Kasto

Kasto
Status	Active
Race	Rakash
Gender	Male
Guild	Thief
Instance	Prime
Relatives	None

Public Records

He is Kasto del'Fawkraste, Speaker of the Tavern Troupe Performing Order, a Rakash.

Also known as: Kasto of the Coast, Captain Kasto, The Captain, and others not yet documented.

Keeps a home on Blacksilt Beach in Chelsea Overlook and frequently seen around the city of Crossings.

• Victim of a shipwreck.
• Former slave aboard a Red Sash schooner.
• Former Rissan citizen.
• Current Speaker of the Tavern Troupe Performing Order.
• Part-Time Privateer.
• Frequent smoker of Purple Lion cigarillos.
• Avid fisherman.
• Occasional performer, showing proficiency with the fiddle.
• May or may not own his own private vessel, the Raw Deal.
• Suspected smuggler, trading with rogue Merelew groups and various pirate clans.
• Claims to be extremely wealthy, though this has yet to be confirmed.
• Admitted hoarder, collecting junk from the beach to decorate his home.

Service Records

• 403av-current ~ Captain and owner of the Raw Deal?
  
• 406av-407av ~ Ship's Mate aboard the Shadowed Charger.
  
• 407av-408av ~ Ship's Master aboard the Shadowed Charger.
  
• 408av-current ~ Ship's Mate aboard the White Raven.
  

Softskin

Kasto has an angular face, beady blue-grey eyes and a pointy nose. His mouse brown hair is shoulder length and thick, and is worn in a simple, pulled-back style held in place by a narrow black satin ribbon. He has weathered skin and a wiry build.

He is a bit over average height for a Rakash.

He is an underdog.

His forearm has a tattoo of a buxom pirate wench winking flirtatiously while holding an overflowing tankard of ale aloft.

Moonskin

Kasto has a wolfish face, beady blue-grey eyes and an elegant muzzle, a brindled and silvered black coat with white masking, a straight tail and an athletic build.

He is a bit over average height for a Rakash.

He is an underdog.

His forearm has a tattoo of a buxom pirate wench winking flirtatiously while holding an overflowing tankard of ale aloft.

Attire

He is wearing an ultramarine tricorne hat pinned with a skefne-shaped Katamba's spire, a solid iron earcuff hung with a small ship's anchor, a black tankard-shaped badge etched with the insignia of the Tavern Troupe, a shovel-shaped badge stamped "Treasure Keeper", a sea dragon charm, a wide thumb ring of polished platinum carved to resemble the remains of a sunken ship, a formal dragonar boat cloak lined with ultramarine shadesatin, a high-collared sailor's longcoat dyed a bright ultramarine, a fitted shadesatin shirt with its high collar pinned open on both sides, a starlight velvet belt buckled with a tyrium Tavern Troupe insignia, some black leather vikses belted with an ultramarine shadesatin sash and some black leather nauda trimmed with bright ultramarine shadesatin.

History

Early Years

Kasto really has no idea who his parents are. His earliest memory is of waking up on the beaches of M'Riss, where he spent many of his youngest years. His love for the sea and desire to see beyond the volcanic rock spurred him to join various crews departing from the Wharf's End.

It was while serving with one of these crews that he first crossed paths with the Red Sash Pirates. He was captured and taken aboard one of their vessels as a personal slave to the captain.

A Life of Sailing

The details of his escape are unknown but somehow he returns to the island of M'Riss with a vessel of his own. A nearly wrecked schooner which many thought mere salvage material, but Kasto saw life in the grey-ing timber.

The weather-beaten schooner was used for a few years to haul supplies for the Rissans and also as a looting vessel after naval battles. He began picking up crews in Hara'jaal which landed him in some trouble with the pirate clans and he quickly abandoned this practice, choosing to stick with his fellow Rissan sailors.

Moving to the Mainland

Having amassed a deal of wealth, Kasto was left with what to do with it all. He was able to persuade the Administrator of Orders of his honest business tactics and commitment to excellence which lead to him being given an exciting opportunity, the chance to re-open the Tavern Troupe Performing Order.

In order to facilitate this, the young Rakash thrust himself into the social life among the mainlanders. Taking both a citizenship with the Province of Zoluren and attending regular Crossings town meetings.

Recent Events

His schooner has not been seen at the standard ports, and he now regularly claims crew positions aboard various ships.

A Pirates Life

As he became a more frequent figure around Zoluren, a mysterious book appeared on the shelves of the local library. Though it did not name him outright, the characters and places depicted were obviously taken from his past. The validity of the claims presented here have never been fully verified. Witness claim that Kasto himself destroys these books on sight and is currently paying handsomely for any copies remaining.

• [Chapter 1]
• [Chapter 2]
• [Chapter 3]
• [Chapter 4]
• [Chapter 5]
• [Chapter 6]
• [Chapter 7]

Kasto's Home

You also see a sturdy stacked stone cabin with a sign saying "Gone Fishing!" hanging on the front door.

Interior

A supple blacktip sharkskin mat adorns the golden sand floor of this small room. A small firepit made up of an arrangement of moss covered stones, with a sun-bleached shark's jaw hanging above it, rests between a narrow rotted boat and a salt-stained captain's desk carved with sea creatures pushed up against the driftwood walls. The room holds a mild scent of sea spray. You also see a drowned sailor, a thick port hole window and a driftwood sailor's footlocker with scrimshaw nautical scenes with several things on it.

Sailor

Draped with dripping seaweed, the insubstantial form glows a faint blue-green. His skin is a pale shade, almost white and open sores cover its face and exposed flesh.

Mat

The teeth have been removed from the predator's gigantic mouth and instead decorate the flattened tail like a mosaic.

Wall

Despite being bleached by the sun and horribly warped during an unknown amount of time spent adrift at sea, the boards serve as adequate covering for a home interior. A myriad of cubbyholes are built straight into the wall, providing storage for a plethora of various items and supplies. Strange stains and other obvious battle damage lend to the impression that these boards may not have been willingly tossed into the water.

• On the driftwood wall you see a sun-bleached shark's jaw, a boarding pike with a leaf blade, a shark-tooth tipped trident, a deep blue silk wall panel painted with crashing ocean waves, a stuffed swordfish, a ship's wheel, a glass fishing buoy and an admiral's cane topped with a tempest sapphire.

• In the driftwood wall you see a bloodwood shell collector's case with inlaid ivory and jade shells, a wicker tackle box, a wicker fisherman's creel decorated with fish skulls and feathered lures, a polished sana'ati fishing box inlaid with mother-of-pearl fish and an oilcloth bait bag with double-stitched steelsilk seams.

Desk

A variety of aquatic life converge on a large tropical reef which sprawls across the front of the furniture, the carvings warped and faded by submersion in salty water. A pitted iron knob, cast in the shape of an anchor, adorns the wide drawer along the underside and allows for easy access to writing implements stored safely inside. While being horribly marred by an unknown amount of time spent adrift at sea, the desk still remains serviceable as a sturdy surface for working upon.

• On the captain's desk you see a square garnet-trimmed fishbowl, some driftwood, a fossilized nautilus-shell paperweight, a large map of the five provinces, a battered brass cartographer's spyglass, a cartographer's geometry compass trimmed in silver leaf, a grey metal letter opener with a salt pitted blade and a ebonwood handle, a creamy albatross feather quill with a metal nib and a squat glass inkwell with brass feet.

• In the captain's desk you see a navigator's logbook bound in sun-bleached canvas, a salt-stained tome bound in green leather with "Courses" on the spine and a book bound in black leather titled "Battle of the Reshal Sea".

• Under the captain's desk you see a grey sharkskin cartographer's toolbag clasped with a brass compass rose, a cedar mariner's case with a galleon-shaped lock and a blue leather case embossed with a stylized rendition of a female Merelew.

Boat

Carved along side this boat made into a bed is the name "Last Chance." Last chance for what is not readily apparent. A ragged pillow and a thread-bare blanket make up the rest of this make-shift bed.

• On the rotted boat you see a blue stuffed shark and a large stuffed sea turtle.

Fireplace

Detailed with soft, realistic-looking fake moss on the outside, the silvery-grey rocks have been smoothed for safety.

Stand

Set with a solid base, the dark stand rises up to three sets of bars, providing spaces for multiple pieces of armor to be stored.

• On the dragonwood stand you see a shark skull mask, a boat plank shield, some rigging gloves, some salt-stained leathers with a skull and crossbones flag embossed on the left bicep, a sailor's oilskins and some fishscale armor.

Rack

Tiered from a large base shelf up to a smaller one, the dark wood has been smoothed along each shelf and left natural on the outer edges. Smoothly lining the edges, gold filigree creates an elegant vine design that branches off into tiny trumpet-shaped flowers.

• On the dragonwood rack you see a barnacle encrusted scimitar, a corroded anchor chain, a scrimshaw-handled fillet knife veined with ox-blood coral, an admiral's cutlass with a fancifully engraved hilt, a curved bronze dagger with a twisted narwhal horn handle, a long-bladed falchion with a half-basket hilt, a broken boat oar, a scrimshaw marlinspike and a pirate's scimitar tied with a black silk scarf.

Footlocker

Broad sections of sun-bleached bone are affixed to a sturdy driftwood frame using a seaworthy adhesive, creating this large piece of ship's luggage. Each of the square shaped plates are scrimshawed with a tiny scene showing the daily activities aboard a vessel and the hardships of sea life. Salt-pitted iron bands reinforce the footlocker against damage, engraved with images of merfolk and sea serpents.

• On the sailor's footlocker you see a sapphire-eyed cambrinth pirate, an oval of iridescent mother-of-pearl, some heavy rope knots, a white shark's tooth, a dried yellow starfish, a detailed cameo ring carved with the likeness of a merelew woman, a shark's tooth suspended from a braided cord and some blackened shark's teeth.

• In the sailor's footlocker you see a wardrobe trunk secured with heavy leather straps, an admiral's sailcloth backpack adorned with gleaming brass buttons, a whip-thin electric eel, some miniature golden tridents, some miniature cutlasses, a driftwood jewelry box, a sailor's mending kit, some miniature undead pirate mice, a pair of crisp white gloves, an admiral's tricorne hat, a blue suede pouch accented by a beaded seagull feather, a rugged leather bandolier, a teak bolt box engraved with the image of a large galleon, a circular hat box, a salt-stained burlap lootsack, a polished sea pebble bracelet, a pair of heavy black boots with steel buckles, a rust-colored admiral's greatcoat with embroidered cuffs, a leather sheath with bronze banding around the mouth, a silvery-blue sailcloth boat cloak fastened with four silver buttons, some reinforced sharkskin pants with rough leather lacing, a wooden peg-leg and a black cotton booty bag with braided leather drawstrings.