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In [[218 V.II]], during the height of the [[halfling refugee crisis]], the [[Marquis de Rothshyr]] hired Ka-Ess and his companions as couriers to escort [[glowing red gem|a package]] to his estate. Immediately sensing their usefulness, the Marquis then retained [[the Fishwives]] as adventurers and arranged to install Ka-Ess as a [[High Captain]] in the Skaugan assembly ahead of a crucial vote on [[the halfling question]]. Though untrained in politics and largely unaware of the position's responsibilities, Ka-Ess accepted the nomination, with consequences still felt throughout the region today. As a token of their support for the halfling cause, [[The Fishwives]] resettled a convoy of halfling refugees on Hagless Island, and the halfling-goblin settlement that developed on the island soon became the center of Ka-Ess' political power and personal fortune.  

When Port Drax declared war on Port Skaug and her allies in [[219 V.II]], Ka-Ess parleyed his newfound wealth and noteriety into a naval commission and was appointed Commodore of the Skaugan Navy by the [[Council of High Captains]]. The position, which gave Ka-Ess authority over the entire Skaugan allied fleet, was seen as risky, and the private diaries of other High Captains of the time suggest that he was expected to fail and be executed by court-martial. Nevertheless, adopting a guerilla strategy of surprise and attrition, the Skaugan fleet triumphed over the larger Draxian Armada, culminating in the [[Sack of Drax]] and the death of the once-Dread [[Admiral Drax]] at the hands of Ardrick Blackstone. In the aftermath of the [[Skaugodraxan Conflict]], Ka-Ess and his fellow Fishwives were named [[Sea-Lords]] of Skaug.