Alright, I have procrastinated on this enough; it’s time to go over Thomas Pullings’ scars from his time aboard the Hércules, where he was pressed into service after Acheron was reclaimed by her original crew. I have made some mention of how these marks have affected his personal esteem, and I imagine I will cover more on his mental state as time continues on ( he’s an interesting mix of healthy and unhealthy perceptions, in all truth ) This, however, is a strictly physical accounting of damages.

His back and front have received the worst of the effects of his time aboard Hércules, as oft he would not yet be healed before insubordination ( perceived or otherwise ) would have him tied before the mast once again. Points were reached when it was easier to keep him awake by alternating flogging between back and front, until he came all but mute and ( as much as he could manage ) competently compliant. Eventually, his floggings became very few and far between – more a result of language barrier than his desire to be challenging of authority.

His back and his chest, therefore, are littered with the crisscross of the lashings he received. These marks decorate his shoulders down to his hips across the back, and his upper arms where leather would at times flash throughout matters. Across the front, most damage is over the chest and upper arms – perhaps in a rare show of decency, but most likely to keep from killing him by striking over organs and rupturing matters within. There are a few singular dashes across his stomach and sides, as well as his lower arms, from points when the risk was taken regardless.

He has along his lower thighs some additional scarring, and across the back of his left hand a mark that crosses from the base of his thumb up to the knuckle on his smallest finger. At his throat, there is a small line from where a sword was held too long and too tight, and just behind his right ear is another scar that is shaped oddly – like an anchor beneath a half circle, in fact. This last, of course, being a service brand granted him shortly before being put aboard Hércules – and it is for this reason, that Thomas no longer holds his hair in a queue but rather, allows it to flow freely, thus obscuring any signs of servitude.