeal and acute embarrassment. “For a fre…