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title: The Halcyon
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# The Halcyon  

<img src="/Karve-karvi-karfi.png" align="right" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;" />  

A [Karve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karve_(ship)), 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.  
[PDF](/Mr Bones.pdf)

### 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.  
[PDF](/Mr Book.pdf)

### Senior crewmen
### Junior crewmen