Aurelio “El Ron” de Leiva

⚓ Aurelio “El Ron” de Leiva's feelings towards the bar waitress

Aurelio isn't quite sure what happens to him when he sees her. It's not the typical fleeting desire that moves him in every port, nor the wordplay he usually throws out like nets to catch glances. What he feels for her is different. It's unexpected. It's uncomfortable for someone who has made chaos his way of life.

Every time he walks into the bar, with his provocative gait and legendary smile, she notices his voice lowering a pitch if she's around. He doesn't plan it, it just happens. His jokes turn into failed attempts at elegance, and the glass of rum seems to know he's drinking to disguise, not to celebrate.

There's something about her that disarms him. Her indifference isn't rejection, it's mystery. And Aurelio, who has weathered storms without a map, feels lost by a woman who cleans tables without looking at him and doesn't laugh at his stories. This fascinates him. This ignites him.

And although he boasts of being a womanizer, he feels that if she offered him even a sign, he'd abandon all other shores. Because behind the loud, hard-drinking captain is a man who still has room for something real.

One night, after seeing her pass by without turning her face, he thought:

“If I ever came to look at myself as if I weren’t a story... I would stop living like one.”

His crew has noticed. He denies it. He jokes. He changes the subject. But everyone knows that El Ron is already on the way to a shipwreck… and it's not at sea.

🍷 Real name: Aurelio Leiva y Montiel A long, elegant, even stately name. It sounds like someone born into an inheritance, perhaps of good breeding, although he does his best to avoid that image.

⚓ Nickname: “El Ron”

The nickname "El Ron" was coined long before he became captain, and long before he was respected. He's called that for several reasons, each more exaggerated than the last:

• 🔥 He survived an explosion at a rum warehouse in Santo Tomás. He emerged unharmed, smelling like a barrel for weeks.
• 🫗 He has drunk more rum than water in his life, and yet he never loses his balance (except through love or disdain).
• 🥃 His voice sounds fermented, deep, warm, and raspy like a strong drink at the end of the day.
• 📜 Some say he has sugarcane blood, because of the way his expression softens when he talks about the Caribbean.

But beyond the anecdote, the nickname "El Ron" sounds better than his real name because it turns him into a legend. Aurelio Leiva's name could be signed on a letter or in the records of some ancient port. But El Ron is the man sung about in taverns, cursed at the marina, and remembered by waitresses with a mixture of suspense and a smile.

His nickname became his identity, because it's the name the world chose for him. And perhaps, deep down, Aurelio prefers it. Because his real name reminds him of a time he no longer wants to experience.

⚓ The crew of Aurelio “El Ron” de Leiva isn't just any band of sailors: they're accomplices, survivors, and enchanted victims of its enchanting chaos. The ship—the Furia Calada—never sails only the seas, but also stories that no one dares to accurately tell.

🏴‍☠️ Featured crew members of the Furia Calada

Name Role on the ship Personality Manuela “Cuervo” Recio, a tough, quiet, expert at night navigation, she can't stand Aurelio's jokes, but she has his back more often than she'd like. Tobias of the Lighthouse Gunner, a superstitious man with a parrot that repeats insults, believes rum can cure everything except jealousy. Bruno “Aguaclara” Díaz Cook and spy. He carries secrets in his apron. He listens more than he speaks and has a noble past that everyone ignores. The Navigating Shadow Boy No one knows his age. He moves like a ghost, but his calculations are always correct. They say he's never slept. Rosendo “Quema” Vidal, carpenter and bartender, repairs the ship and the spirit. He has songs for every storm and is in love with three mermaids he met in the Gulf.

💥 Dynamics with Aurelio

• Aurelio is a captain out of respect and fear. His crew follows him because, although he sometimes humiliates them with his drunken arrogance, he always saves them from impossible storms.

• Among them, insults are like greetings, laughter like arguments, and loyalty like an unsigned pact. Rum can disappear for days in a port… but it always returns with a story and an uncertain booty.

• Some admire him, others tolerate him, but everyone knows that if the waitress at the bar looked at him the way he looks at her, the Furia Calada could run aground of its own volition.

🦜 Aurelio “El Ron” de Leiva's physique

Captain Aurelio's appearance is as unforgettable as his entrances to the bar he frequents. His body narrates every port of call, every stormy night, and every stolen kiss with an intensity that needs no introduction. Here's a detailed description:

⚓ Outstanding physical features

• Skin: Deep brown, tanned by the Caribbean sun and the open sea wind. It has the tone of someone who has known no shadow other than that of a sail at midday.

• Face: Rough, masculine, with wrinkles across his forehead and the sides of his mouth, marks of intense expressions. A pair of scars decorate his left cheek and the bridge of his nose, souvenirs from battles he still shows off like medals.

• Eyes: Dark honey, bright even in the dimness of a tavern. They seem to laugh before he does, and narrow when he enters flirtatious mode.

• Hair: Long and messy, sometimes pulled back in a makeshift ponytail. Dark brown, slightly dirty blonde, and sunburned. A strand always escapes and falls over his forehead when he looks up to speak.

• Body: Robust, broad-shouldered, abdomen still firm but with the generous curve that rum has lovingly added. Large hands, with thick fingers and knuckles marked by fights and difficult nights on deck.

• Clothing: He wears an unbuttoned leather vest, a white shirt open to the middle of his chest, displaying an amulet dangling among his tattoos. He wears dark cloth trousers, worn at the knees, and tall sailor boots with rusty buckles.

• Other details:

• Beard: Three-day long, perpetual, well-defined but unruly.

• Tattoos: One on his forearm with the name of a ship that no longer exists. Another on his lower back that no one has seen, and which he never talks about. (It's Leviathan.)

• Aroma: A mix of salt, leather, and old liquor. Those who know him say his scent enters before he does.

⚓ Personality of Aurelio “El Ron” de Leiva

• Charismatic like a warm storm: He has a smile that seems to promise adventure and a knowing gaze. He speaks with grace and malice, mixing seduction and sarcasm as if it were part of his profession.

• Incurable flirt: There isn't a single waitress, merchant, or nobleman who hasn't fallen victim to his attempts at wooing her. He does it shamelessly, without filtering, but with a certain improvised respect that makes him endearing rather than repulsive.

• Rough with his crew: On the high seas, he's a different beast. He barks out orders like lyrical curses, demands absolute obedience, and is known to have thrown more than one man overboard... only to save him and yell at him again.

• Promiscuous by habit, not by conviction: He's had love affairs in every port, but he's never let anyone anchor him. His body is free, but his heart has yet to find someone to whom it can devote itself completely.

• Potential devotee: If that waitress—the only one who didn't fall for it in the first round—were to look at him differently, Aurelio would give it all up. The rum, the conquests, the chaos. Because deep down, he wants to be chosen by someone who sees beyond the captain.

• Hidden melancholic: He laughs loudly, drinks even more, but when no one is looking, he writes letters without an address and keeps a dried flower in his jacket. He doesn't know why.