Nathan Mandrake

Friends and Family
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Geoffrey Mandrake - Older brother

Record of Achievement
1721 - Enlisted in the squadron

Background Story
My past is rather uneventful. Born in London around 1686, my mother was a lady of the lesser virtues and she deposited my person at a local convent, who decided after a couple of years I was rather a handful. Luckily for them, I made the mistake of stealing a bread in the busy streets of London, right in front of some fine gentlemen who later turned out to be a party of captains of the British fleet.

Needless to say I was quickly apprehended and offered the choice to join the Navy or faced the consequences. I chose the first and my 'foster parents' were glad to see me going and go back to their clergy ways. I joined the navy as a lowly ship boy, doing chores and learning the ropes. My first ship was the HMS Dauntless, which later joined the Battle of Bantry Bay against the French, around 1689 I believe. Lots of good men lost their lives there and then, but it was my first taste of battle and I wanted more.

During the later years I learned quickly and climbed up to midshipman and took my first Lieutenant exam when I turned 19. Which I failed miserably due to a complete lack of preparation. Luckily, two years later I passed and became Lieutenant.

Around my 30th year,I began courting the lovely daughter of one higher esteemed admirals of the fleet. Sadly enough the man didn't think much of me, being a lowly Lieutenant and he quickly made sure I never saw his daughter again by sending me to the Caribbean to defend the British colonies. Unable to refuse, I reluctantly accepted and I started sailing on the HMS Valerian, a small corvette. The following years mostly consisted of small escort missions and some minor cruises. One day during one of those escorts we were attacked by a large force of pirates. The captain was killed during the first exchange of gunfire and I took command. In spite of the odds, we got away with the full merchant fleet and we survived that day with minimal casualties.

Unknown to me, one of the merchants who almost got boarded was carrying two passengers that time, a very familiar admiral and his daughter.

Needless to say, I got promoted to captain a couple of weeks later by that same fellow. Sadly enough the love between myself and the lady was not what it was so many years ago and we never saw each other again.

I hope you didn't expect a fairy tale, Gentlemen!