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"Max" is the Romany pilot of the Drunken Mariners’ wrecked ship, the Twilight Mistress. After his family was driven from the land of a noble French household when he was a child, he was found and adopted by that same French household. Growing up, he made his way in varied trades, eventually becoming a shipper for a clothing merchant.

This is what led to him joining on with The Twilight Mistress, a pirate vessel that raided his sloop. These pirates were notorious drinkers and carousers, and one fateful morning, after a month long binge, they went on a raid.

Being drunk, thinking one can conquer anything, and sailing don't usually mix well. The crew failed to notice the signs of foul weather ahead. They sailed headlong into a massive gale. Raven the Naviguesser directed Max (who, ironically, is a tee-totaler, and the only sober man aboard) to steer the ship out of the storm. Unfortunately, he guessed wrong, and the ship ran aground hard!

The bulk of the crew scattered but a small group managed to keep together on shore. As fate would have it, the Kumpania Ven Droma, Painted Wheel’s relatives, were camped in that very spot.

They gave them shelter from the storm that destroyed their ship and in return, the group of gadje who came to burn them out a few days later were surprised to discover a gang of drunken but ferocious pirates protecting them!