Saltwraith Bulkhead

Vorlox the Bulkhead earned his nickname because he eats like a whale and stands nearly as wide as a ship's bulkhead. He wields scavenged shields and armor in his tentacles, a living barricade where the gangplank narrows.

On the Saltwraith's conclave hauls, he plants himself between longboats and the world, takes the first hit with a laugh, and gives back two: one with a seized breastplate, another with a cutlass fit for a siege door. The plates he carries scrape and shift as he moves, a warning bell heard over the wind and spray of the sea.

When surveyors need time to haul crates and supplies, Vorlox buys it with steel and weight.

When he sets, the line holds.