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 People who you have met.
-  * **Captain Barnabus Harrigan** - Notorious Pirate Captain of //The Wormwood//, who press-ganged you.  He probably doesn't like you all that much, after you stole a ship from him.
+++++ Brief notes on Status and Titles|
-  * **Rickey Hake** - Proprietor of Rickety's Squibs -  a boatyard  miles away from anywhere.  It is The place to get a ship's looks changed, so that it isn't immediately obvious that it has been stolen.
+  - Captain, Lady of X, Lord of X -  status equivalent to minor aristocracy.  Perhaps Squire of the Manor equivalent.
-  * **Captain Pegsworthy** - Peglegged pirate who has at least two ships and doesn't like Captain Harrigan.  He conducted the launch ceremony for //Stormwhisperer//.
+  - Free Captain - probably the equivalent of a Knight.  Free Captains might also be 'Lord/Lady of' a town or an island.
-  * **Lady Agasta Smythee** - Lady of Tidewater Rock on Windward Isle.  Widow of the late Captain Bert Smithee. She has allowed you to use her harbour as a base when pirating on The Fever Sea.  She is no friend of Harrigan, who was responsible for the death of her late husband, and the depletion of her estate.
+  - Pirate Lord - Free Captain with a seat on the pirate council.  The most powerful are often 'Lord/Lady of' a city or town.
+  - The Hurricane King - King of The Shackles Pirates.  Lord of Port Peril,
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+  * **Free Captain Barnabus Harrigan** - Notorious Pirate Captain of //The Wormwood//, who press-ganged you.  He probably doesn't like you all that much, after you stole a ship from him.
+  * **Free Captain Pegsworthy** - Peglegged pirate who has at least two ships and doesn't like Captain Harrigan.  You bumped into him at Rickety's, and he conducted the launch ceremony for //Stormwhisperer//.
+  * **Lady Agasta Smythee** - Lady of Tidewater Rock on Windward Isle, (widow of the late Captain Bert Smithee) she married Kaleb Bloodwyne, Captain of //Thresher//.  They are your best supporters and allies.   Kaleb and Lady Smythee have started to claim the whole of their island chain as their property, and patrol it with //Golden Brown//.
+  * **Captain Ebbe 'Feral' Smit** - Ex-captain of the pirate longship //Cayman// (now destroyed) and follower of Free Captain Stella Fane.   You met at Goatshead, and the crews were involved in a bar-brawl, although the outcome was 'mutal respect'.  She helped you take //Dominator// (now //Stormthunderer//) and finished owning your old ship //Stormwhisperer//.
+  * **Rickey Hake** - Proprietor of Rickety's Squibs -  a boatyard miles away from anywhere.  It is the best place to get a ship's looks changed, so that it isn't immediately obvious that it has been stolen.