A dark-haired woman with a sharp tongue and a hard demeanor, the captain of the Magpie Princess was born Varossa Lycaste Ia-Tep. Raised in Absalom, she fled wealthy but overbearing parents aboard a Rahadoumi trader as a teenager and never returned. Far more educated than the average sailor, she served as a navigator on several honest ships before she joined up with a pirate crew out of Quent. Fortune and skill eventually saw her rise to an officer’s position aboard the Shark Queen and, only a year later, to the captain’s post. Two years of profitable piracy culminated in her encounter with Warvil Lanteri of the Magpie Prince (see page 49). After a short marriage, she now captains the rechristened Magpie Princess and pursues the treasure her husband missed his chance to claim.
Captain Lanteri is a fair—if distracted—captain. She’s
been at sea for a long time and her love affair with the
waves has cooled. She’d like nothing more than to make a
legendary score and settle down someplace within view of
the surf—but without a pier. Her reputation on the Magpie
Princess has suffered since her mutiny. While none of her
current crew members are displeased enough to desert,
none expect their captain to put the crew’s interests above
her own. As such, Hinsin (who has no one more influential
to flatter) and Creed (with his overdeveloped sense of
loyalty) are Varossa’s most devoted supporters. The rest of
the crew could be swayed (either individually or as a group)
to follow another strong-willed leader.