Cassius "The Dreadlord" Kalish

Powers And Abilities:

 * Cassius is a skilled sword fighter
 * Cassius is a elite tactician
 * Cassius is a very experienced sailor

Weaknesses:

 * Cassius is easily outranged
 * Cassius has very low defenses besides his sword

Equipment:

 * His enchanted sword known as "Lux Purgatio," or "Purging Light"

Backstory:
Cassius was raised by only his mom, who worked as a bartender far south of the main kingdom. He was raised on the stories of people in the bar, tales of adventure and excitement and bountiful raids. So, he became engrossed and wanted to become a pirate. One night, when he was 12, he decided to follow one of the people after they left, to see what they did. He managed to follow them to a old tower, where they were going to steal from. He followed them inside, and found them dead on the floor. Above his body was The Wraith, and they attacked Cassius in surprise. Cassius almost died, and his mind was completely shattered. The Wraith healed his physical wounds, and then fled the scene. He returned home and continued his normal life, for another 2 weeks. During this time, he acted very strangely, attacking people and yelling. And then, he'd had enough and stowed away on the pirate ship of one of the customers. He proved himself to the captain by killing one of his mates, and he joined their crew. He soon became a invaluable tactician. However, his plans became more and more brutal and the captain had finally had enough. When Cassius was 16, the captain was going to leave him overboard at the next stop, but Cassius challenged him to a duel to the death. Cassius actually won, and became captain of the crew. His raids became even more brutal, and this earned his nickname "The Dreadlord". Eventually, when he was 22, he made his way all the way up to the main kingdom, and drew the attention of Manta. His first attack was met with extreme resistance, and ended in a draw. Not one to back down, Cassius launched his second attack and this time, prepared a much better strategy. He managed to feint a attack with his ship, while he and 4 others snuck away on a smaller ship. They broke into the wizard tower, killing multiple mages and stealing "Lux Purgatio". He and his members flanked the defense, and took the beach. The kingdom mobilized a much larger force, and started a complete routing, including Manta fighting Cassius himself. Manta and Cassius's battle ended in a draw, but his entire crew was killed. Cassius escaped, and something within him ticked. He wanted to defeat the one person he hadn't beaten, and spent a full year just fighting the kingdom's toughest combatants. Eventually when he felt he was ready, he went for his rematch, only to discover she had been killed by Doern. Cassius was outraged, and went on to try to hunt down and kill Doern. He tracked him down when he was 23, and fought Doern 1 on 1. He lost, but Doern decided he could be useful, and gave him the options of joining his new army, or dying. Cassius was on board with revenge on the kingdom who had killed his entire crew.