Rogue's Gallery: Lt. Springer

Rogue's Gallery: Lt. Springer is the 65th biography in the Rogue's Gallery biography series published by KingsIsle Entertainment. It centers on Lieutenant Desmond Springer, and was published in July 2018 as part of the Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter.

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Name: Lieutenant Springer
Home: Marleybone
Weapons: Heavy Rapier
Born to a wealthy merchant family, Desmond Springer grew up in Walruskburg, where his father presided over the tea trade between Polaris and Marleybone. His tutors tried to teach him much about history and the sciences, but what Desmond loved most was swordplay. He practiced with the finest swordmasters of Polaris, adopting a fighting style that was at once elegant and formidable.
The Penguin revolution changed Springer’s life forever. His family was forced to flee Polaris to escape the mob, and the cessation of trade between Polaris and Marleybone left his family destitute. Desmond eagerly joined the Royal Navy as soon as the Napoleguinic Wars began – for him, the conflict was personal. His early years in the service were hard for him: Desmond’s Polarian swordplay and affectations earned him the scorn and ridicule of his fellows. But Springer turned his curious upbringing to his advantage: he used his knowledge of the Penguin language to help decipher enemy intercepts, and his lessons had made him uniquely qualified to predict Polarian strategy. Springer attracted the notice of his first captain, and he found himself fast-tracked to become an officer. By the end of the war, Springer was a proud lieutenant with a distinguished record of service.

Springer found peacetime much less to his liking, and started to consider a new career. Just then, a young Pirate appeared to offer him an extraordinary opportunity...