Barty Shen

Li Jiang "Barty" Shen was the second officer and gunnery officer aboard the Tarim Terror during the Knights Mercantile's Deep Ether Expedition into Naga Space. After the expedition, Shen, though a little psychologically worse for wear (including having to consume poor Fyodor Durakiy to survive the return journey from Corrobel), was well rewarded for his heroism over the course of the expedition: after five years in the clutches of Jonathan Pickman and another three in the KM expedition, he was at last free to return to Celestial Space. Bidding farewell to the other surviving crew of the Terror, many of whom he had saved directly from the suicidal Corrobel Run, he took his fortune and rebuilt his lost shipping company: "Shen Imports" flew throughout Celestial Space for years, and Barty used the maps stolen from the black tower of Wrymouth to chart shorter routes that confounded his competitors and delighted his clients.
Category:Non-Player Characters