Clay

A curt, elderly tortle artificer who lives in a cottage on the back of a small zaratan. He keeps his island turtle lashed to the back of Tortuga by a huge rope. The sleeping infant gets a lot of food being in the wake of the enormous city turtle.
Clay has a bad limp that forces him to rely heavily on his staff while walking.
As well as his tortoise familiar, Claytee, Clay is kept company by a paper drake called Claronn. This drake keeps track of all the artificer recipes they have.
== Clay's House ==
Clay's cottage is in the centre of the shell of his zaratan. He has completely surrounded it, all the way to the shell's edge, with arcane warding glyphs that explode if any unwanted guests step on them. There are several safe routes from the edge of the shell to the cottage by way of dummy runes that are mixed in with the live ones. Clay sends Claytee to direct guests through the maze of arcane wards. This process takes about fifteen minutes.
Clay's cottage is sparse. A single room that serves as an artist's studio and workshop dominates most of the building. Hundreds of canvases and papers filled with paintings of all different styles are scattered and piled up around the room. The only paintings hung up are a series depicting Tortuga from many different angles with different subject matter in the foreground of each.
Category:People of Tortuga