Crookshanks

## Archibald Crookshanks

Crookshanks is a goblin who loves wealth and the finer things in life, particularly jewelry.

## Basic Information

### Organisation(s)

The Flamefeathers, The Sea Wretches (Formerly)

## Family

### Parent(s)

Unknown

Archibald Crookshanks is a goblin pirate, founding member of The Sea Wretches and current Treasurer of The Flamefeathers aboard The Deliverance. A cunning and sly capitalist, Crookshanks nonetheless has a good heart and no real appetite for violence. Happy to sail the seas of Veiltouria making good money and eating good food, Crookshanks is content in his lot.

## History

### The Sea Wretches

Born in Crows Nest, Crookshanks always had a knack for making coin. Ever the salesmen, the adolescent Crookshanks would steal and sell anything he could get his hands on, always making a profit in the process. His acumen for hawking stolen goods eventually drew the attention of another street kid named Putrefax, a green dragonborn exile from The Crown Mountains. Putrefax needed someone to sell the gear he'd take from the battles he would fight, which was of a quality Crookshanks would never be able to achieve on his own. This would be the basis of a long and fortuitous partnership.

Together they became one of the most disreputable pairs of con artists the pirate city had ever seen. The duo spent years together making coin on small jobs, though as time went on Putrefax became more and more enraged with the wealth inequality in Forestsedge. Seeking to make bigger change, he proposed forming their own crew of pirates. Setting up shop in Sloantown, Putrefax and Crookshanks hired local muscle Bruno Bighands and Klarg Ho-Li-Brah, forming the crew known as The Sea Wretches.

Early on in their careers The Sea Wretches crossed paths with the Pirate King Canis Absalom, and were manipulated into stealing a ship for him. After getting in a naval battle with Captain Ictheous Sucker, The Sea Wretches were boarded by Canis who removed a small golden chest from their stolen ship, before departing and leaving a Favor Coin with Bruno.

### A Friend's Fall

The Sea Wretches had repeated run ins with a rival crew The Sea Princes, as well as many encounters with a particularly dogged sect of Shogite cultists. After a year of adventures together, the crew had grown in size and welcomed many others into their ranks, including human druid Borus, the alfar warrior Tuck and Torr'Brek Sunwalker, a drow bard. Shortly after their expansion, Putrefax began to behave differently, pushing the crew to take more risky and mysterious jobs. Crookshanks was pushed to the outer, Putrefax no longer keeping him in his counsel or conferring with his old friend.

The usual lighthearted and jovial atmosphere on the crew gave way to tension and mistrust, culminating in the crews kidnapping of a young boy and priest in training from The Holy City. Pursued by Holy City warriors, Putrefax called in a favor from his father Obstinath and summoned Raptorignis, the dread red dragon of the north, who laid waste to the fleet and warned Putrefax that Obstinath was not happy with him. He tasked the dragonborn with slaying one of the last bronze dragons, located in the south. The crew were to deliver both the dragons head and the boy to The Crown Mountains.

Ignoring their misgivings, the crew followed orders and made the long journey south. Putrefax pushed the crew to greater degrees of bloodshed and violence, ransacking and pillaging a small town and slaughtering the inhabitants. With most of the crew mentally broken, they located the bronze dragon Brutannicus and attacked. Despite their superior numbers, Brutannicus soon overwhelmed them. Having defeated the crew, he revealed to The Sea Wretches that Putrefax was siphoning power from Obstinath directly, and was slowly being corrupted by it, eventually fated to either transform into a true dragon or die in the process. Banishing Putrefax, Brutannicus let the other Sea Wretches flee. Escaping on their ship, the crew unfortunately crossed paths with Guardian Council member Jaeger Flamefeather, who had heard of the destruction they had unleashed on the villages. Warning them that they would be dead if not for Brutannicus' request to spare them, Jaeger destroyed their ship and left the crew scattered.

### The Flamefeathers

Washing up on shore, tension soon flared up between crew members, with some wanting to hunt Jaeger down for revenge while others were inspired by his heroism. Eventually, the crew fractured, with Bruno, Borus, Ho-Li-Brah and Crookshanks going their separate way from the others. These four eventually tracked down The Deliverance and sought acceptance into the crew. Despite Jaeger's misgivings, he allowed them to join.

Aboard The Deliverance, Crookshanks' life returned to the days of adventure and wealth, with Jaeger happily letting the goblin take over the ships finances. Still not one for battle, Crookshanks still came to believe in Jager's goal of fighting for the common folk.