Editing Crickets Conundrum:NPCs (section)

==Wanderers, Vagabonds, and Others==

===Bastiano Auditore il Sangallo===
''Mortal Merchant Prince''

Merchant Prince and head of the Resplendent Emporium, a floating market where merchants sell their wares from the decks of brightly painted ships. Diamond uses him often as a means of sourcing rare and unusual items from the Wyld or areas outside the Western Ocean, and they share drinks aplenty during these times. Bastiano has tried every time to drink Diamond under the table, and has always failed.

'''Relationships''': Radiantly Transcendent Diamond (ally)

===Captain Kael the Bloody Corsair===
''Mortal Pirate Captain''

A daring pirate who sails the seas with a crew of loyal and ruthless sailors, always on the lookout for the next big score. Particularly fond of trying to target Iron Isle due to the quality of their manufactured goods and the skills of their artisans.

'''Relationships''': Radiantly Transcendent Diamond (enemy)

===Mnemon "Dredge" Miquella===
''Water Aspect Terrestrial Hermit-Fisherman''

A Water Aspect fisherman who has abandoned the politics of his former life in the Realm in favor of a quiet existence fishing the waters of the Western Ocean. Occasionally strays into the Bordermarches and ends up catching strange, aberrant fish that Diamond often purchases to use in concocting sorcerous elixirs. Fond of a hearty homecooked meal but not talkative in the slightest, Miquella is usually an introvert and constantly roams the ocean in his small ship, ''Ocean's Riches''.

'''Relationships''': Radiantly Transcendent Diamond (neutral)

===Qiu Jia===
''Wyld-Touched Mortal Cartographer of Wonders''

A Wyld-tainted master cartographer who has mapped much of the Western Ocean, and is always eager to discover new lands and treasures. The Adamant Caste and him get along like Wu-Jian meat buns and strong alcohol (that is to say, swimmingly) and the cartographer is often a frequent guest at the Manse between his excursions.

'''Relationships''': Radiantly Transcendent Diamond (ally)

===Sharik Shellsemain===
''God-Touched Mortal Head of one of Wu-Jian's Thirteen Schools''

He's a mortal who leveraged cleverness and ruthlessness into being the "face" of a divine conspiracy. A handful of minor gods are using their powers to support him in an attempt to weaken the Realm's control of the island. He has a good working relationship with Shadow of Future Glory, but is very clear that their alliance evaporates the moment the Alchemicals claim any authority over "his" island or people.

'''Relationships''': Shadow of Future Glory (ally)

===Unburied Yaya===
''Liminal Bounty Hunter from the Coral Archipelago''

A few years ago, Shadow spent some time going from island to island on the empire's edges, meddling with local economies enough to raise the lower classes out of poverty and, as a result, out of the empire's indentured servitude. While the Coral Archipelago generally keeps up a pretense that anyone can rise to success, enough of the empire's plutocrats were losing their work force that the Sea Lord was pressured to respond. Shadow of Future Glory was declared a pirate, and officially speaking, they now owe a price equal to the lost labor of every former servant they enriched. They have made it clear that they won't pay this debt. 

A Marrow-Cast Liminal has taken charge of this hunt, and she hopes to force Shadow to pay their debts, or kill them to send a message. Shadow is sure that an Exalt wouldn't be motivated by something as simple as money (even though the bounty would buy a life of luxury for just about anyone), and hopes to find a way to turn this bounty hunter into an ally, but so far she's been all business, refusing to hint at ''why'' she's doing this.

'''Relationships''': Shadow of Future Glory (enemy)