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== The Satisfied Fishwife == | == The Satisfied Fishwife == | ||
With only what he had stolen from Drax, Ka-Ess arranged lodgings at [[The Wayward Lobster]] and began his search for a ship and crew to exact revenge on the Hag and seize her holdings. It was here that he met [[Ardrick Blackstone]] and [[Ilabrar Nightbreeze]], who answered his advertisement for "rough and rowdy sailors seeking fabulous fortunes." Assembling a scrappy raiding party, they captured the <i>Neglected Fishwife</i>, rechristened it The <i>[[Satisfied Fishwife]]</i>, and set out in search of glory and adventure. | With only what he had stolen from Drax, Ka-Ess arranged lodgings at [[The Wayward Lobster]] and began his search for a ship and crew to exact revenge on the Hag and seize her holdings. It was here that he met [[Ardrick Blackstone]] and [[Ilabrar Nightbreeze]], who answered his advertisement for "rough and rowdy sailors seeking fabulous fortunes." Assembling a scrappy raiding party, they captured the <i>Neglected Fishwife</i>, rechristened it The <i>[[Satisfied Fishwife]]</i>, and set out in search of glory and adventure. The period of his life spent with [[The Fishwives]] was one of the most profitable and productive of his career, and it was at this time that he first attained wider notoriety in the Skaugan region. | ||
== Political Career == | |||
In [[218 V.II]], during the height of the [[halfling refugee crisis]], the [[Marquis de Rothschyr]] 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 immediately, with consequences still felt throughout the region today. | |||
== Death == | |||
The circumstances of Ka-Ess' death remain unknown but are widely believed to be horrific. Contemporary sources invariably omit the actual cause of death, instead couching the event in epithet and euphemism. Some scholars speculate that this suggests a blasphemous, unutterable, or indescribable death, a theory in keeping with the Fishwives' documented interest in [[Old Gods]]. | |||