Hallatan min Qudra - Sea Trader

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The poor girl, she's hardly more than a child!

Background

A shrewd, tough man in his late 40s, Hallatan has a rotund figure that belies his sturdy nature. He has traded with the north all his life, and married a northern lady, Gilwen.

He is somewhat stern to his crew, who nevertheless admire him for his keen nose for profit and his generosity to those who work well for him. He bought the merchant ship Lady Gilwen (which he renamed for his wife) with the profits he saved from jobs as navigator and captain on the ships of other men, rich merchant princes who would rather stay ashore and let hardier souls do the work of sailing the seas. That was 15 years ago, and Hallatan has hardly had a bad season since. The only exception was the Plague Year, when he lost nearly half his crew to the disease, along with his only daughter. Since then, he has been somewhat quieter and not as quick with either a joke or a curse. He dotes on his remaining children, his two sons Halmir and Gilmon, and on his new daughter-in-law, Halmir's wife Dorien. The captain is not particularly tall and has greying dark hair and eyes of a rather unnerving light hazel shade, almost yellow.