Red João's loyal quartermaster is Mimbah Odide. Her family's trade was capturing colourful birds for their feathers, but also taming them to be sold as exotic pets.
Disaster struck when Mimbah's village was attacked by slavers and as an adolescent she was separated from her family and shipped off in chains to the overseas colonies.
The unimaginable horror of brutality, hunger, disease and death chained in the ship's hold ended fortunately for Mimbah when Red João, following a false lead to kidnap a governor's daughter, attacked and captured the slave vessel.
Captain João left most of the slaves to fend for themselves off the shores of a nearby island. But, being a few hands short, the pirate captain took on a few extra crew members willing to brave the high seas. Among them, Mimbah, to whom João took a fatherly liking and guided her along the plunderous career path to being a notorious pirate.
Mimbah is fierce in combat, and having an eye patch never hurt a pirate's image in that respect. What she doesn't tell people is that she lost her eyesight to trachoma as a young child and having had a life time to adjust, she is a remarkably good shot for an one-eyed corsair.
Using the skills of her family's trade, Mimbah has tamed a carnivorous dire-parrot of La Isla Calavera named simply and fittingly the Beast. This ferocious and loyal avian never leaves her side.
The second tragedy of Mimbah's life was when the great love of her life, the beautiful pirate Esteban was mauled by jealous Beast and he was forced to flee. Mimbah's and Esteban's paths were separated, the lovers unable to find each other in a raging storm before the arrival of the viceroy's marines hunting them. Not knowing what became of Esteban, Mimbah still secretly hopes to meet him again.
Loosely inspired by:
1. History: Pirate quartermasters
2. Bacteria: Chlamydia trachomatis
3. The Secret of the Monkey Island: Meathook & the Beast
4. Gabriel García Márquez: The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
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