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* CoolGuns: He carries a doubleshot pepperbox, which has six barrels that can be fired one or two at a time.
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* BladeOnAStick: She gavours a bardiche, a halberd-like polearm.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: A pirate can only be Hurricane King for as long as he can hold Port Peril and the Hurricane Crown. Bonefist has held it longer than any before him, and is the strongest opponent the players will fight in the Adventure Path.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: A pirate can only be Hurricane King for as long as he can hold Port Peril and the Hurricane Crown. Bonefist has held it longer than any before him, and is the strongest opponent the players will fight in the Adventure Path.
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!!Captain
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* BaldOfEvil: Keeps his head completely bald.
* BeardOfEvil: Features a huge black, heavily braided pirate beard.
* BeardOfEvil: Features a huge black, heavily braided pirate beard.
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* BaldOfEvil: Keeps He shaves his head completely bald.
* BeardOfEvil:Features He keeps a huge long, black, heavily braided pirate beard.
* BeardOfEvil:
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* EyepatchOfPower: In classic, piratical style.
* ItsPersonal: After the party humiliates him at the Free Captains' Regatta it certainly is for Harrigan--and will have been for the players for much longer.
* ManipulativeBastard: Plays his fellow Pirate Lords and Free Captains off against one another, spreading rumours of treachery throughout the council in order to hide his own deceit.
* TheMole: Is now Druvalia Thrune's agent in the Shackles.
* {{Revenge}}: If he survives "The Price of Infamy", Harrigan dedicates his life to vengeance on the [=PCs=].
* ScaryBlackMan: A huge, intimidating Garundi.
* ItsPersonal: After the party humiliates him at the Free Captains' Regatta it certainly is for Harrigan--and will have been for the players for much longer.
* ManipulativeBastard: Plays his fellow Pirate Lords and Free Captains off against one another, spreading rumours of treachery throughout the council in order to hide his own deceit.
* TheMole: Is now Druvalia Thrune's agent in the Shackles.
* {{Revenge}}: If he survives "The Price of Infamy", Harrigan dedicates his life to vengeance on the [=PCs=].
* ScaryBlackMan: A huge, intimidating Garundi.
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* EyepatchOfPower: In classic, classic piratical style.
* ItsPersonal:After Making the [=PCs=] pay for deserting is already quite person for him, but after the party humiliates him at the Free Captains' Regatta it certainly is for Harrigan--and will have been for the players for much longer.taking them down becomes a matter of personal pride.
* ManipulativeBastard:Plays He plays his fellow Pirate Lords and Free Captains off against one another, spreading rumours of treachery throughout the council in order to hide his own deceit.
* TheMole:Is now He's Druvalia Thrune's agent in the Shackles.
Shackles, feeding her information and sowing division in preparation for her invasion.
* {{Revenge}}: If he survives"The ''The Price of Infamy", Infamy'', Harrigan dedicates his life to vengeance on the [=PCs=].
* ScaryBlackMan: A huge, intimidatingGarundi.Garundi man.
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* BaldOfEvil: Keeps his head bald except for a single long ponytail.
* TheBully: Bullies and harasses all of the players to make up for the fact that he does not truly have the captain's trust.
* TheCaptain: Becomes captain of the ''Man's Promise'' part way through the first part of the Adventure Path. If he somehow survives, he can return with his own ship, the ''Severe''.
* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard a year, and has failed to truly penetrate Harrigan's inner circle, which contains many pirates more experienced than himself.
* TheBully: Bullies and harasses all of the players to make up for the fact that he does not truly have the captain's trust.
* TheCaptain: Becomes captain of the ''Man's Promise'' part way through the first part of the Adventure Path. If he somehow survives, he can return with his own ship, the ''Severe''.
* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard a year, and has failed to truly penetrate Harrigan's inner circle, which contains many pirates more experienced than himself.
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* BaldOfEvil: Keeps He keeps his head bald except for a single long ponytail.
* TheBully:Bullies He bullies and harasses all of the players to make up for the fact that he does not truly have the captain's trust.
* TheCaptain:Becomes He becomes captain of the ''Man's Promise'' part way partway through the first part of the Adventure Path. If he somehow survives, he can return with his own ship, the ''Severe''.
* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard ayear, year and has failed to truly penetrate Harrigan's inner circle, which contains many pirates more experienced than himself.
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* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard a
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* NotSoHarmless: If Plugg escapes the [=PC=]s at the end of "The Wormwood Mutiny", he can return as a Pirate Lord in his own right, with a handpicked crew of cutthroats and a new ship.
* {{Sadist}}: Enjoys making his crew suffer, as payback for his rough life.
* SmugSnake: Relentlessly unpleasant and convinced of his superiority.
* {{Sadist}}: Enjoys making his crew suffer, as payback for his rough life.
* SmugSnake: Relentlessly unpleasant and convinced of his superiority.
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* NotSoHarmless: If Plugg escapes the [=PC=]s at the end of "The ''The Wormwood Mutiny", Mutiny'', he can return as a Pirate Lord in his own right, with a handpicked crew of cutthroats and a new ship.
* {{Sadist}}:Enjoys He enjoys making his crew suffer, as payback for his rough life.
* SmugSnake:Relentlessly He's relentlessly unpleasant and convinced of his superiority.
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[[folder:Admiral Thrune]]
!!Admiral Druvalia Thrune
!!Admiral Druvalia Thrune
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[[folder:Admiral Thrune]]
!!AdmiralDruvalia ThruneThrune]]
!!Admiral
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* AristocratsAreEvil: In Cheliax they certainly are, and as a member of House Thrune, Druvalia is more evil than most.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: In Cheliax they certainly are, and and, as a member of House Thrune, Druvalia is more evil than most.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Bargained with Geryon for an army of devils to support her invasion of the Shackles. If Druvalia's plan fails, Geryon will take her soul.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Bargained She bargained with Geryon for an army of devils to support her invasion of the Shackles. If Druvalia's plan fails, Geryon will take her soul.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely loves Valeria, who is probably the only person she actually trusts.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Queen Abrogail II is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Queen Abrogail II is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely She genuinely loves Valeria, who is probably the only person she actually trusts.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Queen Abrogail II is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousinand SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Queen Abrogail II is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin
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* FourStarBadass: An admiral in the Chelish Navy, and an inquisitor of Geryon who can more than hold her own in combat, and commands the invasion herself from her flagship, ''Abrogail's Fury''.
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* FourStarBadass: An admiral in the Chelish Navy, and an inquisitor of Geryon who can more than hold her own in combat, and commands commander of the invasion herself from her flagship, flagship ''Abrogail's Fury''.
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* ImprobableAge: As an admiral in her early thirties Druvalia knows she's looked at as little more than a product of nepotism. One of her major objectives is to change people's views.
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* ImprobableAge: As an admiral in her early thirties thirties, Druvalia knows she's looked at as little more than a product of nepotism. One of her major objectives is to change people's views.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Is the one holding Harrigan's leash.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Is She's the one holding Harrigan's leash.
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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities--while the relationship isn't entirely equal or fair, Druvalia still feels genuine affection for the other girl.
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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities--while qualities -- while the relationship isn't entirely really equal or fair, Druvalia still feels genuine affection for the other girl.
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[[folder:Paralictor Valeria]]
!!Valeria Asperixus
!!Valeria Asperixus
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[[folder:Paralictor Valeria]]
!!Valeria AsperixusValeria Asperixus]]
!!Valeria Asperixus
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A simple peasant girl who became a servant in Druvalia Thrune's household, Valeria is the Admiral's confidante, lover, and only friend. When Druvalia entered the Naval Academy, Valeria was apprenticed to the Hellknight Order of the Scourge, so as to better serve her mistress and rose to the rank of paralictor.
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A simple peasant girl who became a servant in Druvalia Thrune's household, Valeria is the Admiral's confidante, confidante and lover, and would be her only friend.friend if it weren't for the class divide between them. When Druvalia entered the Naval Academy, Valeria was apprenticed to the Hellknight Order of the Scourge, so as to better serve her mistress and rose to the rank of paralictor.
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* BladeOnAStick: Favours a bardiche, a halberd-like polearm.
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* BladeOnAStick: Favours She gavours a bardiche, a halberd-like polearm.
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* TheDragon: Acts as Druvalia's bodyguard and right hand.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks. She has an Intelligence score of 8 and is repeatedly described as simple minded.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is madly in love with Druvalia.
* KnightTemplar: As per the usual for a Hellknight.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks. She has an Intelligence score of 8 and is repeatedly described as simple minded.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is madly in love with Druvalia.
* KnightTemplar: As per the usual for a Hellknight.
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* TheDragon: Acts She acts as Druvalia's bodyguard and right hand.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks. She has an Intelligence score of 8 and is repeatedly described assimple minded.
simple-minded.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:Is She's madly in love with Druvalia.
* KnightTemplar: As per the usual for aHellknight.Hellknight, she firmly believes that enforcing order and obedience justifies ridiculous levels of force and oppression.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks. She has an Intelligence score of 8 and is repeatedly described as
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* UndyingLoyalty: To the Thrunes as a group and Druvalia in particular.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Valeria is unquestioningly, slavishly loyal the Thrunes as a group and Druvalia in particular.particular -- insofar as she's concerned, the House of Thrune is an exalted nobility that can do no wrong and serving it utterly is the highest calling a commoner like her can aspire to.
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[[folder:Hurricane King Bonefist]]
!!Kerdak Bonefist
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!!Kerdak Bonefist
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* BadBoss: Would sooner see his confederacy collapse than trust any of his subordinates.
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* BadBoss: Would He would sooner see his confederacy collapse than trust any of his subordinates.
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* KingOfThieves: As Hurricane King Bonefist is the ruler of the pirates and Free Captains of the Shackles, and the leading political and criminal power in the islands.
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* KingOfThieves: As Hurricane King King, Bonefist is the ruler of the pirates and Free Captains of the Shackles, and the leading political and criminal power in the islands.
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* SeadogBeard: Sports and impressive and archetypal one.
* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamia girlfriend whom he genuinely loves.
* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamia girlfriend whom he genuinely loves.
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* SeadogBeard: Sports He sports and impressive and archetypal one.
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* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamiagirlfriend girlfriend, whom he genuinely loves.
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* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamia
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[[folder:First Mate Tsadok]]
!!Tsadok Goldtooth
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!!Tsadok GoldtoothTsadok Goldtooth]]
!!Tsadok Goldtooth
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* CoolGuns: Carries a doubleshot pepperbox, which has six barrels that can be fired one or two at a time.
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* TheBerserker: Like most Barbarians Barbarians, this is a part of Tsadok's class function.
* CoolGuns:Carries He carries a doubleshot pepperbox, which has six barrels that can be fired one or two at a time.
* CoolGuns:
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* TheDragon: To Kerdak BonefistBonefist.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Kerdak who saved him from slavery.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Kerdak Kerdak, who saved him from slavery.
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* UndyingLoyalty: To Kerdak who saved him from slavery.
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!!Tsadok Goldtooth
->'''Race:''' Half-orc
->'''Class:''' Barbarian (Scarred Rager)
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
The brutal first mate of the ''Filthy Lucre'', Tsadok is a former gladiator rescued from slavery by Kerdak Bonefist, who made the grateful half-orc his right-hand man. As Bonefist has withdrawn from the business of actually ruling the Shackles, Tsadok has become increasingly erratic and violent as he attempts to maintain order in the islands through sheer terror.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: The nickname "Goldtooth" was slapped on him because of how yellow his tusks had become. Tsadok now sports actual gold inlays for his teeth in order to make the name his own.
* TheBerserker: Like most Barbarians this is a part of Tsadok's class function.
* CoolGuns: Carries a doubleshot pepperbox, which has six barrels that can be fired one or two at a time.
* CoolSword: His +1 furious falchion.
* TheDragon: To Kerdak Bonefist
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Tsadok is covered with brand marks and scars from his days in the fighting pits.
* TheGunslinger: He's a Barbarian rather than a member of the Gunslinger class, but still comes armed with a doubleshot pepperbox.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Kerdak who saved him from slavery.
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* BaldOfEvil: Keeps his head completely bald.
* BeardOfEvil: Features a huge black, heavily braided pirate beard.
* BeardOfEvil: Features a huge black, heavily braided pirate beard.
* BaldOfEvil: Keeps his head bald except for a single long ponytail.
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Abrogail is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvalia fails, Geryon claims her soul, a fate far worse than simply dying.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvalia fails, Geryon claims her soul, a fate far worse than simply dying.
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* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Queen Abrogail II is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvaliafails, is killed, Geryon claims her soul, a fate far worse than simply dying.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvalia
* ManipulativeBastard: Druvalia has been blackmailing people since she was a child and is an expert in using their desires against them.
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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities.
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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities.qualities--while the relationship isn't entirely equal or fair, Druvalia still feels genuine affection for the other girl.
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A simple peasant girl who became a servant in Druvalia Thrune's household, Valeria is the Admiral's confidante, lover, and only friend. When Druvalia entered the Naval Academy, Valeria was apprenticed to the Hellknight Order of the Scourge, so as to better serve her mistress.mistress and rose to the rank of paralictor.
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* TheParanoiac: Bonefist no longer trusts anyone, believing that most of his subordinates are simply after his crown.
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The characters of the tenth adventure path, ''Skull & Shackles''.
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[[folder:Captain Harrigan]]
!!Captain Barnabas Harrigan
->'''Race:''' Human (Garundi)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/rogue
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
The brutal master of the ''Wormwood'', Harrigan is one of the most feared pirates in the Inner Sea Region. Unbeknownst to almost all, he is currently enslaved to Admiral Druvalia Thrune of Cheliax and, under her orders, is preparing to open the Shackles for a Chelish invasion.
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* {{Archenemy}}: There are other, more powerful adversaries out there, but few the players will hate more than Harrigan. If he somehow survives his last encounter with the party, he returns with a new identity and a new ship to plague them once again.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Harrigan looks like the BigBad of the Adventure Path. In reality he's a pawn of Druvalia Thrune, the actual BigBad, who takes center stage after his defeat in Part 5.
* EyepatchOfPower: In classic, piratical style.
* ItsPersonal: After the party humiliates him at the Free Captains' Regatta it certainly is for Harrigan--and will have been for the players for much longer.
* ManipulativeBastard: Plays his fellow Pirate Lords and Free Captains off against one another, spreading rumours of treachery throughout the council in order to hide his own deceit.
* TheMole: Is now Druvalia Thrune's agent in the Shackles.
* {{Revenge}}: If he survives "The Price of Infamy", Harrigan dedicates his life to vengeance on the [=PCs=].
* ScaryBlackMan: A huge, intimidating Garundi.
* StarterVillain: Subverted. Harrigan appears to be this, but parts ways with the [=PCs=] early on, leaving them with the ''real'' StarterVillain, Mister Plugg.
* {{Turncoat}}: After being captured by Druvalia, Harrigan turned his allegiance from the Shackles to Cheliax.
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[[folder:Mister Plugg]]
!!Mister Plugg
->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Fighter
->'''Alighnment:''' NeutralEvil
The vicious and sadistic first mate of the ''Wormwood'', Plugg is an angry young man who has never overcome the scars of a life as a dockside beggar in the Shackles. He takes an instant dislike to the players, and does everything he can to make their lives miserable.
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* TheBully: Bullies and harasses all of the players to make up for the fact that he does not truly have the captain's trust.
* TheCaptain: Becomes captain of the ''Man's Promise'' part way through the first part of the Adventure Path. If he somehow survives, he can return with his own ship, the ''Severe''.
* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard a year, and has failed to truly penetrate Harrigan's inner circle, which contains many pirates more experienced than himself.
* HateSink: He and his henchman, Master Scourge, are there to absorb all the hate that the [=PCs=] might otherwise direct towards Harrigan, presenting a CR 4 adversary whom they can eventually beat as a substitute for his CR 15 boss.
* NotSoHarmless: If Plugg escapes the [=PC=]s at the end of "The Wormwood Mutiny", he can return as a Pirate Lord in his own right, with a handpicked crew of cutthroats and a new ship.
* {{Sadist}}: Enjoys making his crew suffer, as payback for his rough life.
* SmugSnake: Relentlessly unpleasant and convinced of his superiority.
* StarterVillain: The mutiny against him is at the core of the first part of the Adventure Path.
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[[folder:Admiral Thrune]]
!!Admiral Druvalia Thrune
->'''Race:''' Human (Chelaxian)
->'''Class:''' Inquisitor of Geryon
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
A distant cousin of Queen Abrogail Thrune, Druvalia is an ambitious social climber who joined the Chelaxian Navy in order to make her reputation. Having cut a deal with the archdevil Geryon for support, Druvalia has suborned Captain Barnabas Harrigan to her will, and aims to bring down the Shackles once and for all.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Druvalia's goal is to climb the ranks of Cheliax's aristocracy, no matter how many bodies she drops in the process.
* AristocratsAreEvil: In Cheliax they certainly are, and as a member of House Thrune, Druvalia is more evil than most.
* TheBigBad: Druvalia may not be the most powerful adversary the [=PCs=] will encounter in the campaign, but everything that happens to them, from being press-ganged onward to the final violent confrontation with Bonefist, is a direct result of her manipulation of Harrigan and subsequent assault on the Shackles.
* BowAndSwordInAccord: Crossbow and mace actually, but the result is the same.
* TheChessmaster: Everything that happens to the players transpires according to Druvalia's design.
* DarkActionGirl: Druvalia's a capable fighter, boasting a respectable CR of 13.
* DealWithTheDevil: Bargained with Geryon for an army of devils to support her invasion of the Shackles. If Druvalia's plan fails, Geryon will take her soul.
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Putting Cheliax's boot on the Shackles' throat justifies anything to Druvalia, including risking her own soul via a deal with Geryon.
* EnfanteTerrible: In the backstory. Druvalia had a penchant for blackmail even as a child, and was eventually shipped off to boarding school after she tried it on her own mother.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely loves Valeria, who is probably the only person she actually trusts.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Abrogail is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvalia fails, Geryon claims her soul, a fate far worse than simply dying.
* FourStarBadass: An admiral in the Chelish Navy, and an inquisitor of Geryon who can more than hold her own in combat, and commands the invasion herself from her flagship, ''Abrogail's Fury''.
* GloryHound: All Druvalia's crimes are committed with the intent of bolstering her own reputation.
* ImprobableAge: As an admiral in her early thirties Druvalia knows she's looked at as little more than a product of nepotism. One of her major objectives is to change people's views.
* InsaneAdmiral: A Chelish admiral who sold her soul to Geryon for higher social status and a shot at crushing the Shackles.
* KnightTemplar: Piracy undoubtedly needs to be stamped out, but the lengths Druvalia goes to are insane.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Is the one holding Harrigan's leash.
* {{Nepotism}}: How she got her job. She's kept it through talent and her deal with Geryon.
* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Druvalia's a leading figure in the Chelish Navy, making her a far cry from your average, idle aristocrat.
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[[folder:Valeria]]
!!Valeria Asperixus
->'''Race:''' Human (Chelaxian)
->'''Class:''' Fighter (polearm master)/Hellknight
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
A simple peasant girl who became a servant in Druvalia Thrune's household, Valeria is the Admiral's confidante, lover, and only friend. When Druvalia entered the Naval Academy, Valeria was apprenticed to the Hellknight Order of the Scourge, so as to better serve her mistress.
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* BladeOnAStick: Favours a bardiche, a halberd-like polearm.
* BodyguardingABadass: Thanks to her pact with Geryon, Druvalia is actually a more dangerous combatant than Valeria.
* DarkActionGirl: A female Hellknight.
* TheDragon: Acts as Druvalia's bodyguard and right hand.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is madly in love with Druvalia.
* KnightTemplar: As per the usual for a Hellknight.
* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Valeria's love for, and loyalty to, Druvalia, is her main redeeming quality.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Her armour is covered with them.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Thrunes as a group and Druvalia in particular.
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[[folder:Kerdak]]
!!Kerdak Bonefist
->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Inner Sea Pirate
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
The reigning Hurricane King, Kerdak Bonefist has grown increasingly paranoid and distrustful as he edges towards the 40th year of his rule. Dismissive of the threat from Druvalia Thrune, the Hurricane King would rather let his kingdom go down in flames than trust the players.
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* BadBoss: Would sooner see his confederacy collapse than trust any of his subordinates.
* FinalBoss: Bonefist has little to do with the plot, but once the revolution against him begins, he will be the final adversary whom the protagonists face.
* TheGunslinger: One of the only characters in the Adventure Path to carry a firearm, though he's not of the actual Gunslinger class.
* KingOfThieves: As Hurricane King Bonefist is the ruler of the pirates and Free Captains of the Shackles, and the leading political and criminal power in the islands.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: An even more extreme case than usual. Bonefist has essentially nothing to do with the plot, and remains in his headquarters until the players try to overthrow him at the end.
* RedRightHand: One of his hands was reduced to a skeleton via a curse.
* SeadogBeard: Sports and impressive and archetypal one.
* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamia girlfriend whom he genuinely loves.
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[[folder:Captain Harrigan]]
!!Captain Barnabas Harrigan
->'''Race:''' Human (Garundi)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/rogue
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
The brutal master of the ''Wormwood'', Harrigan is one of the most feared pirates in the Inner Sea Region. Unbeknownst to almost all, he is currently enslaved to Admiral Druvalia Thrune of Cheliax and, under her orders, is preparing to open the Shackles for a Chelish invasion.
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* {{Archenemy}}: There are other, more powerful adversaries out there, but few the players will hate more than Harrigan. If he somehow survives his last encounter with the party, he returns with a new identity and a new ship to plague them once again.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Harrigan looks like the BigBad of the Adventure Path. In reality he's a pawn of Druvalia Thrune, the actual BigBad, who takes center stage after his defeat in Part 5.
* EyepatchOfPower: In classic, piratical style.
* ItsPersonal: After the party humiliates him at the Free Captains' Regatta it certainly is for Harrigan--and will have been for the players for much longer.
* ManipulativeBastard: Plays his fellow Pirate Lords and Free Captains off against one another, spreading rumours of treachery throughout the council in order to hide his own deceit.
* TheMole: Is now Druvalia Thrune's agent in the Shackles.
* {{Revenge}}: If he survives "The Price of Infamy", Harrigan dedicates his life to vengeance on the [=PCs=].
* ScaryBlackMan: A huge, intimidating Garundi.
* StarterVillain: Subverted. Harrigan appears to be this, but parts ways with the [=PCs=] early on, leaving them with the ''real'' StarterVillain, Mister Plugg.
* {{Turncoat}}: After being captured by Druvalia, Harrigan turned his allegiance from the Shackles to Cheliax.
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[[folder:Mister Plugg]]
!!Mister Plugg
->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Fighter
->'''Alighnment:''' NeutralEvil
The vicious and sadistic first mate of the ''Wormwood'', Plugg is an angry young man who has never overcome the scars of a life as a dockside beggar in the Shackles. He takes an instant dislike to the players, and does everything he can to make their lives miserable.
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* TheBully: Bullies and harasses all of the players to make up for the fact that he does not truly have the captain's trust.
* TheCaptain: Becomes captain of the ''Man's Promise'' part way through the first part of the Adventure Path. If he somehow survives, he can return with his own ship, the ''Severe''.
* TheDragon: Toyed with. Plugg is first mate, and ostensibly the captain's right hand man, but he has only been onboard a year, and has failed to truly penetrate Harrigan's inner circle, which contains many pirates more experienced than himself.
* HateSink: He and his henchman, Master Scourge, are there to absorb all the hate that the [=PCs=] might otherwise direct towards Harrigan, presenting a CR 4 adversary whom they can eventually beat as a substitute for his CR 15 boss.
* NotSoHarmless: If Plugg escapes the [=PC=]s at the end of "The Wormwood Mutiny", he can return as a Pirate Lord in his own right, with a handpicked crew of cutthroats and a new ship.
* {{Sadist}}: Enjoys making his crew suffer, as payback for his rough life.
* SmugSnake: Relentlessly unpleasant and convinced of his superiority.
* StarterVillain: The mutiny against him is at the core of the first part of the Adventure Path.
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[[folder:Admiral Thrune]]
!!Admiral Druvalia Thrune
->'''Race:''' Human (Chelaxian)
->'''Class:''' Inquisitor of Geryon
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
A distant cousin of Queen Abrogail Thrune, Druvalia is an ambitious social climber who joined the Chelaxian Navy in order to make her reputation. Having cut a deal with the archdevil Geryon for support, Druvalia has suborned Captain Barnabas Harrigan to her will, and aims to bring down the Shackles once and for all.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Druvalia's goal is to climb the ranks of Cheliax's aristocracy, no matter how many bodies she drops in the process.
* AristocratsAreEvil: In Cheliax they certainly are, and as a member of House Thrune, Druvalia is more evil than most.
* TheBigBad: Druvalia may not be the most powerful adversary the [=PCs=] will encounter in the campaign, but everything that happens to them, from being press-ganged onward to the final violent confrontation with Bonefist, is a direct result of her manipulation of Harrigan and subsequent assault on the Shackles.
* BowAndSwordInAccord: Crossbow and mace actually, but the result is the same.
* TheChessmaster: Everything that happens to the players transpires according to Druvalia's design.
* DarkActionGirl: Druvalia's a capable fighter, boasting a respectable CR of 13.
* DealWithTheDevil: Bargained with Geryon for an army of devils to support her invasion of the Shackles. If Druvalia's plan fails, Geryon will take her soul.
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Putting Cheliax's boot on the Shackles' throat justifies anything to Druvalia, including risking her own soul via a deal with Geryon.
* EnfanteTerrible: In the backstory. Druvalia had a penchant for blackmail even as a child, and was eventually shipped off to boarding school after she tried it on her own mother.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely loves Valeria, who is probably the only person she actually trusts.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Druvalia's mother is a rapist who enjoys preying on peasant men. Her cousin Abrogail is the autocratic tyrant of one of Avistan's most repressive nations. Her great-uncle is a fellow devil-worshipper and the one who helped her make contact with Geryon. Her cousin and SpearCounterpart, Barzillai is the main villain of the ''Hell's Rebels'' Adventure Path. Suffice it to say, most of the Thrunes are bad news.
* FateWorseThanDeath: If Druvalia fails, Geryon claims her soul, a fate far worse than simply dying.
* FourStarBadass: An admiral in the Chelish Navy, and an inquisitor of Geryon who can more than hold her own in combat, and commands the invasion herself from her flagship, ''Abrogail's Fury''.
* GloryHound: All Druvalia's crimes are committed with the intent of bolstering her own reputation.
* ImprobableAge: As an admiral in her early thirties Druvalia knows she's looked at as little more than a product of nepotism. One of her major objectives is to change people's views.
* InsaneAdmiral: A Chelish admiral who sold her soul to Geryon for higher social status and a shot at crushing the Shackles.
* KnightTemplar: Piracy undoubtedly needs to be stamped out, but the lengths Druvalia goes to are insane.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Is the one holding Harrigan's leash.
* {{Nepotism}}: How she got her job. She's kept it through talent and her deal with Geryon.
* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Druvalia's relationship with Valeria is one of her few redeeming qualities.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Druvalia's a leading figure in the Chelish Navy, making her a far cry from your average, idle aristocrat.
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[[folder:Valeria]]
!!Valeria Asperixus
->'''Race:''' Human (Chelaxian)
->'''Class:''' Fighter (polearm master)/Hellknight
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
A simple peasant girl who became a servant in Druvalia Thrune's household, Valeria is the Admiral's confidante, lover, and only friend. When Druvalia entered the Naval Academy, Valeria was apprenticed to the Hellknight Order of the Scourge, so as to better serve her mistress.
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* BladeOnAStick: Favours a bardiche, a halberd-like polearm.
* BodyguardingABadass: Thanks to her pact with Geryon, Druvalia is actually a more dangerous combatant than Valeria.
* DarkActionGirl: A female Hellknight.
* TheDragon: Acts as Druvalia's bodyguard and right hand.
* DumbMuscle: A very rare female example. Valeria's tough, but about as dumb as a box of rocks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is madly in love with Druvalia.
* KnightTemplar: As per the usual for a Hellknight.
* PsychoLesbian: Averted. Valeria's love for, and loyalty to, Druvalia, is her main redeeming quality.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Her armour is covered with them.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Thrunes as a group and Druvalia in particular.
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[[folder:Kerdak]]
!!Kerdak Bonefist
->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Inner Sea Pirate
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
The reigning Hurricane King, Kerdak Bonefist has grown increasingly paranoid and distrustful as he edges towards the 40th year of his rule. Dismissive of the threat from Druvalia Thrune, the Hurricane King would rather let his kingdom go down in flames than trust the players.
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* BadBoss: Would sooner see his confederacy collapse than trust any of his subordinates.
* FinalBoss: Bonefist has little to do with the plot, but once the revolution against him begins, he will be the final adversary whom the protagonists face.
* TheGunslinger: One of the only characters in the Adventure Path to carry a firearm, though he's not of the actual Gunslinger class.
* KingOfThieves: As Hurricane King Bonefist is the ruler of the pirates and Free Captains of the Shackles, and the leading political and criminal power in the islands.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: An even more extreme case than usual. Bonefist has essentially nothing to do with the plot, and remains in his headquarters until the players try to overthrow him at the end.
* RedRightHand: One of his hands was reduced to a skeleton via a curse.
* SeadogBeard: Sports and impressive and archetypal one.
* UnholyMatrimony: With his lamia girlfriend whom he genuinely loves.
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