Flotsam (warforged)

Flotsam is a warforged who served in the Last War and went on to become the caretaker of Nowhere in the Lhazaar Principalities . [1]

History

Flotsam, like others of his kind, was created during the Last War and imbued with intelligence and sentience. Designed to be larger and bulkier than others of his kind, Flotsam was built for strength. In addition, he was designed to have protection against the corrosive effects of seawater in order to walk along the sea floor and ram his fist into the hulls of ships in order to sink them. Because of this, barnacles grew all over Flotsam's body as crusty growths. [1]

Towards the end of the Last War, Flotsam became marooned on the crag known as Nowhere, rejecting offers of rescue from passing ships as he found the location soothing and desired to escape conflict. Eventually he would come to be known as the unofficial caretaker of Nowhere, keeping the peace amongst its visitors whilst gathering information from them. While residing on Nowhere, Flotsam came to know Yvka , an agent working for the Shadow Network ; the two became friends, though Flotsam only knew Yvka by the name Ardella . [1]

Shortly after the town of Port Verge was raided by the Black Fleet , Flotsam was performing his role as caretaker of Nowhere—wading into the water to pull a shark that had been bothering the nearby merfolk out of the water with his bare hands—when Yvka decided to pay him a visit along with her new companions, Diran Bastiaan and Ghaji . After dealing a fatal blow to the shark's head, Flotsam offered the dead shark to the assembled ships' crews before noticing Yvka, his pleasure upon seeing her evident. [1]

After some discussion about Yvka's new compatriot's reason for visiting Nowhere, Flotsam revealed what he knew of the Black Fleet to the group, primarily the history of Erdis Cai , his "death," and the fact that a former crewmate of Cai, Tresslar , was held captive in the prison of Dreadhold . The group revealed to him that one of Cai's former crew, Onkar , seemed to still be trawling the waves but now as a vampire , with the group theorizing that perhaps Cai himself had been transformed. [1]

As the group were thanking Flotsam for this information, they noticed that some of the other visitors to Nowhere were about to steal Yvka's ship, the Zephyr , and so Flotsam rose to take action against them. The group, knowing that Flotsam would never be able to reach the Zephyr in time, instead instructed him to pick Ghaji up and hurl him towards the vessel so that he could attack the would-be thieves. The crew of the Zephyr were ultimately able to save their vessel, leaving Flotsam behind on the island. [1]

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