<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/thumb/9/9b/Umiika.jpg/350px-Umiika.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Umiika </span><br/>Character Sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=840501)<br/><br/>Background: Umika was a member of a noble samurai clan in Tian-Xian who ended up getting into a bit of a mess. Her clan was defeated, and they gave her a choice: marry the patriarch of another clan in his fifties, or be sold to a local brothel. She chose option three, taking her extensive training as onna-bugeisha across lands as a mercenary. Her first big adventure occurred when she realized that her problems were going to follow her, and she ended up crossing the sea. One misadventure with pirates later where she was the sole survivor of a particularly militant group of merchants (nothing beats fighting until you realize that you're the only one left alive on the deck, and while the pirates are impressed at your skill, they also outnumber you by a ridiculous amount), she ended up joining them as a crew member. There are worse fates than serving on the Guilded Lady, and after a lifetime of "you must have duty and honor", getting to cut loose as a dirty pirate is a damn good time.