Captain Eddy Bloodkelp was a Gnome pirate of the Torue Albes who never had much luck due to her greater interest in nautical engineering than combat and pillaging. After her prey escaped when her ship ran aground on a huge stretch of coral reef, she had a wild vision of a seaport built upon that very reef. It would be a floating island, one that could raise anchor and drift wherever it pleased, or to wherever the most ships happened to be going.
She gathered what was left of her desperate crew and managed to inflame them with her vision. With their combined skills at shipbuilding and engineering, and perhaps a little help from magic, they started work. It took five long years—and the coffers of dozens of equally fevered investors—but finally, the Floating City of Tarianor was open for business.
It was a runaway success. The Queen of Dallak made an offer to turn the Floating City into a proper city of the Torue Albes and declare it the royal shipyard. Eddy would become richer than any pirate and, after leaving much of the daily operations to her first mate, spent her days experimenting on new engineering projects. Bloodkelp's Gnome crew still retain a piratical bent, and are generally open to special contracts with no questions asked
References
- Realms of Terrinoth