Blackbird is up! She will be the ship's cook, and can turn Dr. Dranzel's Delicacies into something actually pleasant, not to mention keep us alive and healthy if we need to live off the land.<br/><br/>She's a totemic barbarian, rather than a berserker, with Strength 17, AC 19 and 75 HP, so she's pretty good at surviving damage as well as dealing it. Ratwarden should be fine with either circle, I think.<br/><br/>As far as pre-voyage ties go, Blackbird basically lives up on the rooftops, and comes down to the streets to hunt, forage and steal. She sometimes works as a mercenary, so it's possible that she's been hired alongside another character for difficult jobs in the past. She also consorts with criminals as both ally and enemy.