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Captain Mergar is an enigma and a legend. He could be said to fly the black, but his aims are so removed from those of other pirates that it is hard to categorize him. In stories, he is said to have raided and plundered many strange lands. |
Mergar, claims to be the second son of once a King Harpen II of from the far off Kingdom of Marland, was and to be born over 200 years ago. Bitter over his father's favoritism towards his elder brother, Mergar threw himself at the world with a vengeance in search of conquest, bastardizing his family’s sigil of the mailed fist and broken sword into a symbol of menace. He began to seek out legendary treasures from the farthest reaches of the world in a quest for immortality. This was at first just a figurative quest to become immortal, in the sense of a fame that would eclipse his father and brother’s and would live on after him, but after recovering a marvelous pearl sacred to the Queen of the Eastern Ocean, from an ancient treasure he was filled with a surging torrent of power that seemed to mark him for a destiny of greatness. Much to his surprise, his aging Pirates that have served aboard his ships tell tales in taverns and bawdy houses across the sea that his aging has slowed to a stop and that - despite his 200 years - his vigor increased, as did his craving for both ordinary plunder and for magnificent treasures the likes of which the world has rarely seen.has only increased.
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Captain Mergar is legendary among his awed crew for his skill with a blade and for his incredible nose for treasure. He can fast-talk his way through most situations with an offhand charm, though his crew knows that his casual smile hides a heart that still burns with hate. He has never forgiven his father or his father's other descendants for what he views as their disloyalty and disdain, and that bitterness impels Driven by goals that he never reveals to his crews, his plans impel him to ever more daring raids and quests to achieve ever-greater fame and legendary treasures. He is a hard man as a captain , and relentless in his demands of his crew, and though he doesn't kill wantonly neither does he hesitate in order to gain any advantagethe crews that he hires, but he often has his pick of the bravest and most experienced men because of reputation for success.
Unlike many famous captains, Mergar does not have a single ship that carries his flag. Because of his
seeming immortality, he has survived shipwrecks that
have killed everyone else aboard, yet ever he returns
to seek his path, but in many stories he appears with a cadre of beautiful spellcasting sisters. He has used many ships over the years, and often strikes bargains with
other captains
to commandeer
their vessels for a
short period on a
particular mission, 9 moving on to a new ship after his latest
prize is gainedafter a successful mission or raid often disappears for years, only returning to Tortuga with a different ship and a need for a new crew. His current obsession is in the far northern seas, where he has been
seeking signs for the legendary icerigger called the
Ice Cat, a magical skate-skimmer designed to speed across the
endless ice sheets of the polar reaches. Crewed by a family of catfolk
with an intelligent ice golem helmsman, this magical ice vessel
streaks with uncanny speed across not only smooth ice
fields but even up and down icy slopes and vast snowy
landscapes. Their crew is generally more interested in
food and fellowship than pillage and plunder, willing to bargain with their targets and rarely leaving
anyone entirely destitute in their wake, but Mergar has plans of his own if he can seize this eldritch vessel
and take it for his own.
of The Stygian Blue - where few have sailed - seeking signs of the legendary fleet of Kal the Indomitable.
He has appeared in stories with a number of different magic items and weapons, spells and potions, and wands and staffs. The only constant is the Celestial Circlet that he wears in every story.