Vivienne Stormheart was born into the wealthy but staid Locke family but never shared a taste for the family business. Accounting bored her to tears, and warehousing and caravanning bulk commodities on short-haul and long-haul trips with metronomic monotomy drove her to distraction. She was thankful for the opportunities and education her family’s resources afforded her, but as she grew into adulthood she could endure the tedium and slowness no longer.
Stowing away with a routine expedition, Vivienne made her way across the border and adopted a new identity, cutting and coloring her long blonde hair as she took up the mantle of Stormheart. She worked a variety of jobs before apprenticing herself to a traveling dueling master. After accompanying him on his adventures for a time and learning all she could, she set out to make her own fortune. In doing this, she found great value in the lessons learned from her family, balancing her freewheeling impulses with a practiced eye that always counted the cost and planned ahead, taking down enemies who underestimated her skill and determination.
She took command of her first vessel on a mission to liberate a slaver’s colony, putting their cages and fighting pits to the torch and returning dozens of prisoners to their homes. She earned the respect of her crew for her courage and good heart, but also their loyalty with the way she always was able to balance altruism and pragmatism. A good deed may be its own reward, but a bit of honest smuggling or decently earned plunder is never to be disdained.
She and her crew aboard the cutter Deliverance prize speed, stealth, and careful sailing to outrun anything they can’t outgun, with a knack to get in and out before they are detected. Establishing her command and reputation, she returned and reconciled with her family, offering occasional assistance as a scout, escort, or courier for their trade ships. She is now and forever her own woman, though, a high-spirited freebooter whose seagoing spirit is echoed in the singing and sword-swinging siren figurehead that adorns her prow.
