Keith Reveille (Taps)

Weight: 165

Apparent Age: 60

Archetype: Mercenary Adept: Circle Unknown

Preferred Weapon: DAOD Repeating Crossbow (Modified)

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Bio: What can be said about the man known as Taps, well when it comes to Taps it truly is lights out for anyone who dares to come in contact with this ruthless bastard. Taps is not a hero and he is not a nice man, this bastard is the representative between the Sea Wolves and the Brotherhood of Mercenaries and that being said he is more pirate then mercenary. Taps is the commanding officer of the Lycanthrope’s boarding crew and he is responsible for making sure the crew is always full of the cut-throats and murderers. Taps always takes the mercenaries that the Brotherhood of Mercenaries doesn’t want or can’t find legitimate contracts for. The Brotherhood might not always agree with the actions of the Sea Wolves but in this world money talks and bullshit walks and the Sea Wolves are willing to keep the Brotherhoods coffers full of credits and supplies in exchange for silence and men.

        Though for Taps this is not his only duty as a Sea Wolf, he is also Ratchets go to man for dealing with problems and headaches and for Taps nothing brings this man more joy then hunting down someone who has angered the boss. He is nothing more then a killing machine that will gladly swim through a river of blood to remove a problem, and for anyone who has seen Taps in action can attest he is a true terror. This man when engaged in sea battle uses brute force and military science to defeat his advisories, though when unleashed into a port to remove a target he employs an entire different approach. So trying to predict Taps is imposable and this is exactly how he likes things, though one thing always stands true with Taps and thats he is a soulless killer and he only has one objective and thats to bring pain and suffering with him wherever he travels.

       As for he actions as a pirate, well Taps is allot like Barracuda in that he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants and he doesn’t take shit from anyone. He will mow down an entire room of people to just get at one and he will never accept surrender this is an going theme with the larger clans, they never accept parley or show mercy to anyone ever so don’t try. Taps has made a career out of killing and this man trains his boarding crew to be just as merciless and unforgiving, if the Sea Wolves decide to actually board a vessel pray to the Lord above that you never come face to face with Taps or it will be lights out forever. This man is more then capable in battle and his prowess is legendary, their are reports where he with one hand is tossing full grown men over board and landing his bolts between targets eyes far across the ship with the other. People have even watched him tear cabin doors open, and rip open hatches bare handed to get at his targets.

      There is one encounter a cruise ship had with the Sea Wolves in the Mediterranean when they boarded the vessel with the intentions of robbing the passengers and killing anyone who actually engaged them. Taps was climbing over the side rail when he saw the ships captain sealing down the bridge, as Taps was lurching over the rail fending off security with his hook in one hand, in mid roll he drew his crossbow and fired towards the bridge and pinned the captain to the back wall with a bolt between his eyes. That bolt tore through multiple feet of ballistic glass like it was paper and the shot would have been near impossible for most well trained snipers and Taps made it while defending himself in battle. Needless to say that cruise ship suffered a great deal of causalities and was left nothing more then a ghost ship burning in the calm waters. What actually incurred the wrath of the Wolves is unknown, but what it did was reinstate the maritime law that civilian ships must be unarmed and just surrender to the pirates instead of taking up arms against them.

       Though all this did was allow the pirates to create a safe passage fee that could be paid in advance and allow for the ship to travel unmolested though the tax is only valid in certain waters and if the vessel is travelling out of the protected zones well they must pay again or suffer the consequences and with the Sea Wolves those are very fatal consequences. Though back to Taps this man, is more than a handful on his own but trust me the Wolves always hunt in packs so it’s not the Sea Wolf you can see that you worry about it’s the ones you can’t and with Taps thats a serious problem since like I said on the sea he might be straight forward and brutal. But on land this man is a stealth killer and uses the shadows and his vast underworld knowledge and connections to move through the cities underbelly unmolested. Again one can argue that pirates should stay on the sea and shouldn’t be as connected as the criminals on land. Well that would hold true if this was still the 1600’s, these pirates are brutal businessmen that have connections all over the world from their vast travels. Taps is no different this man’s information network is vast and his phone is as scary as his crossbow, for Taps their is only one man with as extensive a information network and that man is the infamous Mr. Black. So understand this, if Taps is after you their is not a safe place in the world to hide and do to all his connections he will find you and their isn’t any information that he can’t uncover with a few simple pushes of a button.

       Before Taps served as a pirate he was a world class mercenary that was becoming to brutal for the mercenary world and do to his actions in the Tir Na Nog during the elvish invasions he was as well exiled along with his friend and commander Ratchet. Though Taps maintained his connections with the mercenaries knowing that keeping those ties would come in handy one day an as we have seen they have paid out in full many times over. Taps has been seen within the darkest depths of Seattle’s underbelly as of late and one can only hope that he is just on shore leave, though we can’t be that lucky and he is probably here for some nefarious reason.

        So please my readers understand this Taps is not a nice man, he has no soul and is nothing more than a killer in business suit. He will never yield and he will take whatever he damned well pleases, so unless you dare to become his next victim I would just avoid him at all costs. Taps has a tried and true record of success, he has killed hundreds if not more throughout the years and has never lost a minute of sleep over the lives he took. So unless you want to be laid to rest and have your lights go out forever I would best stay out of Taps way, for this is one time you don’t want to hear the bugler playing taps cause well it’s lights out forever.

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