Sex: Female
Age: 33
Race: Goblin
Physical Description: Jensu stands slightly taller than the average Goblin woman. She has wavy brown hair with loose bangs, large green eyes, bushy eyebrows, a wide nose and a buck-toothed smile, though wrinkles of age have now started to caress her eyes and mouth. Jensu has a typical Goblin body, bony but curvy, flexible but durable, and she is in good enough shape to take a hard landing or a punch. Her skin is a yellowish green and is tanned from her time in the open ocean.
Clothing: Jensu likes black, and is never seen without her leather trench coat, a ripped up uniform kept from her time in the Imperial Trading Company. Accompanying the coat is a black Captain's hat, loose pants kept up by a thin belt and a linen sewn tank-top or shirt beneath. She wears a pair of geta sandals or boots in the snow. All her clothing is designed to be light and unconstrained for sea-fairing.
Height: 4'5"
Weight: 95 lbs
Skin Colour: Green
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Green
Occupation: Trade Ship Captain
History/Bio: Yami Jensu was birthed from the unplanned pregnancy of a Goblin slave to the Jensu-Ty family, minor landholders in the fields surrounding the village of Poyo in northern Yutan. The father was unknown, and in accordance to the fine-print in her mother's servitude contract all off-springs would be free, and so Jensu was born a citizen of the Empire. She grew up and worked with her mother and the other slaves in the Jensu-Ty's household, the difference being she could leave. When Jensu was twelve her mother had raised enough money to buy her own freedom. The Jensu-Ty's, who had always been kind slave owners, agreed and Jensu and her mother moved to the main town. Jensu had understood something that day. Her mother had struggled and worked her entire life and in the end she had gotten what she had wanted. She was free. Hard work could get you anywhere, Jensu realized. And it was this view that drove the rest of her life.
Growing up as a Goblin, a race most often associated with the image of a Snow Oni tying them up in a sack and throwing them in a mine, Jensu faced some measure of harassment. Especially considering she worked in low-class positions for most of her teen years, which ranged from housekeeping to a short-lived janitorial career. To avoid kidnappings and illegal selling, a common practice even in the Yutan mainland, Jensu trained hard in her free time to focus her chi and practice defensive combat, a focus that would carry on in the jobs she performed. By the age of sixteen Jensu had moved onto the docks, Poyo's biggest source of trade and money. The port was populated by Poyo's poorest and toughest, and a small girl-Goblin was rejected at almost every job opening she tried to for. Eventually though Bako Babu, the owner of a small dock and trading vessel, gave her a chance and she became a dock-worker. Her commitment, focus, and the strength from her years of Chi training made her not only an equal but superior in skill to most of her coworkers, and soon Bako offered her a chance, a real chance, to go somewhere in life. Captain Veng of the Imperial Trading Company had arrived in Poyo looking for additional crew after his ship: the Chorus had been hit by a maelstrom in the Full Moon Sea. Babu managed to get the twenty year old Jensu a position as a deck-hand and before she knew it she was aboard the Chorus, leaving Poyo far behind.
The next eight years of Jensu's life were a roller-coaster. Aboard the Chorus she saw it all: friendship, romance, betrayal, drama; while outside the journey continued, Captain Veng fearlessly leading his crew across the seas to maintain the Empire's economy flowed. They went to strange lands, fought pirates, escaped war-zones, found treasures - every seafaring adventure one could imagine the Chorus had been through. It wasn't all fun though, in fact most of it was hard work, especially on Jensu's part. But it payed off. Her skill and commitment rose her through the ranks until she became Third Officer of the Chorus: the fifth Goblin to ever achieve the rank in the Imperial Trading Company. Most wouldn't have let her come so far, but Captain Veng was a good-man. A mentor, a master, and a friend. Of course, the day after she was promoted the Chorus found itself surrounded by the Yune navy and forcibly escorted to Yuna-Yae where Captain Veng was accused and tried for illegal smuggling and war-crimes. In light of the case the Chorus was grounded and it's crew dispersed among the company. Jensu was assigned to the Baggot, and it's captain was not as open minded as Veng. Despite her former position and outstanding record the now twenty-eight year old Jensu was made a deck-hand after being the third most powerful person in the company's former most powerful ship. And so she quit and bought her own boat, a small junk named the Milkweed.
For the last five years Jensu has Captained the Milkweed, it's small size letting it easily navigate through the tight rivers of mainland, allowing it to reach many towns typically out of range for sea-fairing vessels. Money isn't exactly flowing but Jensu continues to ship trade port to port, consistently able to find new contracts and work.
Home Town: Poyo
Home Country: Yune Empire
Personality: Jensu believes hard and constant work are the keys to success, a theory which her own life haven't quite proved yet. Jensu isn't happy, but she manages to be a happy person to those she meets. Her life at sea has made her a bit worn of the world though, and she hasn't been seen without a pint in her hands for the past few years. Her adventures have also made her believe she knows how the world and everything in it operates, which she does somewhat, but not nearly to the extent she thinks.
Fears and Desires: She fears being stuck in the same: staying where she is until the day she dies, and lusts for success more than anything. To Captain a ship like Veng had and live in comfort and prosperity. Like all Goblin's she does have a weakness for gold, and does have an instinctual desire for it.
Equipment and Weapons: Jensu carries a small knife but nothing else, as her training is usual enough to defeat attackers. She and her Fire Oni first mate Mohan crew the Milkweed sketched below:
Styles and Abilities: Jensu's combat style is characterized by her focus and agility. She can flexibly dodge blows at quick speed and attacks with hard jumps and jabs to quickly disarm an opponent, a job she has lately done while balancing a drink.
Chi and Augmentations: Jensu has trained to have her Chi greatly increase her focus, speed, and agility.