Captain Sqwikken

The Legend
Not much is known about Captain Sqwikken or where he came from. Some say he was a vicious pirate king, captain of the Sqwikken's Luck. Others believe he was an enlightened monk trained by the legendary Vlandir Guru, Ivan Kang. Still more believe he was a demon who crawled up from the Gates of Hell. There are legendary accounts of Sqwikken slaying fiery hell ettins with his bare hands and wrestling dire bears for fun. According to legend, he wrestled a devil general's sword from her hands and ran her through the heart with her own sword pinning her to a wall of solid onyx. He supposedly carries the sword with him to this day though he doesn't use it because it is too weak for him.

Sqwikken was a towering man of twelve feet or so enreathed in flame. His haunting eyes reflected his hollow soul and his demented thoughts. He could turn into lightning and shoot through you causing your entrails to explode out and your eyes to cook in their sockets. They say he wore a necklace of various body parts of his slain foes. It was adorned with little "souvenirs" such as Vrock beaks and the fingers of men who dared to meet his dreadful gaze.

They say Sqwikkin sails the Eastern Isles in a mithral ship in the shape of an ominous black dragon crewed by the damned. The monstrous ship breathes fire and rams other ships with its sharp dragon prow splintering the ships in half. His first mate is a towering Vlandir barbarian with murder in his eyes who has never spoken a word in his life. Some even say his lips and eyes are sewn shut and he hunts by the smell of fear alone. He fights with the blind fury of a tempest. An exiled dwarf has been seen traveling with the Captain as well. A fallen cleric, the demented dwarf now only talks of sand and makes glass idols of people who then die three days later. Sqwikkens engineer is even more sadistic and twisted than he is. Torturing his victims then burning them alive in the ship's boiler to keep the engines hot.

Theme Song: Some Kind of Monster by Metallica