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TIANNA (Tia) CHAMBERS
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Date: December 18, 2011, 3:19 am
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Full Name: Tianna Chambers
AKAs: Tia Chambers
DOB: 12/5/1635
Apparent Age: 25-30
True Age: 372
Sex: Female
Hair color: Auburn
Eye Color: ice blue
Height: 5'6”
Weight: 130
Residence: Washington Cascade Mountains
Teacher: Haresh Clay
Watcher: Gary Turner
Languages: English, Gaelic
Personality: Tianna can be extremely flexible. She can be as
tough as nails if the situation warrants it...a take no
prisoners kind of person....or she can be a complete lady with
all the refinements, poise and manners that someone of royalty
or born to a family of means would have. She is as comfortable
in a pair of holy jeans, tie dyed t-shirt and beat up cowboy
boots as she is in a 4 figure designer gown, heels and diamonds.
She can ride, rope, shoot, hunt and gamble with the roughest
cowpokes....and fit right in. She can attend a formal affair
and hob-nob with kings, queens, presidents and the rich and
famous with ease....as if she were one of them. She has a
generous heart and finds it difficult to turn her back on people
in need....especially if she considers them a friend. But she
doesn't trust easily. She guards her more...as she puts
it....”fragile feelings” behind a think and almost impenetrable
wall of steel....which sometimes gives her the air of being
uncaring and cold. But once someonegains her trust they will
see a young lady who is warm, thoughtful, selfless,
understanding and who has a fantastic sense of humor, wit and
charm. When she needs to be she can be completely focused and
is always reliable....almost to a fault. As she is honest....to
a fault. She can be her enemies' worst nightmare or her
friends' best friend.
Participation in The Game (Good, Evil, Neutral): Neutral
Number of Quickenings: approx. 200
Weapon of Choice: Tianna's sword of choice is a God of Fire
katana that she has had since her teacher gave it to her upon
her “graduation”...and she is very skilled in using it. Since
she is an accomplished marksman with anything that shoots
bullets she has been known to carry a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum
with a 2” barrel....(what they call a speed shooter because it
doesn't have a hammer) or a Smith & Wesson 9mm automatic. She
also is skilled in the use of the weapons every woman posses,
although she only pulls them out as a last resort because she
feels she is being dishonest when she does....and she abhors
dishonesty.
History: 1636 Ireland – Found by a poor couple just before
traveling to England in search of a better life....and hopefully
a job.
1636 England - He had formerly been a ship-owner to some
considerable extents but having met with innumerable disasters
and misfortunes at sea, he was compelled at last to retire from
that hazardous profession, and, at the urgent solicitations of
his wife, retired upon the wreck of his fortune, and gave up his
thoughts to the care and instruction of the baby girl they named
Tianna Lynn Whitman. was a very pretty and sensible child, and
her father, being a most accomplished man, took a pride in
cultivating her mind, so that at the age of fourteen she was
accounted, not only one of the most handsome, but intellectual
young ladies the neighborhood they resided in could boast of.
She was a most graceful person, penetrating blue eyes and her
cheeks always rosy with health, and dimpled with the smile of
good humor. Yet she spirited, passionate, tyrannical, and
unforgiving, and proved she could be reckless and had a
determined temper .
Tianna passed her youthful days,in a seaport town that, was
almost always full of sailors. From childhood Tianna expressed
her regret that she was not a man, and exhibited all the
hardihood, spirit, and energy of the opposite sex. She worshiped
the sea almost as much as God. She would wander daily to the
beach, and watch the ships as they sailed into port, with
delight. On more than one occasion, unknown to her parents,
Tianna assumed male attire, and visited the public-houses
frequented by sailors. It was on one of these occasions, that
she met Jack Jib, (as he was usually called,) a regular
rough-spun jolly, goodhearted and weather-beaten seaman, who had
been in every engagement that England had been involved in for
the last twenty years. Tianna fell deeply in love with Jack and
married him, unknown to her parents. Jack was called away
when war broke out and Tianna, not wanting to be apart from
her new husband, assumed the attire of a man, and got employed
on Jack's ship. Tianna fought in no less than six engagements
on this ship, and was so well behaved and such a hard and eager
worker that she received the highest praise from her officers,
and the promise of promotion.
Jack was a plain but honest man, and felt a sincere regard for
his wife, who always fought by his side, shared in every danger,
and had been the means of rescuing him from the sword of the
enemy, no less- than four times. Their extreme friendship for
each other often surprised the men in the ship, but still they
had no suspicion of Tianna's real sex. After being engaged in
several enterprises with her husband, did something that
offended the lieutenant, who was a cruel and upstart tyrant.
The lieutenant accused Jack of innumerable crimes, court
martialed and sentenced to be flogged. Jack endured his
punishment with great fortitude, never uttering a groan; but it
was more than his constitution could withstand, and a week
later, he died. Tianna inwardly vowed a deadly revenge against
those who had been the cause of her husband's death.
The fleet arrived at home, and was paid off. Tianna, armed
with a couple of pistols, laid wait for the lieutenant at night,
in a lane through which she knew he had to pass. It was not long
before he arrived at the spot where she was secreted, and the
next minute he was stretched a corpse on the earth, from a well
directed pistol in the hand of the revengeful Tianna. She then
stripped him of all the property he had about him, (which was a
considerable sum in money,) and made her way to London, where
she resumed her female appearance and got a respectable
apartment.
Being a very pretty woman, she attracted a deal of
attention;among whom was one Captain Wilmington, of a merchant
vessel and he asked her to marry him. Tianna, however, told him
that she would never be his, Wilmington still persisted and he
realized that she was not to be won by a promise of marriage, he
made several attempts to seduce her. When that didn't work, out
of desperation, Wilmington abducted Tianna and took her aboard
his ship which immediately set sail for the coast of Guinea.
Tianna, now in the power of Captain Wilmington, was forced to
submit to his desires. She grew to hate him....that hate
growing each day, and she vowed never to rest till she made him
suffer as he had her, She watched her opportunity in secret,
and disguised her real feelings so well that the captain had no
suspicion of her cruel designs.
Captain Wilmington was a very severe man, and was continually
punishing the seamen for the most trivial offenses; in
consequence of which most of them heartily hated him. Tianna
was a great favorite with the crew, who admired her pretty
features, her general affable temper, and freedom of manners,.
They sincerely pitied her for the dupe she had been made by the
treachery of their captain. In several instances Tianna had
saved more than one of them from punishment, and they were
openly grateful. Tianna was aware of the influence she
possessed over the men, and she had noticed their sullen looks
towards the captain, and overheard their murmurs of
dissatisfaction. When they had been at sea about a month, they
found it necessary to put in at a small island for fresh water.
Many of the seamen went on shore, and Tianna got the captain's
permission to do the same, for the purpose of seeing the island.
The men, who were seven in number, were some distance ahead of
her, and did not notice her following them. The sailors arrived
at a deep cluster of trees, formed themselves into a group, and
commenced a secret meeting! Tianna secreted herself, and heard
all they said; and it was as she had suspected---they were
dissatisfied with the captain, thought of murdering him, seizing
on the vessel, and become pirates: but not one of them was bold
enough to offer himself as the leader of their secret
conspiracy. Tianna presented herself to the astonished eyes of
the sailors. One of them, cried out " We are betrayed !" drew
his cutlass, and was advancing toward Tianna when she exclaimed,
" Hold on! I am your friend . I too want revenge on Captain
Wilmington, I have overheard everything you have said and , if
you swear to be faithful to me, I will help you. We can take
the vessel this very night."
After the sailors recovered from their disbelief they expressed
their admiration of Tianna's heroism and agreed to be follow her
in everything. She then revealed to them her former history, the
service she had seen, and her resolution to again assume the
male attire, and turn pirate. The sailors promised to stand by
her in whatever might happen. Having come to a mutual
understanding they came up with a plan to assassinate the
captain whom Tianna proposed murdering with her own hands when
they had retired for the night to their cabin. After she had
accomplished the deed, she would let her fellow mutineers know
by blowing a particular signal on the boatswain's whistle, at
which time they were to seize all who offered any resistance,
and, at all hazards, make the vessel their own. Tianna left
them, and returned to the ship. The sailors, having procured
some fresh water, and other necessaries, followed her.
Tianna's determination was unshaken. When the captain and
herself retired for the night Wilmington appeared more than
usually affectionate, but his kindness only served to inflame
Tianna. She waited impatiently for him to fall asleep and when
he finally did Tianna rose cautiously, got a knife which she had
concealed in the cabin, and in one stroke nearly severed her
victim's head from his body. She then gave the signal and the
mutineers rushed in to her assistance. They found little
opposition to their will, and that only from the mate and
another seaman, whom the mutineers quickly settled by tossing
them overboard, and in an hour, the mutineers were complete
masters of the ship. They shouted, "Long life and success to
captain, Tianna Jib!"
That was the beginning of Tianna's interesting, though guilty
career as a female pirate. She soon spread a great panic
among the trading vessels, particularly on the African coast,
where she principally prowled, in quest of the ships which
traded for gold dust, and her engagements were generally very
decisive. Nothing could daunt the courage of her invincible
crew and when they were triumphant, they dealt most unmercifully
with those prisoners who refused to join them, putting them to
cruel deaths, and plundering them of all they possessed.
Tianna went by the name of Captain Nicholas Jib, (Tianna to her
friends) and was known only as a man to her enemies. It happened
once, that the crew of the female pirate were cruising about
their usual spot, when they spied a ship, of moderate size and
making full sail towards them. Tianna soon discovered, from the
colors which were flying at the mast head, that it was an
English vessel and, as it approached nearer, she found it was a
brig carrying several guns, and seemingly well prepared to meet
any privateers that might cross its path. Nevertheless, Tianna,
with her usual courage and daring, resolved to attack the larger
and more formidable ship, and accordingly made her vessel ready
for the bloody action that was soon to take place. From the
size of the other ship and the manner in which it was armed,
Tianna knew that the ship was carrying valuable cargo and she
was determined to become its mistress, or perish in the attempt.
The ship soon came within gun-shot and proved to be the "
Lizard," an English ship, homeward bound, carrying eighteen
guns, together with a valuable cargo of gold-dust, and having on
board twenty one seamen and twelve passengers.
This was a very formidable foe, but Tianna was not at all
daunted, and quickly hoisted her colors. She called upon the
enemy to give up their ship. A loud laugh from the crew of the
Lizard, was the answer to this order, and Tianna, enraged at
this, gave orders for the deadly strife to commence immediately
which began by broadsiding the English ship, which resulted in
breaking one of the masts. It killed the Lizard's lieutenant
and two of the female passengers. The battle that ensued baffled
all description. Both parties fought desperately and with
unparalleled judgment and coolness. Never had Tianna met with a
more equal match. Three times the pirates boarded the Lizard
and each time were driven back with great slaughter. Both
vessels were nearly battered to pieces, and numbers were slain.
The pirate crew was reduced to eight, and the Lizard had lost
its captain, lieutenant, and several of the crew. In spite of
which the sailors continued the struggle with unabated courage,
and seemed resolved never to yield to the pirates while they had
a man left. When Tianna saw her men falling around her, and
nothing but ruin seemed to stare her in the face, she resolved
to make a final and desperate effort, even if it cost her her
life. The enemy was making an attempt to board them, and the
pirates, being somewhat daunted by the manly courage of their
foes, and the number of their comrades that had fallen around
them, seemed half inclined to yield, when Tianna rushed forward
with a pistol in each hand, and arousing them once more to act
like men, they attacked. With their female captain bravely
leading the way, repelled the foes who were rushing on board
the pirate ship. In an instant a couple of the pirates who were
by the side of their captain, were killed and lay dead at her
feet but at the same moment, she fired and shot the leader of
the Englishmen, who fell backwards into the ragging deep, and
her other pistol killed his companion in the like manner. The
rest of the enemy, daunted by Tianna's courage, were completely
defeated. Many of them were thrown into the ocean, and those
who did get back to the ship quickly met their fate, for the
Lizard bad been so dreadfully knocked about in the strife that
she quickly filled, with water and sank like a shot, with all
her treasure on board! Tianna managed to get her own vessel
into a little creek close by, with the remnant of her daring
crew. Here she bad the ship repaired, and in a few days put to
sea again, though she had now but a small number of men, and did
not intend to venture any other attack at present, until she had
got more hands on board, and the survivors bad recovered from
the panic into which the brave conduct of the Lizard had thrown
them.
Tianna Jib, when ashore, always resumed her female apparel, and
passed herself off as a passenger on board the Trader, (the name
she had given to the pirates ship.) Her lieutenant, an
intelligent man, always attended her, whom she called her uncle,
and who passed himself off as a rich merchant, so they were
invited into the best society. Tianna was still a beautiful
woman, and excited universal admiration wherever she appeared.
Having put into Grenada, Tianna discarded her male attire,
appeared in her own character and ended up attracting the
attention of a wealthy planter's son, a young man not more than
twenty two years of age, who was so struck with her charms, that
he made his feelings known immediately. Tianna was pleased
with the young man's candor, and his gracefulness and felt for
him an affection as strong as what she bad felt for a husband.
When the young man proposed marriage, Tianna told him who she
really was, and then she left it up to him whether or not to
follow the same lawless course with her, or abandon her for
ever. The young man was so smitten with Tianna that he didn't
hesitate to swear his fidelity and willingness to follow her
where ever she would go. They secretly married and , not only
he joined her on board the Trader but recruited several father's
slaves to accompany him. The Trader was well manned again and
Tianna set sail upon fresh adventures. He proved, in a very
short time, a most determined fellow, and fought by her side in
the most resolute and heroic manner.
1661 -Tianna and Thomas Ford had only been married three years
when it happened that the pirate ship suffered severely from a
tempest, was driven from their latitude, and reduced to famine
and extreme distress. Such were the horrors of their situation,
that for three days they tasted not a morsel of food, nor drink,
and in their horrible situation, reduced to the most wretched
condition that the human imagination can conceive, till their
sufferings were actually insupportable. They at last came to
the dreadful resolution, that they should cast lots to see which
of them should die, to support the craving hunger of their
unfortunate comrades. When the lots were drawn it fell upon
Tianna's husband!. So great was her affection for him, that she
was in a state of distraction, and offered her own body to the
crew, rather than her husband.
In this dilemma, one of the black slaves, who had accompanied
Tianna's husband, struck with her unexampled generosity, and
being himself enthusiastically fond of his young master,
exclaimed, "Hold, massa ! never shall it be' said that my poor
master or his misses die, while I have the courage to take his
place !", and, before any one could rush forward to stop the
generous slave had plunged a knife into his own heart. His body
was instantly cut up, and greedily devoured by the unfortunate
crew and Tianna's husband saved from a horrid fate.
The body of the poor slave lasted them only two days, and then
they were in the same dreadful state of suffering as before
without any prospect of relief. The horrid casting of lots, for
the sacrifice of one of their comrades, was again proposed, and
agreed to when, by a strange fatality, the lot fell again upon
Tianna's husband. Tianna once more offered herself instead of
her husband, but was refused by the crew. This time Tianna's
husband was saved by the magnanimity of a Negro, who slew
himself in the same manner as the other, and was as quickly cut
up and devoured by the starving crew. The body of the second
victim was gone, and yet no help had arrived to the pirates in
their miserable condition and for the third time was the horrid
proposal made, to cast lots for the sacrifice of one of the
unfortunate crew; and, as though an infernal spell rested on
him, again the lot fell upon Tianna's husband! Being entirely
hopeless, he prepared to meet his dreadful fate but Tianna
implored them to let him live, if it was only for two hours, to
see if any alternative might present itself. Then, if
Providence did not interfere in his behalf, she promised that he
should be sacrificed to the crew's voracious appetites. They all
consented, and sat watching their unfortunate victim, with
greedy eyes. But no alternative came, and one of the pirates,
in the name of his comrades, demanded the life of the
unfortunate man. Again their female captain interfered on behalf
of her husband, and begged them to allow him another two hours
reprieve, but their famine was now raised to such an intolerable
pitch, that they, one and all, declared they could wait no
longer, and advanced to seize him. Tianna, with tears in her
eyes, begged them to desist, but they were deaf to her cries.
She next implored them to be satisfied with the calves of his
legs for the present, and then, if they did not meet any help by
the evening, she promised them that she would no longer oppose
their will. To this they agreed, and the miserable man actually
submitted to the dreadful torture of having his calves cut off,
which the half starved wretches greedily devoured.
Night soon arrived, and yet they were in the same horrible
situation; The pirates now declared that if their victim was
not given up to them, they would have both Tianna and him.
Finding, therefore, it was useless to resist, she took an
affectionate leave of her unfortunate husband, who begged that
he might be shot, and that they would not feast upon his body
until they were convinced that his life was quite extinct. To
this the pirates promised obedience, and Tianna having tied a
handkerchief across his eyes.
The pirates did not attend to the injunctions of the dying man
for no sooner had he fallen, than they stripped off his clothes,
and commenced cutting up the body, and devouring it. One of
the monsters even had the cruelty to offer Tianna a portion of
the dreadful meat, but she turned from him with disgust, and
hurried down below. She had not been there long when she heard
a great confusion upon deck, and cries of "A sail! a sail!" In
an instant she rushed up on deck, as well as her strength would
permit her, and there indeed was a ship making full sail
towards them. It proved to be an English ship. On seeing
their signals of distress, the English ship's captain
immediately manned a couple of boats and sent them, with all
possible dispatch, to the Trader. The boats soon reached them,.
The pirates told the seamen a false tale about their being
French sailors, and that they had been attacked by pirates, who,
after stripping their vessel of every thing valuable, throwing
their provisions overboard, and murdering the greater portion of
their crew, had left them to their fates. The boats instantly
returned to their ship, and the English captain, being a very
kind hearted honest Englishman, did not doubt, for a moment, the
truth of their story, and was very much affected at the
sufferings of the crew. He sent them enough provisions and grog
to last them till they reached a port, from which, he said, they
were not far. The men aboard the Trader made a hearty meal,
but Tianna was too much affected at the horrible fate of her
husband to eat much.
Tianna was a woman of strong feelings and the shocking death of
her husband made such an indelible impression upon her mind,
that she became a complete idiot, and the command of the vessel
was therefore committed to the lieutenant. Several of the
ruffians, in spite of the great service she had formerly
rendered, actually had the cruelty to propose throwing her
overboard but the majority of the pirates would not listen, and
Tianna was left to wander about the ship in her wild ravings.
Soon after this, the pirates attacked a Dutch trading ship of
large size and force, upon which the maniac Tianna insisted upon
being attired in her usual apparel, and with a pistol in each
hand, performed wonders, slaying all who ventured near her. At
length, she received a blow from a cutlass, and fell overboard,
exclaiming " My husband! thy bride, Tianna, the female pirate,
comes to join thee!" The pirates fought as long as they were
able, and then blew the vessel into the air thus escaping that
punishment allotted to them, if they had been taken.
Tianna's body eventually washed ashore somewhere on the west
coast of Africa and after she revived she wandered lost, alone
and confused until she came upon Haresh Clay who took her under
his wing and taught her what she would need to survive as an
Immortal.
1671 -Haresh tells Tianna that he has taught her all he can and
that it is time for her to find her own destiny. They part ways
in what is now Casablanca and she catches a ship to Spain but
the ship is attacked by another ship flying the Jolly Roger and
her crew is completely annihilated..except for Tianna. The
captain of the pirate ship takes Tianna as his prisoner but she
is able to convince him that she can be more of an asset than
just as a sexual toy and she is allowed the freedom as one of
the crew. They head for the Caribbean Islands. Midway across
the Atlantic Ocean they ran into a storm. They ended up losing
several of the crew and the Captain was washed over the side so
Tianna stepped into the position and once out of the storm,
managed to get them safely across the rest of the ocean. They
anchored just off of Barbados.
Tianna continued her life as a pirate on and off for the next 20
years (depending on whether or not she had a ship to command.).
1691- Tianna faced her first Immortal and received her first
Quickening then disappeared.
1691-1893 -No records
1893- Tianna surfaces in Canada when she joins up with Gunpowder
Gertie.
1898- 1903- Helped Gertie steal the Witch Steamboat which was
rechristened the Tyrant Queen and together they ran up and down
the rivers, robbing steamboats of their cargo, gold and silver
from local mines and payrolls on their way to town. Their reign
of terror ended when one of Gertie's crewman sold her out to the
authorities and both she and Tianna were sentenced to life in
prison. Gertie died from pneumonia in 1912 and Tianna died from
stab wounds from a fight with another female prisoner in 1920.
She was buried next to Gertie in a prison pauper's grave
(shallow) which she easily dug herself out of and escaped over
the Canadian border and disappeared.
1920 – 1994- No records
1994 - Tianna surfaced when she was assigned a new Watcher, Gary
Turner, but is reported to having not done anything reportable.
1995 - Tianna travels to the Caribbean for a peaceful vacation
of sun and surf during which she discovers Gary Turner and
learns what Watchers are. Four months after her discovery she
and Gary become friends.
1995 -Tianna acquires a piece of land in a secluded meadow of
Stevens Pass in the Washington Cascade mountains in Washington
state and builds a small cabin where she takes up permanent
residency.
2011 -Several foreign nuclear bombs are dropped on the east and
west side of the mountains where Tianna lives...(as well as many
other areas in the United States).
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