Quinlynne (AmberMUSH)

Played for eight months in 1997, Quinlynne was a pirate/smuggler that operated out of Reaversport and a Kryonia. For the most part, she was only active when things were slow over Naeve-side. She was altogether abandoned around Thanksgiving 1997 when I discovered Shadowrun Seattle and created a character there to tide over the slow spots on AmberMUSH.

Later, her +sheet was passed on to another player, though nothing ever really became of that transfer. Eventually, the +sheet itself was destroyed due to inactivity.

However, there's the possibility that she might come back...

Description

Quinlynne has a bearing as inconspicuous as the shadows that flit about a room. In moving, her stride is confident, yet casual enough not to draw attention to the soft scent of the sea that wafts in her wake. She is an odd mix of roguish athleticism and quiet elegance. Her skin is a deep tan, wind-blown in appearance, and her hair is a sun-bleached platinum blonde, cut long and loose to flow down past her shoulders. Her eyes are cold and calculating, intelligent and icy blue. They survey and absorb every fine detail from near the top of her 5'8" frame.

Obscuring her chest is a billowing white cotton shirt, not laced up all the way. On her legs, dropping over soft well-worn leather boots, are a pair of loose flowing trousers. A number of pouches dangle from her belt. She wears a simple cutlass, strapped low on her left hip, with a basket hilt of wrought steel, none too elaborate.

Background

Decades ago, Quinlynne was born to an affluent family in a port city. Her father was a merchant and maintained a sizable sailing fleet that had always infatuated the young girl. Growing up around sails and sailing men, she grew to love the sea and vowed to someday captain her own ship.

Against her parents' wishes, she entered the merchant marine when she was of sufficient age and worked her way up through the ranks until that fateful day when she was seconded by Captain Johannsen.

The Captain was a smuggler, though he kept that well under his hat in the public. Under his tutelage, she learned the tricks of the trade and was soon running the ship as his first mate.

The years passed and eventually she was able to afford her own ship. Initially acting as an accompaniment to Captain Johannsen's sorties, she was soon sailing out on her own with a trustworthy crew eager for adventure and bounty.

Her travels took her to New Antigua, a port famous for its buccaneers, and there she really cut her teeth on the trade. New Antigua is a ruthless place and it took all of her strength, inner and outer, to carve a niche for herself and make her name worthy of note. She was primarily a smuggler, but grew a taste for piracy once her crew was trained enough. The Carnelian Slashes had minor repute in the waters of nearby shadows as a flag to avoid.

With time, the pickings around New Antigua slimmed and Quinlynne thirsted for adventure elsewhere, taking her crew out into the open sea in search of new ports.

Years of traveling from port to port brought her to Reaversport and Kryonia. Though primarily carrying illicit cargo, she encountered people, both real and not, that brought her closer to the politics of the two poles. At one point, she was even employed by Amber Intelligence for information gathering, though that duty has since fallen by the wayside.

She and her crew were a force to be reckoned with during the last stand against the Tandrai in Reaversport when that conflict came to a climactic and gory conclusion. The experience nonetheless soured her opinion of the port though, and she has not landed there in many years.

Her time in Kryonia was more favourable there, even leading to her taking a lover for a time. From this union came a child that was later abducted during a raid and never recovered. Though she suffered from the loss, the effects were not as profound as they might have been for one that was more inclined toward maternity. Where that child is now is unknown and barely thought about.

The years after the raid on her ship were dark, for her livelihood had been scuttled and most of her crew captured and jailed. It took a lot of perseverence and patience, but she rebuilt her ship and sailed out once more with a new crew and renewed enthusiasm. A little bolder and a little wiser, her smuggling is slowly morphing into piracy.

Logs

For historical purposes here is the complete set of play logs for Quinlynne from 1997. They're all in Word format, individually, then compressed into a ZIP archive.

Sorry, I couldn't be bothered to convert them all into pretty looking hypertext for display as web pages.

• 1997.04.12 - Quinlynne discusses smuggling goods with Leman at the Buxom Mermaid Tavern, Reaversport.
• 1997.04.13 - Quinlynne encounters the Sea Witch, Eurayle, in Reaversport.
• 1997.04.18 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.04.19 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.04.23 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.04.25 - Quinlynne discusses smuggling goods with Guy at the Buxom Mermaid Tavern, Reaversport.
• 1997.05.19 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.06.06 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar, plays cards.
• 1997.06.07 - Quinlynne chats with Caine and Jurt at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.06.10 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.06.12 - Anthony introduces Quinlynne to Alrya for employment.
• 1997.06.19 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia, and enjoys the jacuzzi.
• 1997.06.22 - Rojo and Quinlynne observe random bar chatter at the Buxom Mermaid Tavern, Reaversport.
• 1997.06.24 - Quinlynne talks with Nate at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia, and rebuffs his advances.
• 1997.06.26 - Quinlynne talks with Ryker and Nate at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia.
• 1997.06.27 - Quinlynne works out and practices the sword with Ryker and Arianne. Quinlynne encounters Ryker in the hot tub.
• 1997.06.28 - Quinlynne chats with Radegast and Skeeve on the shores of the Ikar Sea.
• 1997.06.29 - Reaversport fights back against the Tandrai.
• 1997.07.15 - Quinlynne speaks with Alrya and Vierna at the World's End Bar. Quinlynne and Alrya meet with Cadence on the Carnelian Corvette.
• 1997.07.16 - Quinlynne pays her respects to Dawson, the bartender at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia.
• 1997.07.19 - Quinlynne banters at the Crossed Swords, helps Ryker home.
• 1997.07.20 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia.
• 1997.07.28 - Quinlynne and Ryker talk business, meet Darien.
• 1997.08.02 - Quinlynne and Ryker talk as friends and lovers.
• 1997.08.22 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the Crossed Swords, Kryonia.
• 1997.08.27 - Quinlynne chats with others about the Eros virus on Radegast's ship.
• 1997.09.19 - Quinlynne helps Radegast deal with a possessed Cyneric, then ends up in Lorgrim with him, looking for his Kristine.
• 1997.09.20 - The melodrama continues at House Lorgrim.
• 1997.09.26 - Quinlynne gives Arianne a lesson in swordsmanship.
• 1997.10.15 - Quinlynne attends a duel between Ryker and Earl Humphrey in Kryonia.
• 1997.11.15 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.
• 1997.11.16 - Quinlynne observes random bar chatter at the World's End Bar.