Post by John Paul Jones on Jun 8, 2014 16:04:22 GMT
Name: John Paul Jones
Age: 25
Physical Appearance: He's 5"10" in height, quite taller than others. His weight is 180 lbs. He has black, shiny hair. He has an athletic body type.
Strengths: Navigation, Naval Combats, Charismatic, Loyal, Brave
Weaknesses: Afraid of Death, Rarely smiled, and Bossy.
Background: John Paul (afterwards known as John Paul Jones) was born at Arbigland, in the Parish of Kirkbean, and in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, on 6 July 1747. Born John Paul, his father of the same name was a gardener; his mother's name was Jean MacDuff, the daughter of a small farmer in the neighboring parish of New-Abbey. Of this marriage there were seven children. John was the fourth child. He and some of his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina, some time after 14 January 1794, and the line continued there for at least three generations. He finished his schooling at twelve, and, determined to follow the sea, his relations bound him apprentice to a local ship owner. At the age of thirteen he made his first trip in the Friendship to Fredericksburg, Virginia; a second voyage there was made in 1762, each time visiting his brother William in whose home he read books and studied navigation. He next may have served for a short period as an acting midshipman in the British Navy. Disgusted with this inhuman traffic he left this ship in the West Indies and for a time joined a traveling theatrical troupe in the islands, returning home in 1768 in the brigantine John of Kirkcudbright. Enroute the captain and chief mate died of fever; Jones therefore took the command and brought her safely home. The owners gratefully gave him command and made him supercargo, when he was still only twenty-one. Jones began his naval career by hoisting with his own hands later in 1775.
Age: 25
Physical Appearance: He's 5"10" in height, quite taller than others. His weight is 180 lbs. He has black, shiny hair. He has an athletic body type.
Strengths: Navigation, Naval Combats, Charismatic, Loyal, Brave
Weaknesses: Afraid of Death, Rarely smiled, and Bossy.
Background: John Paul (afterwards known as John Paul Jones) was born at Arbigland, in the Parish of Kirkbean, and in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, on 6 July 1747. Born John Paul, his father of the same name was a gardener; his mother's name was Jean MacDuff, the daughter of a small farmer in the neighboring parish of New-Abbey. Of this marriage there were seven children. John was the fourth child. He and some of his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina, some time after 14 January 1794, and the line continued there for at least three generations. He finished his schooling at twelve, and, determined to follow the sea, his relations bound him apprentice to a local ship owner. At the age of thirteen he made his first trip in the Friendship to Fredericksburg, Virginia; a second voyage there was made in 1762, each time visiting his brother William in whose home he read books and studied navigation. He next may have served for a short period as an acting midshipman in the British Navy. Disgusted with this inhuman traffic he left this ship in the West Indies and for a time joined a traveling theatrical troupe in the islands, returning home in 1768 in the brigantine John of Kirkcudbright. Enroute the captain and chief mate died of fever; Jones therefore took the command and brought her safely home. The owners gratefully gave him command and made him supercargo, when he was still only twenty-one. Jones began his naval career by hoisting with his own hands later in 1775.
