Rogue's Gallery: Count Brastillo de Brass is the 34th installment in the Rogue's Gallery series, centering on Count Brastillo de Brass. It was published in the December 2015 Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter. It is the first Rogue's Gallery biography to not be produced into a video, instead being published text-only.
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Welcome to the Pirate101 Rogue’s Gallery. Subject, Count Brastillo de Brass.
Brastillo was not born into nobility: he was the son of a peasant farmer in the agricultural province of Camargon, one of the last places in Monquista where the desert has not yet devoured all the crop lands. Short of stature (even by Monquistan standards), Brastillo endured the taunting of many bullies as a boy, until he discovered his best weapon against them: his volcanic, irrational rage. When provoked, Brastillo fought like a wild animal, pummeling bullies into submission, no matter how tall.
One day, while visiting Camargon on a tour of the orchards, the great monquistador Goronado happened to witness one of young Brastillo’s fist fights. He took a liking to the boy and his fierce spirit, and took him away to become a soldier and give him a proper outlet for his anger. Brastillo learned the finer points of tactics and swordplay, but found his true calling in the navy, sailing the open skies. Brastillo’s brilliance at naval combat was unmatched – his cunning, fearlessness, and ferocity made him more than a match for any foe, no matter how much he might be outclassed.
During the Polarian War Brastillo served with distinction, defeating dozens of Penguin men-of-war. He won his noble title for his brilliant maneuver at the Battle of Calloo, where his squadron defeated a Polarian fleet three times their numbers. Peace was difficult for Brastillo: he yearned for the thrill of battle, the satisfaction of breaking his enemies and forcing their humiliating surrender.
He continued to serve in the navy, and pulled strings to be assigned to Skull Island, where the competing colonial interests of Monquista and Marleybone filled the skyways with opposing ships, and “accidents” resulting in skirmishes were all too common. Brastillo gained quite a reputation among the ships of the Royal Navy. Indeed, it was the Dogs of Marleybone who gave him his infamous nickname: the Brass Monkey. Brastillo became the most celebrated captain in Skull Island, defeating more than a dozen Marleybonean ships in single combat.
Brastillo was on top of the world, until a brash young pirate changed everything. Defeated and humiliated, Brastillo vanished from Skull Island, abandoning his post in the Monquistan Navy. Now the Brass Monkey sails the skyways as a renegade, devoted to one goal – he will have his vengeance. Oh yes, he will have his vengeance!!!
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- Polarian Wars (as Polarian War)
- Battle of Calloo
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- Monquistador
- Monquistan Navy
- Polarian Navy (Indirect mention only)
- Her Majesty's Navy (as Royal Navy)
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