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Name: Madi Scott
Canon/OC: Black Sails AU
Journal: filotimo
Race: human
Nationality: Tevene with Rivaini heritage
Occupation: Princess
Division: Diplomacy
Mage or Not: Not
Age: early/mid-30's

History

Canon Wiki

• Born in Nascere to slave parents but was quickly shipped off with her mother to live free on a secret island near Seheron when tensions between Tevinter and The Qun flared.


• Raised by her mother, the Maroon Queen, and groomed to eventually lead the community of escaped slaves on the island as the new Queen.


• Became acquainted with Flint and Silver when their crew was captured by the island's inhabitants.


• Tried to convince her mother to ally with the pirates for the continued survival of their community, but ultimately it took a surprise visit from Madi's father to actually sway her.


• Mr Scott convinces the Maroon Queen to listen to Flint's requests, and an alliance is made after Flint makes his case.


• Madi stays with Silver on the island while Flint and Billy go off to try and woo Vane and Blackbeard to their cause. She convinces Silver to accept medical treatment for his leg because he's an idiot and she likes that about him.


• She accompanies Silver and Flint back to Nascere to secure weapons, other supplies, and more allies, but unfortunately that pesky magister who took over Nascere is allied with Corypheus! Who coulda guessed.


• When the gang returns to Maroon Island, Mr Scott dies and the reality of just how tenuous the safety of the community is sets in when the encampment is attacked. Madi co-leads defense of the camp with Silver, securing her position as leader of the refugees. A counter-assault on Nascere fails due to a big ol' rift opening up over the town.
  
• Ultimately with their forces fractured, Madi stays behind to help the slave/pirate rebellion regroup and recover from their defeat at Nascere while Flint and Silver hobnob with the Inquisition.

Personality

Having lived on an island of ex-slaves most of her life, Madi has never known the yoke of slavery and this has caused her to have some differing viewpoints to that of her parents. She bears the weight of responsibility and the expectation to succeed her mother as Maroon Queen, but has her own ideas of how to lead. While her mother would see their people kept safe in isolation, Madi sees that course as driven by fear, and ignorant of the bigger picture. Being free in fear is not sustainable, nor is living in seclusion and relying heavily on her father securing supplies from Nascere.

Madi has hope and optimism where her mother had distrust and cynicism, but she isn't naive. She understands, and is understanding more every day, what is needed from her to lead her people and lead them well. Curious by nature, she is driven to understand things from multiple angles, but she doesn't like to sit with decisions very long since often, time is of the essence. It's important to make decisions when they can make the most impact rather than agonizing over tiny details that halt progress.

She accepts compromise only when she needs to, but does not believe in being too stubborn to bend. She’s unafraid of death in the course of pursuing a better world for her people, and has accepted that someday she might have to be a necessary sacrifice to ensure victory. A single life doesn’t matter; winning the war does. Anyone who jeopardizes the outcome of the war for personal reasons is someone to distrust, though she would make an effort to understand their reasoning behind it.

Madi is basically like James McGraw before he became Captain Flint. They are similarly driven by righteous fury, but where it’s a festering rage within Flint, it’s the flame of new beginnings in Madi. Tear down the old to make way for the new, and accept nothing short of freedom for all. Second chances are rare, and never afforded lightly.

Opinions & Affiliations

MAGIC - Magic is a powerful tool. Inherently useful, which is great when it's being put to some productive end and absolute shit when it's being used by corrupt people. Mages in any society are inextricable from fear. In Tevinter, that fear powers the magistocracy and devalues the lives of anyone else; outside it, fear is used to subjugate them, making them monsters in the eyes of others. Remove that fear and magic is as steel: it can be a plow tip just as easily as a sword. (Yes I mostly stole this from Abby but hey, Madi has some of the same opinions as Flint, she just doesn't have any desire to manipulate mages like marionettes.)

MAGES vs. TEMPLARS - Templars are unnecessary. Give the mages teachers, and a decent support structure instead. Educate the families about magic and punish those who would abandon their children for such a gift.

RACE RELATIONS & SLAVERY - Nobody should be a slave, regardless of their race. No race is superior to another, and every race deserves freedom.

THE QUN - It's not for everyone, but nobody can refute that the Qun would make for a powerful ally. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and right now Tevinter and Corypheus are linked. It would behoove us to seek an agreement with our neighbors to the north.

PIRACY - A byproduct of unjust rule.

Adaptation Notes

I'm not making much of any changes to Madi as a character in her adaptation, simply adjusting names and places to fit in the setting. She's not a mage and is still a human, and I think her values translate well to giving a shit about the plight of marginalized races in Thedas and making hard decisions wrt the war against Corypheus.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• + PRINCESS LEADER: Leads by example and has a way of securing the loyalty of those under her leadership.


• +/- DECISIVE: Once she knows what she wants, she’s gonna get it. Sometimes that might mean going behind the official leaders’ backs.


• +/- SHELTERED: Because she’s been sheltered from the realities of slavery, Madi doesn’t carry much of the fear and trauma that her parents do, or the first-hand knowledge of classism like Flint. On the one hand, this is good because she’s able to look past that fear and trauma and see the possibilities on the horizon, but it can be a detriment when it comes to relating fully with those she’s meant to liberate.


• - THE PEN IS MIGHTIER: She’s not much of a fighter as yet. She won’t shy away from violence or dispute that it is sometimes a necessary evil (like when fighting a war) but she’s unskilled and more likely to either negotiate or die if she deems the situation non-negotiable.

Inventory

Not much; some coin, some books, necessary supplies etc.
I would like her to have a McGuffin to present to Flint as a sort of “this is why you need to go along with MY plan” but idk what yet so i’d like it to be TBD with mod approval. (as in, i’ll clear the mcguffin with y’all before i try to do anything with it)

Motivation

Freedom, a positive end to the war, and also she just got tired of waiting on Silver and Flint for so long.


Saying Goodbye to Silver
Squints at Flint