His name is Barracuda better known as Bloody Dan after the massacre of Vera Cruz. He is a expert swordsman and a Tactical genius, he was a elite soldier or guard or something and the son of a Corsican nobleman. His best friends are Jean Laffite, Jose Gaspar, and the smuggler Jim Bowie that at one time gave him his knife after saving his life. At one time he was the Captain of the Dreaded Star Fish they sacked many ports and pillaged and plundered many ships, but after the massacre he became a rogue pirate for hire. He knows there's a price on his head from both the spanish and the british, he has taken a few ships of the line without firing a shot. Its rumored that Jean Laffite and his crew with Bloody Dan rescued Napoleon from exile. Theres a story that he hunted down and killed some kind of creature or monster that was eaten indians near there village, and theres the time he helped some monks after a sacred holy relic was taken from there monastery. If or when he signs on to your ship he gets two shares of the prize same as the Captain. He lives by his own code, and he'll make you famous. He lights his cigars by cannon fire!