(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9d/Berianna_Brown_Face.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Beriana Brown</span></span><br/><strong>Status:</strong>Lawful Neutral Male Half-Orc Monk<br/><strong>Location:</strong><br/><strong>With:</strong>Mathle<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Lantis<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">LN Medium half-orc monk<br/><strong>Init</strong> +2; <strong>Senses</strong> darkvision 60 feet, Perception +7<br/><strong>Aura</strong> none<br/><br/>Defense<br/><strong>AC</strong> 15, touch 15, flat-footed 13; (+2 Dex, +0 size)  <br/><strong>hp</strong> 6/9 (1D8+1)<br/><strong>Fort</strong> +3, <strong>Ref</strong> +4, <strong>Will</strong> +5<br/><strong>Defensive Abilities</strong><br/><br/>Offense<br/><strong>Spd</strong> 30 ft<br/><strong>Melee</strong> unarmed strike +4 (1d6+4)<br/><strong>Melee</strong> flurry unarmed strike +3/+3 (1d6+4/1d6+4)<br/><strong>Ranged</strong> shuriken +2 (1d2+4) <br/><strong>Ranged</strong> flurry shuriken +1/+1 (1d2+4/1d2+4)<br/><br/>Statistics<br/><strong>Str</strong> 18 <strong>Dex</strong> 14 <strong>Con</strong> 12 <strong>Int</strong> 12 <strong>Wis</strong> 16 <strong>Cha</strong> 7<br/><strong>Base Atk</strong> +0; <strong>CMB</strong> +4 (+6 grapple); <strong>CMD</strong> 19 (21 grapple)<br/><strong>Feats</strong> Improved Grapple; Intimidating Prowess<br/><strong>Skills</strong> Acrobatics +6, Intimidate +9, Profession (Sailor) +8, Sleight of Hand +7<br/><strong>Languages</strong> Common, Orcish, Giant<br/><strong>SQ</strong> none<br/><strong>Gear</strong> 10 shuriken<br/><br/>Special Abilities<br/>1/day - <em>stunning fist</em><br/>1/day - <em>orc ferocity</em><br/><br/></div></div><hr/><br/>Beriana was busy taking care of the upper rigging.  He noticed Mathle was given the very same task today.  From his position he looked down and studied where the crew was during particular parts of the day.  It may be useful to know where and when the captain, first mate, and master-at-arms were together on the upper deck or down below.<br/><br/>The monk made his way to the half-orc female.  He sat next to her, to her left, like they sat together the previous night.  He didn't touch her this time, just stayed in her presence, admiring the view, both of their surroundings and of her body.<br/><br/>He closed his eyes and breathed in deep, pulling in the scent of the sea and of his new friend into his nose.  He found the entire combination of stimuli, the motion of the ship, the rhythm of waves, the changes in the wind, all very soothing and relaxing, almost enough to make him forget his situation.<br/><br/>Almost.<br/><br/><strong>"I used to live in a port town and sit on a cliff at about this height, sort of like we are now, looking at the ocean for hours,"</strong>he said to Mathle.<strong>"I never knew my father, but my mother raised me and told me stories of him.  He was a pirate captain, and my mother was a captive of his.  But they fell in love... of all places, on a pirate ship... and when she was ready to have me he put her up in that port town with enough to keep us somewhat comfortable.  I guess staring at this ocean like this connected me to him, and it made me wonder if he ever did the same, looking at the sea, thinking of me, the son he had but never saw.</strong><br/><br/><strong>"My mother saw my father in me, and like him growing up I kept getting myself in all sorts of trouble.  That's when she sent me to a temple, to put some order on the chaos I was feeling.  My teachers eventually encouraged me to find my father, and within a week I was on a pirate ship, just not in the way I thought.</strong><br/><br/><strong>"How about you, Mathle?  What was it like for you growing up?"</strong><br/><br/>He listened carefully to what she said.  But they were on a pirate ship and things did not look they were going to get better.<br/><br/><strong>"Tonight, during the rum rations, we should explore the ship.  Get a better idea of the setup here.  Perhaps we can even come up with ways to set traps or block the senior members into their rooms."</strong><br/><br/>