Linus Nyguaard

Linus Nyguaard is a middle aged citizen of Vendel, inventor of the submarine, member of the Relasciare, Master Gunner aboard and part owner of the Mitigating Circumstances. Originally bought on to the ship in the services of Lady Villanova as a bodyguard/companion, he was taken on by the captain as Master Gunner due to his considerable expertise in the area. After the departure of Lady Villanova, he was responsible for Brick joining the crew as a favour to the Relasciare chapter in Freiburg.

After Brick's departure, the arrival of Luka Shar and subsequent peasant rebellion caused Linus to reveal his association with the Relasciare to the other officers aboard the Mitigating Circumstances in order to cover their involvement in the murder of the local nobles (and secretly increase his standing with the Relasciare). This caused considerably tension between himself and Baron Kennet which was only resolved with the help of Captain Ursidae.

Following their arrival in the Montaine capital, Linus informed the Relascaire of the uprising and is currently awaiting to be called upon for a session of the invisible court to determine the legality of the killings. When he heard that Captain Ursidae and Baron Kennet had been captured and imprisoned by the Sun King for the uprising, having been implicated by the noble that Piotr duelled, Linus invented the worlds first submarine to reach the lower levels of the Sun Kings palace via a network of tunnels leading from the river.

With Luka, Linus travelled through the tunnels under the palace in the Nautilus which sank after their arrival due to a design flaw, leaving the pair seemingly stranded. Linus and Luka met up with Captain Ursidae and Baron Kennet whom had been freed by an unnamed cloaked man earlier and proceeded to escape from the palace by way of propelling a chandelier through a window on to a balcony below. Together, the crew proceeded to steal a pair of royal wagons containing the payroll for the Montaine army marching towards Ussura.

Linus is currently onboard the Mitigating Circumstances bound for Vendel with Captain Ursidae and Baron Kennet to free Captain Ursidae's family from Captain Ivanov. He is currently working on developing a second, more robust submarine and building torpedoes and sea mines for the defence of the Mitigating Circumstances.

Linus currently has four thousand and eighty two guilder, six flintlock pistols and enough gunpowder to level a small town. He has 7 unspent XP.