Officers
Captain Barnabas Harrigan is a broad, muscular Garundi man with a shaven head, a long beard bound with gold rings, and an eye patch. He commands The Wormwood.
Mister Plugg is a younger, balding man with a long black ponytail, wearing a long coat and carrying a well-used cat-o’-nine-tails. Second in command.
Master Scourge is the Wormwood’s boatswain, master-at-arms, and Mr. Plugg’s right-hand man. As boatswain, he is in charge of all activities and sailors on deck, and as master-at-arms, he is responsible for discipline. Master Scourge is a sneering man with a braided beard and a mouth full of gold teeth. He is tall and thin, and wears a long coat and heavy boots.
Peppery Longfarthing (female human): sailing master and old friend of the captain.
Riaris Krine (female human): master gunner.
Habbly Quarne, the “Stitchman” (male human): ship’s surgeon and carpenter.
Cut-Throat Grok (female half-orc) is the Wormwood’s quartermaster, a no-nonsense character with a huge scar across her neck.
Ambrose “Fishguts” Kroop (male, human, middle aged) a large, some would say fat, man standing only 5 feet tall. He exudes an air of neglect, and always wears a stain covered apron.
Kipper (male human): gunner’s mate and bootlicker for Plugg and Scourge.
Patch Patchsalt (female gnome): boatswain’s mate and sycophant of Plugg and Scourge.
Owlbear Hartshorn (male human): simpleton and “pet” of Mr. Plugg.
“Caulky” Tarroon (female human): the captain’s cabin girl
New Recruits
Rosie, a muscular halfling woman, with a hand axe in her belt.
Conch, a gnome, dressing in foppish purple clothing and carrying a walking cane.
‘Cog’, an angry looking man who wears a blue bandana, and a long waxed coat.
Sandara, a good looking woman, with flowing red hair who dresses to accentuate her figure. Her whole appearance speaks of the sea, from the seagull feather in her tricorne hat to the sailor tattoos on her arms and the skull and crossbones necklace that she wears.
Swabs
Giffer Tibbs (female gnome): a bedraggled gnome with one eye; job: swab.
Jack Scrimshaw (male human): a young lad talented at scrimshaw; job: swab.
Tilly Brackett (female human): a tough joker who likes her rum; job: swab.
“Badger” Medlar (female half-elf ): an older woman who shaves her gray hair into stripes; job: swab.
Shivikah (female human): a very tall Mwangi exslaver; job: swab.
Aretta Bansion (female human): a bad tempered exharlot with big ears; job: swab.
Fipps Chumlett (male human): a fat, pushy bully with a shaved head; job: swab.
Jaundiced Jape (male half-orc): a humourless, greedy half-orc mute; job: swab.
Riggers
Barefoot Samms Toppin (female human): a former fisherwoman from the Sodden Lands who never wears shoes; job: rigger.
“Ratline” Rattsberger (male halfling): a rat-faced half ling with long arms and three missing fingers; job: rigger.
Maheem (male human): a big Rahadoumi with a permanent scowl; job: rigger.
Slippery Syl Lonegan (female human): an unhinged murderer who fled to sea to escape the gallows; job: rigger.
Tam “Narwhal” Tate (male dwarf ): an old friend of Master Scourge with a large, ugly nose; job: rigger.