Washington Jones
Washington “Ironjaw” Jones
Title: Captain-General of the Yellow Keel Race: Human Affiliation: The Free Seas / The Yellow Keel Fleet Aliases: “Ironjaw,” “The Kraken’s Bane,” “The Sunless Captain” Age: 47 Height: 6’4” Build: Broad-shouldered, heavily scarred from naval combat Eyes: Gold-blue, glimmering like sunlit mithril Hair: Black, worn loose and wild Visage: A face weathered by salt and smoke, marked by a jagged scar running down from his left eye to a metal jaw plate of Kul Tiran make—engraved with faint runes.Appearance
Washington Jones carries the look of a man carved by storms. His coat, a deep saffron gold embroidered with shark teeth and bronze hooks, marks his command over the Yellow Keel, a fleet known for its speed, firepower, and ruthless efficiency. The runic metal jaw gives his voice a low, grinding timbre that seems to rumble through the deck when he speaks. He wears a broken compass around his neck—one said to point not north, but toward the thing he hates most. When he strides onto a deck, his boots echo with the authority of one who has outlived gods and monsters alike.Personality
Jones is a hard pragmatist—a survivor, a believer in the brutal calculus of the sea. He’s sardonic and fearless, with a cold humor and an iron resolve. Yet beneath his cruelty lies a strange respect for freedom; he despises tyrants, zealots, and gods who believe themselves above the mortal tide. He does not speak of faith, but when pressed, he’ll say: “I’ve seen gods bleed, and I’ve seen sailors die to keep their names alive. I’d sooner trust a drunk with a rusted blade than a deity with a promise.” To his crew, he is both legend and executioner—one who demands loyalty not through love, but through awe.Motivation
Jones seeks to keep the Free Seas truly free—beyond crusade, crown, or covenant. His slaying of the Goddess of Thros was not out of faith or vengeance, but survival; she threatened to enslave the souls of all who sailed the Iron Isles, whispering dominion into the minds of the dead. He struck her down with the Sundertide Harpoon, a titan-forged weapon blessed by sea dragons, after a duel that lasted three nights upon the waves. Since then, he’s hunted any power that would bind mortal will—whether coven, witch, or crusade.Equipment
- Sundertide Harpoon: A massive runebound spear forged by sea dwarves, designed to pierce leviathans. The weapon drinks divine ichor and glows with faint bioluminescent runes when near godly or void entities.
- Ironjaw Plate: A reforged Kul Tiran prosthetic enchanted by Tidesages. It allows him to breathe underwater and bite through tempered steel.
- Compass of the Sunless Deep: A cursed relic of the Goddess of Thros; it no longer points north but to the deepest point of any sea within a hundred leagues.
- The Golden Marrow: His flagship, an armored brigantine built from scavenged titan plating and coralwood, powered by a heartstone taken from a sea elemental.
Reputation
Across the Free Seas, Washington Jones is feared and revered in equal measure. To pirates, he’s the man who killed a god and lived to drink about it. To nobles, he’s a specter of rebellion—proof that the seas cannot be tamed. Among the Kul Tirans, stories of the “Ironjaw of the Keel” are whispered like sea prayers. They say he tore the heart from the Goddess of Thros with his own hands, and that her final curse made his ship sail forever toward war.Affiliation
- The Yellow Keel Pirates – His command, famed for their golden sails and merciless discipline.
- The Free Seas Alliance – An uneasy ally, though Jones trusts few outside his fleet.
- The Blackwater Company – Occasional collaborators, though Jerard DeSirrus and Jones are said to have nearly killed each other during a raid on Tol Dagor years ago.
- The Wyrmskull Pirates – Mutual respect between captains; Jones fought beside Eivor and Truman in the Iron Isles War.
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