Red Marrox
Independent Salvager — Ragged Hook
Red Marrox has been working the Drowned Spine solo for eleven years. He knows the gravewater coordinates the way other people know their home city — by texture, by the quality of silence, by what it means when the Leviathans behave a certain way at a certain depth. He was near the anomalous coordinate the week before the Pessel Orn's crew surveyed it. He noticed something off. He did not go back to investigate because he has survived eleven years by knowing when a thing is not his problem. He is beginning to suspect this thing might become his problem anyway.
Motivation
Marrox wants to know what's happening in the Drowned Spine because what's happening in the Drowned Spine is affecting the hunting, which is affecting his income, which is affecting his continued ability to operate independently. He will help players who are investigating the anomalies because it is useful, not because he is altruistic.
Attitude Toward Players
Laconic, experienced, and refreshingly honest about his own limitations. He will not volunteer information he wasn't asked for. He will answer direct questions directly. He finds most people exhausting but will make exceptions for people who are genuinely competent.