Factions
Attitude based on the Diplomacy scale: Hostile, Unfriendly, Indifferent, Friendly, Helpful.
Table: Factions
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Name |
Attitude |
Details
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Bloodkin |
Hostile |
Orc pirate faction renowned for working slaves to death before eating them
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Bonetown |
Friendly |
Township of pirates. Attitude is unfriendly due to their perception the party allied with Captain Annoir and allowed him to escape in exchange for his rumoured treasure
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Bonetown Guards |
Indifferent |
Led by the Harbormaster
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Centaur Island |
Friendly |
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Elfbloods |
Hostile |
Pirate faction. Has had several encounters with the Lionfish crew
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Shipping Guild |
Indifferent |
Guild of traders
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Blood Raven |
Indifferent |
Human pirate faction with several raids against Rum ships
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Red Sky |
Indifferent |
Human pirate faction privateers
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Sea Lion |
Indifferent |
Half Orc pirate faction renowned for raiding the tauric isles
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Freedom |
Indifferent |
Human pirate faction renowned for smuggling
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NPCs
Table: NPCs encountered
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Name |
Race |
Class/es |
Attitude |
Details
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Brother Engev |
Human (male) |
Cleric |
Helpful |
A human cleric of Pantheon. Met during first adventure in Bonetown. Knows the original crew of the Lionfish. A servant of Pantheon, brought to Bonetown to preach the advantages of law and order as a missionary to the unenlightened. Has known Lansel for most of his life. Both were brought up in the temple of Pantheon in Farungia.
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Brother Lansel |
Human (male) |
Cleric |
Helpful |
A human cleric of Pantheon. Met during first adventure in Bonetown. Knows the original crew of the Lionfish. He is Brother Engev’s assistant. Has known Engev for most of his life. Both were brought up in the temple of Pantheon in Farungia.
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Stallion Pholus |
Centaur (male) |
Druid |
Friendly |
Centaur elder.
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Linos |
Centaur (male) |
Ranger |
Helpful |
Linos is a young centaur (just barely considered an adult in his clan) with a dappled gray hide. His hair is iron gray and his eyes are dark blue.
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Captain Renchild |
Human (male) |
FIghter/Expert/Rogue |
Hostile |
Renchild is a man of two natures; one public and one private. His public face is a curmudgeonly ship captain who tries to make an honest living while trying to avoid being under the command of anyone but himself. Neither good nor bad, he is a man chiefly concerned with his own well-being and comfort. His private life takes a drastic turn, however, revealing him to be a greedy, cruel man who does not hesitate to extort or hurt those who stand in his way. This side of him is opportunistic, coming out when the potential for profit is at its highest and he is unlikely to be put in harm’s way. Renchild is the previous Captain/owner of the Lionfish. He fled the Lionfish mutiny and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
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The Harbormaster |
Human (male) |
Bard/Venturer |
Friendly |
Bonetowners have a passing acquaintanceship with concepts such as ‘government,’ ‘civic duty,’ and ‘citizenship.’ After the rigid discipline of their ship captains, pirates have little tolerance for the yoke of governance once they set ashore. The closest thing to a head of state possessed by Bonetown is the Harbormaster, Linus Icahn. A former captain in the Aisildur navy, Linus absconded with his ship and turned to adventuring after his heartseed was removed. He also happens to be a scion in the Shipping Guild of Elenna, though what role he plays in that diminished organization and what influence they may have in Bonetown is yet to be realized.
Linus arrived in Bonetown with a shipful of gold and several former adventuring compatriots. In a fortnight he convinced the Captains’ Council to allow him to police the harbor. When they asked him why he wanted to do that, he simply replied, “I see potential, good sirs. I see potential.” The Harbormaster ensures general order along the docksides and marketplaces, though for a pirate enclave this amounts to little more than preventing looting or murder. Petty acts of larceny and vandalism are ignored, but anyone attempting a mugging in broad daylight is likely to draw the attention of the Harbormaster’s men. Dueling, on the other hand, is considered a spectator sport and more likely to draw crowds and betting than legal intervention. The Harbormaster (call him Linus and you’ll be thrown in the harbor!) doesn’t allow such things on the docks. What happens elsewhere, he doesn’t care about. In fact, if there is a murder going on two feet off the edge of the pier, he’ll watch silently and do nothing.
Linus enforces his rule with hired guards, typically posted in small guardposts that look more like small outhouses at various spots throughout the docks, wearing the blue Jolly Roger on bands around their arms. They do have some small, fast boats to go out into the harbor waters if needed, but usually they leave such things alone. They are more interested in keeping order than solving crimes, however, so investigative work is unheard of. These guards are led by Linus’ capable right-hand man, Enoch Almraiven. Almraiven is a former mercenary and officer in the Mailed Fist and came to Bonetown with Linus Icahn after several seasons of adventuring together.
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Enoch Almraiven |
Human (male) |
Fighter/Connoisseur |
Friendly |
Enoch Almraiven is the right-hand man of the Harbormaster and his chief enforcer. As a captain in the Mailed Fist, he had a storied career on the continent before retiring. Enoch Almraiven is a Dirt City native, but he spent most of his adult life elsewhere. When he was fifteen, he joined the Mail Fist under an assumed name. As ‘Sander Morgan’ the young man became a seasoned mercenary. By the age of eighteen, he was leading his own brigade. At twenty, he was a captain. He gained a reputation as a ruthless and effective commander, and “Morgan’s Raiders” became rightly feared on the battlefield. His company was in the employ of the Aisildur Empire for a time, and following that regime’s collapse Almraiven found himself a wanted wan despite his mercenary standing. Fleeing the crumbling empire, he joined with Linus Icahn’s adventuring party and found employment with the entrepreneur to his liking. He now works in Bonetown enforcing the Harbormaster’s taxes and tariffs on goods coming through the docks (and sometimes even keeping the order, when it’s convenient).
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