Full Name: Marco 'Cannon' McDonald, also known as Weasel.
Age: 26
Gender: MALE man.
Appearance: Marco is an interesting pirate, standing roughly 5'11 and clocking in at about 160 lbs. His hair is kept above his head with a black bandana so it doesn't interfere with his work, as his sandy brown hair is to above his shoulders. 2 earrings in each ear, face usually covered in a slight black dust and grimy look, and a faint beard growing in. His fingers are smaller than most hard workers, as what he deals with is not only large and heavy, but can be dainty and very dangerous. His physique may not be as large as other pirates, but he can hold his own and is quite wiry.
Skills: Engineering is his true skill, being able to take apart nearly anything on the ship and put it back together better than new. Next comes his explosive and firing expertise, which is something to see. When in the mood to fire a cannon himself instead of letting a lackey do it (which he does frequently) he can hit any ship from anywhere to 1000 yards to even a recorded 1200 yards. Moving onto his organizational skills, he keeps all the black powder stored below in perfect check, never letting anything happen to it and making sure it doesn't separate. Finally comes his useless skill of singing pirate songs. He is usually the one to start any form of song on the ship, since he is actually a very good tenor. Other than that, he is quite exceptional at aiming with most weapons, but sucks at swords, so he uses daggers.
Position: Master Gunner - Mostly the Leader of Artillery, but also keeper of the black powder and responsible for the upkeep of the guns, ammunition and cannons of the ship.
Likes:
~Weaponry
~Learning new techniques
~Organization & Cleanliness (among weaponry, anyway)
~Logical Reasoning
~Relaxing
~Drinking competitions (he usually finishes last to second. Never wins...)
~Singing
~Accuracy
Dislikes:
~Swords
~Cats (Sorry Popeye)
~Doing jobs he shouldn't have to
~Losing (does a lot of that)
~Other people near his weaponry
~Old machinery
~Holes in the ship (explain later)
~Shitty Helmsmen
Fears:
~Drowning - nearly did a while back, and terrified of the idea. Irony, no? (Reason why he hates holes in the ship.)
~Cats - It sucks when the captain has one.
Personality: Relaxed and level headed, Marco isn't one that you would find on an ordinary pirate ship. He really, really hates having to do work that is outside of his jurisdiction, which is basically everything except for weapons and stuff. He is quite lazy, even if everybody else hates him for it. Cruel, cold, distant, doesn't matter, Marco isn't fazed by basically anybody and goes about his business the way he wants to do so. This usually gets him into slight troubles with the quartermaster or the captain, but as stated before, he is indifferent. He becomes extremely territorial when it comes to the ammunition, powder and cannons however, and HATES it when others try to tell him how to do his job. He is very spiteful and revenge driven at times of anger, and will usually refuse to fix that person's weaponry or make it backfire if pissed. The only ones that he doesn't do that to are the Quartermaster (just because he is needed for organization, and Marco respects that) and the Captain (would rather not get thrown into the waters, thanks).
When it comes to war time, this English born pirate gets a little crazy. As in 'Shooting everything he can at once and doesn't stop until it isn't moving' gun crazy. He looooves firing cannons, would do it all the time if it wasn't for the fact that he needed a few others to help him. Calculating, mischievous tendencies, Marco isn't the desired pirate, but means well and knows his job very, very well.
Reputation: Originally didn't have any reputation until his 20th birthday, when he signed up for his first ship. It was there that he found that his knack for mechanics and how things worked became quite useful for a gunner. Over the next 2 years, Marco became known as the 'Weasel Cannon', the 'BangMan', 'Cannon' or simply 'Weasel'. This was all thanks to his near non existent ability for him to miss with a cannon, and his reputation swelled when he was known for putting in a few more rounds than he probably should into another ship or man (make that 10 x more rounds than he should have)
Bio/History: Born of a wealthy English family, Marco McDonald grew up bored with life. All he did was tinker with things, take them apart, figure out how they worked, and then put them back together. No originality, nothing. He found his life much too dull for his own liking. When he was 15, he snuck out into the night with enough coin to last him at least a year and made a life for himself. He would party, drink, court with the ladies, and so on. However, a man of his tastes got bored with normal people within the year, and he was starting to run low on money. It was then that he realized what he was missing: He still had money left. He figured that if he had to work for his food, maybe life would be more exciting. That was the largest mistake he had made ever.
He was a terrible worker. He hated doing things to other people's paces, couldn't stand all the whining and complaining of customers or the orders that his bosses gave him. After 2 years of living a life on his own, he returned back to his rich family, only to find out he had been replaced. See, he had originally been an only child, which was rare for families of the time, especially since most men married at 15. It mattered not, as he saw a young baby in the arms of his mother and father, and assumed the worst: He wasn't welcomed back. So, instead of going to his heart broken parents - that child was actually his cousin - he set out for his own once more, but only made it 6 months before returning home once more. Largest mistake number 2. When his parents found out he was alive and well - albeit filthy - they cleaned him up and dropped a fairly large bomb on him one week later: Since he was getting older than they liked, he was to be married as soon as possible so he could continue their family line. His choices made him nauseate, to say the least. Instead, he found a girl of his own choosing and prepared to marry her instead. That didn't settle well for his parents, for she wasn't of the same status.
Marco, not really caring, decided to marry her anyway, and had a baby girl with his new wife, her name being Maria. For a year and a half, they lived happy, having another child before tragedy struck: He was accused of raping and murdering two innocent ladies, whom Marco hadn't even met before in his life. Not even sure who set him up, he feared for his life and ran, which was how he ended up on a pirate ship. Before leaving his wife, he told her to 'Wait for his return, and that he will come back.' After finally being able to leave the ship after 6 years of being a pirate, he returned to an empty house. When he asked about where the residents who had lived their before had gone, he learned from the neighbors that Maria had left the city for the countryside. Not sure what to make of it, Marco decided to join the legendary ship of Valorie Talithe
Other (extra little details you want to include): He actually brought with him a pet Ferret named Weasel Jr.