Barnabas Harrigan

Captain Barnabas Harrigan has plagued the PCs from the very beginning of the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path. At this point in the campaign, Harrigan serves as a transition between a speculated danger and the final threat of actual war. He alone has done more than anyone to empower Cheliax’s presence in the Shackles. Even dead, his plans cannot be defeated, for they now belong to Druvalia Thrune. If Harrigan escapes the PCs at the end of this adventure, he has few choices for survival. He knows his game has ended, for he is no Chelaxian, and the House of Thrune will show him no sympathy for his failure. He has indeed made a deal with a devil, and the devil holds the contract. Instead, he seeks out a safe spot to hide out on his island until the PCs leave. Then he attempts to stow away on one of the other ships in his harbor, hoping to catch a ride to some other port. He still has a few allies within the Shackles that he can call on for help, so getting a new ship won’t be an impossible task for the clever captain. Once he gets a new ship, he also takes on a new identity. Calling himself Dwali the Bloodcove Butcher, he disguises himself by donning a long powdered wig and a frightful Tian demonfaced mask. Tracking down the PCs and murdering them becomes his obsession— one that could well last beyond the climax of the campaign.