Mariah Black
(Pronounced mah-rye-ah not ma-ree-ya)

Main character

20

Female

She's muscular. More stocky than her sister. Still small enough to fit into tight spaces. If someone was far away, they might mistake her for a man.

A jagged scar across the bridge of her nose. Uvblanda's symbol: a circle with three lines leading down from it and a downward facing triangle above it. Symbolizes the goddess Mortiana. It's on her right wrist. Next to it is the Uvblandan symbol for slave: a fist.

The same as her sisters, russet brown, maybe a little darker.

jet black

Short, chin length. Wavy. She always keeps it loose

Dark brown

Tellunian Valtaernan
(Think Central America or the Caribbean)

5'6"

128 lbs

She wants to find the people who took her and Esperanza from their home and kill them. She wants to see the slave trade end for good. She wants to see the Uvblandan empire fall.

She acts before she thinks a lot. Does not really have a filter. Her distrust can make her dangerous. Not hiding the Uvblandan brand on her wrist can make people dislike her or afraid of her.

Hates Uvblanda and anyone who supports it. She doesn't like the Council of Four all that much because she thinks it's useless.

She's extremely good at lying. Fast runner. She's a good actor and a good sailor. She's pretty good with technology, but not as good as Li.

She likes to make disguises. She likes to joke around with people she knows. She hangs out with Esperanza a lot. Likes to sail.

Adventurous. Isn't afraid to hide her past or take risks. She knows how to have fun, but if you touch her, you're dead. She is incredibly smart and determined. She's fierce and proud. She's distrustful, but only because of how much she lies herself; wary of strangers. She tries to be serious, but ends up laughing or smiling whenever something funny happens. She's more laid back than her sister.

Glares a lot. Sits a lot of places that aren't really for sitting. Unlike Court, she doesn't hide her brand. Laughs whenever someone messes up or when she messes up. Blushes easily. She always sits "like a man," you know, like she's manspreading, Screams a lot for like no reason.

She doesn't like the people in power but she knows they're at least trying to make things better.

She worships Ursula

Former: first mate of the Arvandian Spiders crew
Now: first mate of the Silver Spirit crew

Yellow

She really likes bread. Like, give her all the carbs she's hungry and has a bottomless stomach.

Her necklace from her dad. Imbued with water magic.

She has two hammers connected by a chain. She flings them around.

She really likes butterflies and other insects.

May 4

Mariah was born three years after Esperanza in Tellunia. Her father was a blacksmith and her mother was a fisher. She learned to sail in Tellunia along with Esperanza and they both learned water magic here (although Esperanza was always better at it than Mariah was). Mariah and Esperanza were taken away from Tellunia dring a slave raid and were taken to Uvblanda. Here, Mariah gave Esperanza the earrings made by their father. Almost two years later, Esperanza was sold to someone in Dubali and they were separated. Mariah was branded exactly two years after she arrived in Uvblanda. For a year, Mariah struggled to escape. She finally was able to get out by disguising herself as a boy and stowing away on the ship of the Arvandian Spiders crew. She spent two years jumping up the ranks and reaching first mate, while still disguised as a male. She tried to convince the captain of that ship to find the people who had taken her and Esperanza, so she could kill them. They never did, for Esperanza finally found Mariah (around a year before the story starts). Esperanza and Mariah are still trying to find the people who took them from their home.

high school level

She learned water magic when she was very young.

Ravenclaw or Slytherin

Probably bi or queer

She likes to wear traditional "men's" clothing. Chooses suits over dresses.