Rudes

Cpt. Rudes is the commander of the merchant vessel, Red Kraken. He runs trade all along the coastline, but considers Arnos to be his home port. His gruff exterior and rumors of a past serving with pirates of Gremora hide a man who has seen more than his fair share of loss and wishes only for the well-being of all.

He is one of few ship captains willing to take people to the Isle of Cranes, a place he considers to be nothing but bad luck. When contracted by the party, he offered them the same deal of two days that he offered all others, but warned them that no one he'd dropped off on that island had ever left it. He was full of tales of the two men who had, but claimed not to have given either passage.

When the party emerged early on the second day, with half the beasts of the island chasing them, Cpt. Rudes was worried, but overjoyed that an expedition to the Isle had finally been successful.