Recent content by Jeshal the Ironclaw

No matter what, he says. Jeshal gave the badger a friendly smile, not at all like the smile he was wearing on the inside. Somehow the fox's demeanour had become more outwardly soft with age. All right, inwardly, too, but he wasn't going to assure the Imperium of that. For good or ill, he was...

Someone who knew him as well as Tox might have detected the hint of nerves Jeshal felt as the sheer size of his crew made itself known. Leadership had always been something that happened to him rather than it being something he sought, although he had not shied away from seizing it this time. A...

Whilst ‘adorability’ hadn’t ever been a scheme of Jeshal’s, he could be counted among the foxes who most appreciated the winter change. The old burn scars from his time before Imperium life became better hidden under the fluff, fortunate indeed that they had not prevented the growth of fur atop...

Jeshal arched his brow slightly at the badger’s nervousness. It had been a very long time since he had seen a badger and certainly never an anxious one. This morning delivered surprise after surprise. “A musician, ye say? A crew be always in need of entertainment. Ye wouldn’t be the first one...

Jeshal watched Falun’s reaction with interest. Little wonder that he had wanted to distance himself from Anithias after everything that had happened, but how had he got himself wrapped up with the Furotazzis? Gates, he had been out of the game too long and it was high time he swotted up on...

(Thread open to all BlackShip crew. I am instigating a turn order, so once someone is in the thread please allow each other person to post before you post again unless you have their permission. Exceptions to the rule are where characters are talking in groups/elsewhere on the ship and aren't...

The style of Jeshal's cabin was very much reminiscent of an infamous ship from a certain round-eared mouse's franchise, regardless of how it had been designed before. Black was in its nature, gothic in its design. At night, the oil lamps would lend the cabin an eerie glow. As it was, daylight...

As first impressions of his son’s new friends went, this was a mixed bag indeed. An introduction from this well-spoken ‘Alwyn’ began, and then the golden-furred todd beside him swore. That was plenty to draw Jeshal’s attention. The coat colour alone might not have given it away, but the sense of...

The grimy waters of Bully Harbour were, for one thing, sobering. Jeshal let just enough of the murky brine into his mouth that he could spit right back out. What went up his nose was another matter. "Beast overboard!" a drunken rat on a smaller vessel nearby shrieked. "Stow it," Jeshal spat...

Cricket’s voice cut through Jeshal’s temporary freeze. The smell of charred wood and the sound of flames had thrown him back to a time of panic long ago, his phantom paw stinging inside the gauntlet. He snorted in friendly dismissal and nodded at her. “We be even, miss. Ye saved my hide against...

No sooner had Korya found her way out of his cabin, the captain was a blur. Coat and hat were discarded in his chair as he scrambled up and bolted out of the side door Layla had taken to the quarter galley. "Raposa, clean my desk!" he barked out. And promptly jumped in the sea...

It irked the captain that his ‘take it or leave it’ offer of assistance was snubbed as though he’d spat in her unseeing eyes. He had deliberately chosen the middle path to be courteous. Still, strokes and folks and all that. Jeshal did not tend to be irritated by inferences that he was incapable...

It was an odd feeling delivering so many disappointments in one day. Jeshal had served as captain so many years ago and he had been fortunate enough not to have received promotion requests. Not serious ones, anyway. Perhaps it was more unfortunate, not having the experience of facing prospective...

(New captain of the Kreehold, Padraig Kesey sets his crew on a wild and somewhat bloodthirsty mission. Starring: Padraig Kesey, Rijard M. Chaos, Xhavek Mokorai, Keinruf Wright, Drumein "The Drum" Doozle, Layla Raposa, Jeremiah Nightfur, and Dale from Jail (NPC)) THE MERCENARIES RETURN First...

Bugger. It wasn’t that Jeshal had any qualms with guests, more that he hadn’t had chance to get the cabinet fixed that he had punched earlier today. The splinters and glass had been swept up, but there was still a glaringly unhappy broadcast of past emotion on display. He had at least managed to...