Serpent

The Serpent was a modestly sized, ocean-going, two-masted vessel from Jacuruku. The crew of the Serpent were short and squat of build with straight black hair and skin tones which varied from light to dark brown. The sailors worked barefooted aboard the ship with the soles of their feet coated in tar. The only member of the crew mentioned by name was Shanks, the ship's carpenter.Blood and Bone, Prologue, US HC p.23-24Blood and Bone, Chapter 1, US HC p.48-49
==In Blood and Bone==
The battered Serpent limped into the harbour of Haven in Stratem carrying, as passengers, two emissaries - Rutana and Nagal - who were bearing a message from Ardata, Queen of Witches, intended for K'azz D'Avore, Commander of the Avowed Crimson Guard, requesting that K'azz journey with them back to Jacuruku.Blood and Bone, Prologue, US HC p.23-26 This resulted in the Serpent making the long and extremely difficult return voyage - via ocean and Jacuruku river - with not only K'azz, Rutana, and Nagal, but also with Shimmer and five other Crimson Guard Avowed members aboard.Blood and Bone, Chapter 1, US HC p.47-51Blood and Bone, Chapter 3, US HC p.104-111Blood and Bone, Chapter 9, US HC p.352-356
After many harrowing events - including the abandonment of the vessel by the crew and the death of the ship's captain - the ensorcelled Serpent, essentially derelict, delivered its nine passengers to their ultimate destination deep in the Jungle of Himatan of eastern Jacuruku.Blood and Bone, Chapter 3, US HC p.106/110Blood and Bone, Chapter 12, US HC p.436-438
==Notes and references==
Category:Ships