The Halcyon

A Karve, a 70ft long ship with 7 oars each side and single large red & white striped sail.
Cargo is stashed under the deck boards and must be wrapped well to keep out the water.
A frame at the rear end of the ship can be covered with canvas to create a sort of cabin - usually used for special cargo, rather than as personal space.
The crew sleep on deck.

The Crew

The crew all speak Low German (Flemish).

Mr Bones. First mate.

Originaly from Portugal, Mr Bones looks like a pirate, sounds like a pirate and behaves like a pirate but he swears he is reformed and has sworn himself to the Order. He leads the crew when violence is required.
Leader. Fierce.
Missing Eye.
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Mr Book. Second mate.

Mr Books comes from the far off Kingdom of the Isles in the Loch Leglean tribunal. As a lay preacher, he tends to the spiritual needs of the crew, he keeps a heavy Bible wrapped in waterproof oilskins. As a carpenter, he is also responsible for repairs to the ship.
Carpenter. Literate. Linguist (Gaelic, Norweigian, Flemish, Latin).
Foreign. Jinxed.
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Crewmen

The rest of the crew is split between senior and junior crewmen.
All the crew work off an identical template, built using Grog work packages, with Warrior & Well-Travelled virtues.

Junior Crew:
- Athletic Childhood, 5 yrs.
- Wastrel, 3 yrs.
- Labourer 3 years (Unspecified +30).
- Sailor, 5 yrs.

Senior Crew:
- Athletic Childhood, 5 yrs.
- Wastrel, 3 yrs.
- Labourer, 3 years (Unspecified +30).
- Sailor, 5 yrs.
- Soldier, 5 yrs.
- Archer, 3 yrs.
- Sailor, 5 yrs.

The template leaves some skills/options unspecified. The player/storyguide can can name a crewman and define these as necessary. - Unspecified skill at level 3. (Possibly a trade, another language or area lore.)
- Area Lore at level 2. (Probably where the character comes from.)
- Native language.
- Minor Virtue & Minor Flaw.

Crew Advancement
To keep it simple, the templates will be gain 15XP at the end of each winter.
- 1222
- 1223

Crew Replacement Crew will inevitably die off.
- At the start of spring each year, deceased junior crew will be replaced with a new junior crewmen using the junior 0 (baseline) template.
- At the start of spring each year, deceased senior crew will be replaced with a new senior crewmen using the senior 0 (baseline) template.