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This Redguard is a Mages Guild member and former pirate you first meet in Amenos Station on High Isle. Though still violent in his ways, he seeks to know magic intimately.

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Lines Spoken by This Houseguest:

• "Aye, I get a few odd looks in the Mages Guild. Redguards are hard to find within our ranks, and Redguard pirates even more so. But I never let it bother me. I joined to study magic, not to be everyone's favorite uncle."
  
  
• "Clear seas to you, sailor. If you're looking for a story, I'm afraid I've been told to stop telling my favorite one. It's about lowering this craven idiot into shark-infested waters and watching him disappear from the toes up. Shame. It's a good one."
  
  
• "Discovering magic was like discovering a whole new ocean. Something new to explore. When I was young, I set off to sea for similar reasons. This isn't so different, just in reverse."
  
  
• "Hail, sailor. I was thinking about our adventure poking around in Graven Deep. In all my time as a pirate, never once did anything get my blood flowing as much as finding that island did. What a time! And always remember, I appreciate your help!"
  
  
• "Hey mate, ever swam in the sea in the altogether? Come on, don't look at me like that! I'm not trying to be crass. Zeht's tears, there's nothing like swimming naked after a long day of pirating, bare arsed and free."
  
  
• "I don't regret my early life. Aye, young me made bad choices and hurt some people, but he learned a lot and grew up strong. I wouldn't be where I am today without him -- that young man who spit blood and laughed at death."
  
  
• "I enjoy getting away from the Mages Guild sometimes. Zeht's tears, it can get stuffy in there. You crack one joke about a sailor losing a finger to a slaughterfish, and they react like you've set the place on fire!"
  
  
• "I had a good crew years ago. Loved them like brothers and sisters. When we lost one, it was like losing a limb. Tu'whacca blesses those kind of bonds, as I'm sure you know."
  
  
• "I have nightmares about waking up aboard a ship. I'm old and gray, my body aches something fierce, and the sea roils and crashes around us. Worst of all? My magic is gone. I'm who I used to be ... just older. Always leaves me feeling hollow. Empty."
  
  
• "I have to be mindful when I tell stories. When I drink, I tend to forget my audience. Not everyone wants to hear about an old sea dog's adventures in all their bloody glory. One time, a lass at the next table fainted just as I got to the good part."
  
  
• "I joined the Mages Guild for a new adventure and found more than I ever imagined. It all started when I washed ashore in the Systres and the druids nursed me back to health. Ruptga forgive me, but from that point on, magic fascinated me!"
  
  
• "I love a good drink as much as the next sailor, but Tu'whacca's arse, I've not had nearly enough of them! Here's a secret I learned during my pirating days. When in port, always ask for whatever the locals are drinking. You won't be disappointed!"
  
  
• "I never had the urge to settle down and start a family. Life at sea doesn't leave much room for it, and by the time I was done with that I was onto another adventure. But my life's been full. There's more than one way to have a family, aye?"
  
  
• "I punched a horker once. Tu'whacca strike me down if I'm lying and let me eat sand! It followed our ship for a week, sneaking aboard and gobbling our rations. It wasn't even hungry! Just taunting us. I had to teach it a lesson before we starved."
  
  
• "I watched a Reachfolk swallow a live eel once. If I'm lying, let me eat sand! Gulped it down in a single slurp. Didn't flinch or hesitate! It was a big one, too. Tall Papa have mercy, but can you imagine what must have happened next?"
  
  
• "I'm not an old barnacle when it comes to the study of magic. I came to the art later in life, but I seem to have quite the aptitude for it. If I'd started sooner, who knows where I'd be now? Hmm. Doesn't matter. That me would be boring as sand."
  
  
• "If I'd had magic during my days at sea, things would have been a lot different. When I was young, I solved most problems with blades and blood. Didn't know another way. Now magic gives me new options -- and it can be just as violent, thankfully."
  
  
• "Magic isn't so different from the sea. Tu'whacca will knock you on your arse quick as you please if you underestimate one or the other. But take the time to study them? Respect them? Ah, then you'll rejoice in the true spoils of each."
  
  
• "Many currents flow through life, and we abandon some in order to sail others. If you spend your time wondering what might have been, you'll always drag your anchor behind you. There's no moving forward like that."
  
  
• "Most assume I left my life as a pirate behind out of fear. I did nearly die, but if I was the kind of cur to abandon a way of life due to cowardice, let me eat sand! It wasn't fear -- it was curiosity. A thirst for something other than seawater, ha!"
  
  
• "Once, I wrestled a tuna the size of a duneripper to get it aboard our ship. The line broke as I reeled the damned thing in! And I, young and stupid as I was, decided to settle things man to fish. Earned a broken rib, but we ate good that night."
  
  
• "So, one more mystery concerning the legendary Druid King has been solved, but there are so many questions still to answer. I suppose that falls to Druid Laurel now. I have other tasks that need doing and responsibilities in the Mages Guild."
  
  
• "So, this reminds me of shore leave. From my days as a pirate. Staying in one place, with nowhere to be. I find it disconcerting. And I miss the deck rolling beneath my feet, the sails billowing in the wind. Gods, I miss those days!"
  
  
• "Some see an old pirate with too many scars and a staff better for walking than fighting. No one expects me to know a damned thing about magic. Or anything scholarly, for that matter. I happen to know a lot of pirates who like to read. Just saying."
  
  
• "The Stonelore druids saved my old carcass once upon a time. I remember being transfixed by their way of life, their magic. I also remember a certain druid practicing thrusts with my cutlass and asking me to teach her the foulest swear words I knew."
  
  
• "There was a craven lad on my ship in the early days, but he wasn't cut out for the sea. Liked the gold well enough, but hated the pirating. He got run through with a blade on his second voyage. Too bad he couldn't take his gold to the grave."
  
  
• "When I was first learning magic, I lit my head on fire. I produced a small flame and Tu'whacca's arse, it caught onto a bit of my hair and just like that, my head was an inferno! Dunked my head in nearby water barrel, but it was too close."
  
  
• "When they saved me, I assumed that all druids where like those I met in the Stonelore Circle. But our adventure among the wyrds taught me that Firesong druids are not nice people. When you wander the Systres, be on your guard, mate."
  
  
• "Where I hail from, most people don't trust magic. Not all of them, mind you, but by Tu'whacca's tail, the ones that don't will sure as sand let you know it. I never understood that, even before I joined the Mages Guild."
  
  
• "Wish I had someone like you on my crew back in the day. Aye, I can see it in your eyes. You've got what it takes. Not many people do. It's a special kind of heart that can take to the sea and survive. You should be proud."
  
  
• "You haven't known pain until someone drops a blue sandcrab down your pants. Tava's breath! That prank was old when I was a young sea rat taking my first voyage. Those dogs and sons of dogs I called my crew loved it. Damn, those claws were sharp!"
  
  
• "You remember the island we found in Graven Deep? I was thinking about our time there. Sure as sand I'm glad you showed up when you did. I keep imagining dealing with that by myself. Tu'whacca's tail, I could not have handled that lich without you!"
  
  
• "Zeht's tears, it's been some time since I've had a moment to stop and take in my surroundings. Too often these days, I've got my nose buried in a book. Ha, never thought I'd say that about myself. My old crew would laugh themselves silly."