Merrick Felwinter came from a family of pirates, his mother abandoned him to his father soon after he was born, his father's name was Grayson Felwinter, but better known as "The Iron Ghoul" due to his iron skull like mask he wore. Although Merrick was born in the Kingdom of Norland he spent most of his life on growing up on the ship known as "The Javelin" learning Cartography and pillaging ships as well as learning from the crewmates his father commanded.Fortunately his actual identity as well as his crews were never identified due to the fact that not only did his father conceal his identity but so did the crew, the masks the crew wore were made of stone, skull like masks.. although not quite as flashy as his fathers mask, they were called his "skeleton crew" they attacked at night to ensure to drive fear into their enemies as they fought, however things eventually didn't go according to plan as they had one ship that always hunted them known as the "Nighthawk" it always seemed to inch ever so closer to discovering them during the day until one point, it succeeded and launched a surprise attack from behind, cannon fire blew clean into the back of the ship as the Nighthawk roared closer to the Javelin, closing the gap. The crew were woken from their slumber and quickly set out for combat.There was no escape from the Nighthawk at this point, the Javelin didn't have enough time to ready its sails in hopes of escape so the only option was to fight, before they knew it the Nighthawk had its claws bare deep into the ship as it clashed against it's side. The Nighthawks crew had started to board the Javelin, attacking all in their path, on both sides mercenaries and pirates were being cut down alike as the ships raged on in intense battle. Eventually they both struck a deadly blow to the other, one hitting the ships more explosive precious cargo and the other hitting it dead center into the hull taking in water fast, as the Nighthawk erupted with an extreme explosive it broken clean into the hull of the Javelin, causing them both to fall into the depths of the sea, but not before blowing both Captains off onto the nearby island and Merrick straight into the water.Merrick in a desperate attempt to find his father swam straight to the island, he could hear clashing of swords nearby as he swam ashore, he saw in horror as his father was impaled when he reached them, he was on his own it seemed as the Nighthawks captain approached Merrick he drew his dagger and went straight forward into the fight, trying his best to wait for an opening as he fought for his life against him, however he was too weak to continue on, he collapsed from a hit straight to the gut from the hilt of the Captains sword, he ended up on the ground crawling back to where his father was as the man approached him now with his sword lowered to the ground at him the captain would draw back his blade ready to drive it down into him, Merrick could only wish for a swift death, fortunately his father wasn't quite dead just yet.With a quick motion Grayson Felwinter pulled his blade out as well aiming it dead center at the Captains heart he'd lunge forward plunging it deep, it's iron breaking clean through and impaling him. The man fell back, dead. Although they had won the cost was too great, his father told him to carry on without him with his dying breath, handing him his mask. That day Merrick had to bury his father on that very island. Merrick managed to eventually secure himself a ride back onto a more populated region and started venturing his way around for eight more years until finally reaching greater lands where he is now attempting to start a new life.
