Kiran

Kiran, a used-to-be street urchin in his youth, is and has been the adopted son of an infamous pirate captain since he was young. His adoptive father -- revered as a pirate king -- to those who know him and know of him, has a large legacy, one that is hard to fulfill, especially since Kiran is set to become the new captain of the infamous ship The Sea's Throne once he comes of age. He is resistant to it for many reasons, but the main one is that his heart is not, and has not been, in the right place to undertake such an endeavor.

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Since he is a pirate, and the open ocean is his home (one he loves) I included several images of nautical symbols (compasses and maps, mostly, as that is the most interest he has taken in the profession thus far). One reason Kiran isn't interested in becoming the new captain is because he has other passions, ones that his adoptive father had long since disregarded: Piano. Kiran loves to play piano and always has. It is how he processes emotions, thoughts, and complicated feelings he doesn't always have the words to express. Therefore, I added the sheet music to be the backdrop of his collage. 

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His adoptive father taught him the ways of the seas, and also of books. Kiran is knowledgeable and intelligent. He knows (& occasionally loves) to read, which is why there is a book on the side of the page. More than anything, Kiran writes. He writes letters, composes new piano pieces, etc. It is all he does in his free time when The Sea's Throne is not fighting a battle or docking into pirate-haven ports. He writes to a friend he hasn't seen since he was sixteen years old. That is the second reason he struggles to accept the captaincy: his long-lost best friend, lost at sea nearly seven years before. The mystery surrounding her disappearance haunts him, and to cope, he composes music and writes to her, though the letters become pseudo-diary entries after a time. This is a large aspect of his life and it begins to interfere with his life aboard the ship, as well as what he truly wants. This is why the letter takes up a fair amount of space at the bottom of the page, along with the image of the writing quill near the top.

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The stars and moon imagery is because Kiran prays to the goddesses of the moon and the stars as a way to cope with the loss of his best friend. This correlates to the image in the very center; in some respects, Kiran's grief of losing such a close friend at sea and being stuck with no answers brings him back to a place of feeling how he did when he was younger: helpless and lonely. It makes him feel like a child, praying to goddesses not knowing if they are real or not, begging for a change that will make his life better. Or at least, less complicated.