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<b>Freeman Mongrelborn</b> was a [[High Captain]] of [[Port Skaug]] and a powerful admiral in the [[Skaugan Main]] during the [[third century Valanthe]]. His true name, was he ever given one, and his parentage are lost to history; any records that detailed such information surely burned with the sugar plantation that birthed him. The product of both the desperate couplings of plantation slaves and the experimental “husbandry” of the slavemasters, he had no recognizable race. According to a contemporary pamphlet extolling his deeds, | <b>Freeman Mongrelborn</b> was a [[High Captain]] of [[Port Skaug]] and a powerful admiral in the [[Skaugan Main]] during the [[third century Valanthe II]]. His true name, was he ever given one, and his parentage are lost to history; any records that detailed such information surely burned with the sugar plantation that birthed him. The product of both the desperate couplings of plantation slaves and the experimental “husbandry” of the slavemasters, he had no recognizable [[race]]. According to a contemporary pamphlet extolling his deeds, | ||
<blockquote>"On the plantation, he was simply called a mongrel. One might see at one glance the bulk of the [[orc]] in his frame, at another, the gleam of the [[elf]] in his keen eyes, the alacrity of the [[halfling]] in his surprisingly delicate hands, the staunchness of the [[dwarf]] in the set of his jaw, the decidedly [[goblinoid]] sharpness of his teeth – perhaps even something [[celestial]] or [[demonic]] in the pale, lichen-green hue of his skin. When, one blessed day, he slew his masters and set fire to their plantation, he left his slave name in the flames, sardonically choosing as his nom de guerre the slur by which he was so often referred."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"On the plantation, he was simply called a mongrel. One might see at one glance the bulk of the [[orc]] in his frame, at another, the gleam of the [[elf]] in his keen eyes, the alacrity of the [[halfling]] in his surprisingly delicate hands, the staunchness of the [[dwarf]] in the set of his jaw, the decidedly [[goblin|goblinoid]] sharpness of his teeth – perhaps even something [[celestial]] or [[demonic]] in the pale, lichen-green hue of his skin. When, one blessed day, he slew his masters and set fire to their plantation, he left his slave name in the flames, sardonically choosing as his nom de guerre the slur by which he was so often referred." | ||
:— <i>"Join the Mongrels - See the World!"</i></blockquote> | |||
After escaping the sugar plantations, Mongrelborn slew a slave-ship captain, freed its captives, and set upon a years-long campaign against the slave merchants of the Skaugan archipelago. Because slavery was illegal or at least frowned upon by most of the region’s powers, he largely avoided censure by the governments of the Main, though he made many enemies among those who directly and indirectly profited from the slave trade. | After escaping the sugar plantations, Mongrelborn slew a slave-ship captain, freed its captives, and set upon a years-long campaign against the slave merchants of the Skaugan archipelago. Because slavery was illegal or at least frowned upon by most of the region’s powers, he largely avoided censure by the governments of the Main, though he made many enemies among those who directly and indirectly profited from the slave trade. | ||