My character Irya, to sheltered child to pirate.
Her clan were devoted to a dragon god, their oath made them acumulate gold to keep their devotee perks. Gorgon clan like to live isolated but Irya wanted to explore the world. Sailing across the ocean, taking all the gold she could find(even if she no longer was a devotee) and joining fight just for fun, becoming a pirate was less of a decision and more someting that just happend. It also help that she is Aro/Ace, no siren call is taking her out of her ship