Ghostmarsh NPCs

Saltmarsh

Council

Eliander Fireborn - human male

  • solemn, serious, quiet, intelligent
  • politics loyalist
  • renowned polyglot,
  • well liked by all the town, even those who disagree with his politics
  • head of town guard
    • previously officer in military
  • missing R leg
    • lost in dreadwood incursion; personally saved caleb in same incursion, though caleb lost his family
  • interacted w malcolm and caleb on road, remarked on everyone having lost something when malcolm mentioned being a captain w/o a boat

Manistrad Copperlocks - dwarf woman

  • curt, gruff, focused on her new mining venture
  • politics loyalist
  • appointed by the king
  • leader of the mine

Eda Oweland - human woman

  • elderly but spry, keen mind
  • politics traditionalist
  • wealthy fishing-magnate

Gellan Primewater - halfling male

  • gregarious. loud. late middle age.
  • politics traditionalist
  • wealthy trader-magnate

Anders Solmor

  • young, curious
  • politics naive. the tie-breaker each side seeks to manipulate
  • devious butler Skerrin Wavechaser
  • father: Peter, mother: Petra
  • old-money family, often acts as the town bank, investing and loaning
  • parents died at sea skant months ago during pirate raid

Other Notables

Kreb Shenker // Empty Net Proprietor, Smuggler

  • voice slightly deeper register. rough from smoking.
  • black market trader, gang runner?
  • gives jobs to Malcolm

Wellgar Brinehanded // Priest of Procan

  • voice out of breath, anxious
  • frantic, absentminded. often not too good with responsibility.
  • accosted Caleb & gave him warning that abberations were coming from the sea, to pass to Ferrin

Ferrin Kastilar // druid @ Sea Grove of ObadHai

  • voice like eor
  • halfling
  • Lorys, Frog familiar
  • melancholy. neutral.
  • close ties with the elves of silverstand

Captain Xendros // Faithful Quartermasters of Iuz, leader of Iuz Delegation

  • voice australian / kiwi
  • came to town on "The Sanguine"
  • just established a large contract w/ saltmarsh for salted fish & non-perishable farm goods

Winston - halfling male, proprietor of general store

  • voice kind of kermitty, nasal voice.
  • Sailors, adventurers, "solid goods at honest prices"

Townies

Hony Reeve - halfing head of the markets

  • if any of you know when this character came up i'd be delighted

Gibralter - human dock master

  • chubby but fit. bald, with gray hair kept neat, shaved face
  • easygoing working man
  • loves conversation

Keledek - wizard tower resident

  • enigmatic mage
  • trades in arcane wares and secrets
  • offered xilseris a blood pact but was rebuffed
  • usually high on what he calls "quat" leaves

Town guard

  • Bruce
    • on good terms with caleb and malcolm after so many interactions
  • Bryce
  • Byron
  • Brianne

The Black Trident

  • Captain Syrgard
    • mysterious evil pirate, captain of the black trident

Silverstand

  • Lay'tian, Corium: pair who died to smugglers @ mansion

Alchemist's Mansion

  • Sanbalet - head of sea ghost operations. unknown who he worked for, or with.
  • Iraster - the expired alchemist himself

ships

the black trident - malcolm and caleb conscripted piracy ship
the sanguine - iuz
the second chance - jolly from alchemist manor, burned taking sea ghost

The Black Trident

press-ganging pirate ship? something odd.

  • Captain Syrgard

The Sea Ghost

Captured by the party from smugglers utilizing an old alchemist's manor as their hidey-hole.

The Third Chance jolly

Crew

Sulu: First mate. original sea ghost crew.
Peggy: Assistant Navigator. OG crew
Shawn: Muscle wizard (bosun). country accent
Cookie: sous chef/deckhand, portly dwarf, big bushy beard, monosyllabic. NOT IRISH.
Dave: halfing, red hair, red beard, bird lives in beard. light voice. weird birthmarks on his chest. divine spark?
Dave: bald, clean shaven, polished, muskey skin, lightfooted
Dave: halfling/gnome, very tiny high pitched voice. high pitched mickey mouse. nice soprano
Dave: dead
Glint: dwarf, who comes with 40 years experience and no ambition

Expenses

Pay

2gp/day: sulu, peggy, shawn, cookie
1gp/day: dave, dave, dave
5sp/day: glint

Totals

food: 5gp/day, 50gp/tenday, 150gp/mo, 1800/yr
labor: 11.5gp/day, 115gp/tenday, 350gp/month, 4200gp/yr
food+labor: 165gp/tenday, 500gp/mo, 6000/year

Lizardfolk

  • Othokent: lizardfolk queen. knows the soft folk to be duplicitous
  • Irhtov: war councelor
  • Sauriv: shaman, quest giver. old man. curious. kind. educated.
  • Garurt: GRRRRRRT scaleshield (queens guard), ambassador to saltmarsh
  • Vythe: VTHH scaleshield (queens guard), ambassador to saltmarsh
  • Kevin (Kepesk): lizardfolk passenger on Sea Ghost
  • Tom (Thurkear): lizardfolk passenger on Sea Ghost
  • Sherwood (Vargach): lizardfolk passenger on Sea Ghost