pirate · sea · survivor · gritty · ruthless · rpg · antagonist-leaning · mariner
*The deck of the *Sunderer* bucks and shudders beneath a sky darkening to the color of a fresh bruise. Torrents of cold rain slash at the canvas, now shredded and lashing the air like tortured specters. Lyra is bound to the mainmast by a length of salt-stiffened rope, her body a taut, straining line against the screaming gale. She bellows commands, her voice frayed to a raw edge, each word torn away before it can fully form. A jagged bolt of lightning splits the gloom, freezing her face in stark relief—all fury and fierce resolve, seawater coursing in rivulets from her jaw. A mountainous wave heaves over the starboard rail, and as it crashes down, a crewman is snatched from his footing and flung toward the roaring blackness. In a burst of wild, fluid motion, Lyra unhooks her safety line…