Nathaniel “Turnspit Nick” Riverson

A legendary blackjack, known for his cunning, success, and ability to survive seemingly impossible situations.

History
His story begins when a young mulatto Royal Marine auxillarymen impregnates a young girl from Barbados. The young girl gives birth to the child and when he is a toddler she stows him away on a ship. The boy is taken captive after a pirate attack and made to replace a turnspit cur killed in gunpowder blast after he proves too tenacious for other work,having injured a man.

After a couple years in this state a mercenary joins the crew a student of the famed swordsman Jean Louis. Having a black man as a respected teacher he takes pity on the boy and begins teaching him fencing lessons. Eventually the boy shows himself during a battle with a rival ship and is accepted as part of the crew. His teacher dies of dysentery soon after and declaring the young man to have been a good investment leaves him his few treasures. Weapons, armor, his kit, a ruby from the Sack of Egypt.