Post by Mercedes of the Sea on May 11, 2004 21:07:59 GMT -5
Mercedes was born in Tortuga unfortunatly, and her parents were only 18 and 19, so she was sent to live as a farmer's apprentice. The farmer's wife wanted a child to adopt. By the time she was 6, she farmed like her adopted father, and when she was 13 she began to grow angry at the boring life. Her parents sent her to the shores with her 'aunt' and she lived there for 4 years. In this time she grew to love the sea. When she was 17 she got a boat for her birthday and insisted upon taking it out for a spin...alone. She got lost for 2 years and never saw the only family she ever new again. When she was lost, she didn't realize it, and enjoyed traveling at will. When she was 19 she returned to Tortuga to find that there had been a terrible bombing inccident and her aunt had died. Her mother and father (adopted) had died one year earlier of old age. Mercedes grew up on her own. By the age of 21 she had killed a man for attemp of murder of a man. This led to the wonderful life of a pirate! 
