Wemmel

**Da** | Moordach

Wemmel is a pirate, and considered the co-founder of the S'yrth Kraal. Originally from the Northern Kingdoms, he was separated from his band by a passing Kielian patrol during the War of the Ice Claws. He took to raiding in the Southern Kingdoms, especially those furthest from the vigilant eyes of the Guardians and Kielian League. and absorbs owls who can speak Krakish into his looting retinue.

## Appearance

Wemmel is a gingerbread colored Tawny Owl with a v-shaped crown of concaved cinnamon feathers on his head. He is known to stain his breast a garish shade of cinnabar red, similarly to a neck bandana-- though because the same native plants are harder to come by, not as brightly as the Kraals of the North.

His helmet is crusted with terrible drawings and scribbles in differently colored pigments; he requires each mate in his crew to sign it when they join, like an oath or contract. If they break file or defect, he hunts down the name.
His signature weapon is a scrimshaw (carved bone) dagger. He is known to carve things; he also carries a bonk bag of rocks that he has found interesting and smoothed to perfection, which he drops while in flight like cannonballs to smash open crates. Sometimes owls will find designs on them, generally simple ones like the S'yrth Kraal jolly roger.

## Personality

Wemmel's favorite things to steal are the controversial ones, such as flecks and fire claws. He thinks of them as conversation pieces for his enemies, whose monologues he collects to use in his shanties. He's a wild old gadfeathers playing at crimelord, really.

His underlings actually find him the scariest outside of combat, because he is most fun while in the middle of plundering. He often forgets any arrangements he's made while distracted by the momentary thrill of stealing shinies, including whether or not he's mad at anyone in his crew.

## History

Wemmel was born to Schminka and Moordach-- members of the Kraals (pirates) living on the Hrath'ghar Glacier. During the War of the Ice Talons, General Bylyric bribed the Kraals to participate in staged ambushes around Dark Fowl Island. They would be permitted to plunder the exquisite weapons they found, keeping them for themselves; all that Bylyric wanted was for the pirates to lessen Kielian defenses.

A summit was held between Kraal captains to decide how they would respond, and Wemmel's group submitted to Bylyric's offer.

When Wemmel was old enough, his Captain informally enlisted him to waylay a patrol of Kielian cadets. However, when the Kielian squadron unexpectedly consisted of fully ranked soldiers, this minor skirmish escalated; complicating the matter, more members of the Ice Talons arrived to join in the fight.
During the fracas, Wemmel was separated from the other Kraals and flew right into enemy airspace. The soldiers who found Wemmel transported him to a Kielian prison, which he would later escape after managing to frisk an ice dagger from the guards.

Upon returning home to the outpost, he was crushed to learn that the other pirates in that battle had been exiled-- including himself-- for deserting the fight, as Bylyric had punished the remaining pirates for his Ice Talons' defeat.

Wemmel fled the Northern Kingdoms altogether and went into hiding in the Shadow Forest. There, he paid a rogue smith to forge him his own weapons and armor (though he was disappointed to learn that his favored ice weapons were no longer practical) and took to "exploring" the southern kingdoms. He showed minimal interest in actually learning the ways of the owls who lived there, and was much more interested in treating himself to their belongings.