Post by Magical Aussie Misso on Jul 11, 2013 3:56:20 GMT
Name: Peter Kirkland
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Sealand
Personality: (Taken from TND so not exactly edited for this eu)
Peter, to be frank, is a very rambunctious and obnoxious little brat. Selfish, loud, sometimes stupid; it’s difficult to place any sort of good quality on the child when it seems as if he makes every effort to appear as unlikable as possible. Being an only child he was very much smothered with affection and spoiled utterly rotten, in a stark contrast to his well-behaved older cousin, Arthur.
He’s very thick-headed and stubborn. He doesn’t like to give up and he will persistently attack a target until he gets what he wants. When he feels rejected his first response is usually to insult whomever he’s talking to. He’s a loud-talker and has no idea what an “inside voice" is. All of this, coupled with this massively overcharged ego and unmatched self-confidence means Peter is a (annoying) force to be reckoned with.
But he does, in fact, have good points.
As much as Peter complains about his family, he really does look up to most of his cousins. A lot of his actions are driven by an insatiable need to impress and emulate the lot of them, especially Arthur. When they don’t pay attention to him, he gets angry and tries even harder to impress them. If they yell at him, he’ll grudgingly leave to rethink his plan of attack, only to return later and try again.
Peter is not emotionless, obviously. It genuinely hurts him when he feels as if no one likes him… which is often due to the fact his very actions to demand attention are the ones that annoy people to most. Peter seems to be caught in a bit of a vicious cycle in which he feels as if he deserves something, but does things that cause the opposite.
He has fun with what he does, but the end result makes him question whether or not it was worth it.
In an attempt to rectify his issues, he’s taken on the role of detective and started his own miniature agency that he runs himself. Unfortunately, he’s also the only detective involved, and he usually forces himself into cases no one actually gives him. Anything he legitimately solves is a source of pride and he’ll brag about it to his cousin.
Ship/Island/Authority: whatever ship Arthur is on
Occupation: whatever Arthur tells him to be
History:
Most parents would be ecstatic the day their children are born. That's usually how it works in the world. Such wasn't so for Peter Kirkland, the son of an English noble and his mistress, whom many regarded as the fairest whore in all the islands. Despite the lack of affections coming from the man who sired him, Peter was nonetheless cherished by his mother, who loved his older brother Arthur with equal ferocity. Both of them were accidents, but they were precious treasures to her.
Peter was a still a baby when his father came to take him away. Even today he has no memories of her being with the exception of a vague recollection of her voice, which he swears he hears sometimes when he's asleep. Arthur, old enough to remember her face and her name, had fond stories to tell of her, though. She was perhaps one of the few people Arthur spoke of with true adoration, which caused Peter to respect her greatly, though he never had met her.
The family Peter grew up with, however, was not the kind of family Arthur managed to squeeze out. He was truly unwanted by everyone, even the woman he'd come to call his mother. Seeing the affection with which most mothers treated their children, Peter grew up questioning his worth and how much he even desired to live, being hated by his family for the transgression of merely existing.
Peter tried to ease any punishment by trying as hard as he could to make himself an adequate son. He never understood why nothing he did was good enough, but he always gave triple the effort. His only rewards were slaps to the face, names. He was left crying after his efforts were spurned at all directions, with only Arthur there willing to comfort him and keep him going. Though Arthur could never stand up to him when his father than /that woman/ were watching, he was always the first to go Peter's aid when the boy could only hide in his room from the monsters that threatened in. Him most cases, he was the only one that came.
What would happen in the coming years would eventually be salvation. Arthur himself had grown tired of their mistreatment. Comparatively speaking, Arthur got the better end of the deal, but being alive was a stigma that would hang over both boys like the shadow of storm clouds threatening a ship on the water.
Arthur pulled the young Peter aside one day and explained his plans. The two of them worked on the ship with their father, learning the trade. Peter was usually stuck below deck learning menial labor, while Arthur was taught more practical things. But what the man did not know was he was building the machine that would lead to his own demise and one day, when Arthur was 23 and Peter was just turning 13, the mutiny happened. Crew turned against crew and by the end of the event Arthur had his father and all those loyal to him captured.
Sitting there watching, Peter witnessed how in a single instance half of all of his misery disappeared in one swoop of Arthur's deft blade. Peter had been a member of the crew for a large chunk of his life, but this was the first time he'd ever seen true piracy at work - and rather than being a scourge, it was the beacon that saved his life.
But they weren't done there. They sailed home, their father's head mounted on a pike at the front of the ship, with Peter still unable to comprehend the fact his father was now dead and sitting as a trophy of triumph. When they returned "home" his head was shoved in the face of their "mother," who begged desperately for mercy from her adopted son - both of whom, until now, she would never acknowledge as family. This struck a cord in Arthur's heart, for he tortured her little when he killed her. But both heads were hung as a warning to all who dared to oppose the remaining Kirkland brothers. From that day forward they were terrors, taking out years of anger and frustrations upon the unsuspecting innocents of the world.
Did you read the rules?: R, because it's a pirate's favorite movie rating.
Age: 17
Ethnicity: Sealand
Personality: (Taken from TND so not exactly edited for this eu)
Peter, to be frank, is a very rambunctious and obnoxious little brat. Selfish, loud, sometimes stupid; it’s difficult to place any sort of good quality on the child when it seems as if he makes every effort to appear as unlikable as possible. Being an only child he was very much smothered with affection and spoiled utterly rotten, in a stark contrast to his well-behaved older cousin, Arthur.
He’s very thick-headed and stubborn. He doesn’t like to give up and he will persistently attack a target until he gets what he wants. When he feels rejected his first response is usually to insult whomever he’s talking to. He’s a loud-talker and has no idea what an “inside voice" is. All of this, coupled with this massively overcharged ego and unmatched self-confidence means Peter is a (annoying) force to be reckoned with.
But he does, in fact, have good points.
As much as Peter complains about his family, he really does look up to most of his cousins. A lot of his actions are driven by an insatiable need to impress and emulate the lot of them, especially Arthur. When they don’t pay attention to him, he gets angry and tries even harder to impress them. If they yell at him, he’ll grudgingly leave to rethink his plan of attack, only to return later and try again.
Peter is not emotionless, obviously. It genuinely hurts him when he feels as if no one likes him… which is often due to the fact his very actions to demand attention are the ones that annoy people to most. Peter seems to be caught in a bit of a vicious cycle in which he feels as if he deserves something, but does things that cause the opposite.
He has fun with what he does, but the end result makes him question whether or not it was worth it.
In an attempt to rectify his issues, he’s taken on the role of detective and started his own miniature agency that he runs himself. Unfortunately, he’s also the only detective involved, and he usually forces himself into cases no one actually gives him. Anything he legitimately solves is a source of pride and he’ll brag about it to his cousin.
Ship/Island/Authority: whatever ship Arthur is on
Occupation: whatever Arthur tells him to be
History:
Most parents would be ecstatic the day their children are born. That's usually how it works in the world. Such wasn't so for Peter Kirkland, the son of an English noble and his mistress, whom many regarded as the fairest whore in all the islands. Despite the lack of affections coming from the man who sired him, Peter was nonetheless cherished by his mother, who loved his older brother Arthur with equal ferocity. Both of them were accidents, but they were precious treasures to her.
Peter was a still a baby when his father came to take him away. Even today he has no memories of her being with the exception of a vague recollection of her voice, which he swears he hears sometimes when he's asleep. Arthur, old enough to remember her face and her name, had fond stories to tell of her, though. She was perhaps one of the few people Arthur spoke of with true adoration, which caused Peter to respect her greatly, though he never had met her.
The family Peter grew up with, however, was not the kind of family Arthur managed to squeeze out. He was truly unwanted by everyone, even the woman he'd come to call his mother. Seeing the affection with which most mothers treated their children, Peter grew up questioning his worth and how much he even desired to live, being hated by his family for the transgression of merely existing.
Peter tried to ease any punishment by trying as hard as he could to make himself an adequate son. He never understood why nothing he did was good enough, but he always gave triple the effort. His only rewards were slaps to the face, names. He was left crying after his efforts were spurned at all directions, with only Arthur there willing to comfort him and keep him going. Though Arthur could never stand up to him when his father than /that woman/ were watching, he was always the first to go Peter's aid when the boy could only hide in his room from the monsters that threatened in. Him most cases, he was the only one that came.
What would happen in the coming years would eventually be salvation. Arthur himself had grown tired of their mistreatment. Comparatively speaking, Arthur got the better end of the deal, but being alive was a stigma that would hang over both boys like the shadow of storm clouds threatening a ship on the water.
Arthur pulled the young Peter aside one day and explained his plans. The two of them worked on the ship with their father, learning the trade. Peter was usually stuck below deck learning menial labor, while Arthur was taught more practical things. But what the man did not know was he was building the machine that would lead to his own demise and one day, when Arthur was 23 and Peter was just turning 13, the mutiny happened. Crew turned against crew and by the end of the event Arthur had his father and all those loyal to him captured.
Sitting there watching, Peter witnessed how in a single instance half of all of his misery disappeared in one swoop of Arthur's deft blade. Peter had been a member of the crew for a large chunk of his life, but this was the first time he'd ever seen true piracy at work - and rather than being a scourge, it was the beacon that saved his life.
But they weren't done there. They sailed home, their father's head mounted on a pike at the front of the ship, with Peter still unable to comprehend the fact his father was now dead and sitting as a trophy of triumph. When they returned "home" his head was shoved in the face of their "mother," who begged desperately for mercy from her adopted son - both of whom, until now, she would never acknowledge as family. This struck a cord in Arthur's heart, for he tortured her little when he killed her. But both heads were hung as a warning to all who dared to oppose the remaining Kirkland brothers. From that day forward they were terrors, taking out years of anger and frustrations upon the unsuspecting innocents of the world.
Did you read the rules?: R, because it's a pirate's favorite movie rating.
