Wormwood (Skull & Shackles)
The Officers
- Barnabas Harrigan: captain of the Wormwood
- Mr. Plugg: The Wormwood’s bullying and sadistic first mate. He is Captain Harrigan’s second-in-command, and his word is law on deck.
- Master Scourge: The Wormwood’s boatswain and masterat- arms, and Mr. Plugg’s right-hand man.
- Ambrose “Fishguts” Kroop Ships cook, a drunkard
- Cut-Throat Grok: is the Wormwood’s quartermaster, a no-nonsense character with a huge scar across her neck.
- Peppery Longfarthing: Sailing master and old friend of the captain
- Riaris Krine: Master gunner
- Habbly Quarne, the “Stitchman”: Ship’s surgeon and carpenter
- Kipper: Gunner’s mate and bootlicker for Plugg and Scourge
- Patch Patchsalt: Boatswain’s mate and sycophant of Plugg and Scourge
- “Caulky” Tarroon: The captain’s cabin girl
- Owlbear Hartshorn: Simpleton and “pet” of Mr. Plugg.
The Crew
- “Badger” Medlar (swab ): an older half-elven woman who shaves her gray hair into stripes.
- Aretta Bansion (swab): a bad tempered exharlot with big ears.
- Conchobhar Turlach Shortstone (swab): Gnome pirate wannabee.
- Crimson “Cog” Cogward (swab): Angry human
- Fipps Chumlett (swab): a fat, pushy bully with a shaved head.
- Giffer Tibbs (swab): a bedraggled gnome with one eye; job: swab; initial attitude: indifferent.
- Jack Scrimshaw (swab): a young lad talented at scrimshaw.
- Jaundiced Jape (swab): a humorless, greedy half-orc mute.
- Rosie Cusswell (swab): Halfling strongwoman
- Sandara Quinn (swab): Cleric of Besmara the Pirate Queen.
- Shivikah (swab): a very tall Mwangi ex-slaver.
- Tilly Brackett (swab): a tough joker who likes her rum.
- “Ratline” Rattsberger (rigger): A rat-faced halfling with long arms and three missing fingers.
- Barefoot Samms Toppin (rigger): a former fisherwoman from the Sodden Lands who never wears shoes.
- Maheem (rigger): a big Zindian with a permanent scowl.
- Slippery Syl Lonegan (rigger): an unhinged murderer who fled to sea to escape the gallows.
- Tam “Narwhal” Tate (rigger ): an old friend of Master Scourge with a large, ugly nose.