Role: Dockside rope-maker
Appearance: Weathered skin, saltline wrist tattoos, missing two fingers
Personality: Blunt, practical, superstitious
Hook: Knows which ships are cursed or unlucky
Secret: She once cut a rope intentionally to sabotage a ship for a lover
Role: Tide-reader and amateur prophet
Appearance: Thin, white hair, gull feathers tied into his coat
Personality: Cryptic, cheerful, oddly accurate
Hook: Gives warnings about storms or magical disturbances
Secret: He hears whispers from a sea spirit he accidentally bonded with
Role: Barrel-maker
Appearance: Broad shoulders, ink-stained hands, stormglass necklace
Personality: Friendly, hardworking, easily bribed
Hook: Smuggles contraband inside false-bottom barrels
Secret: He’s hiding from a debt collector in another port