LILLIAN

Strong sense of justice and what's right.

Has a code about paying back debts. Like, the only reason she let Mary join the crew was because she (supposedly) saved them once. This is also why she lets Dr. Mort stay even though people have tried to get him fired (he's saved their lives multiple times and she thinks it would be wrong).

Her reason for becoming a pirate was pretty silly and not thought through (teenage/young adult rebellion), but it worked out for her.

I imagine her to be very tan and have lots of freckles.

Feral.

Follows her gut rather than common sense sometimes.

THADE

Talks a lot. Constantly asks questions. Annoys people.

He’s normally quiet and shy but talkative towards people he knows well.

Manic pixie dream boy! He and Lillian are manic pixie dream people to each other.

Is Percy’s cool older brother/cool young uncle figure

He's the scout of the crew.

(There are other parallels between him and Percy as well)

Was a tailor (or tanner? I'm not sure) before he joined the crew.

RED MARY

She's the first mate.

She hides the full extent of her powers from the crew.

Her normal-power-level magic causes her to generate fire in the air (like that Dragon Ball fireball thing), but her super powerful magic actually causes fire to come out of her skin.

(CW for really severe burns) Her hands and arms are badly burned because of it, and she's missing fingernails and some parts of her fingers.

And in the future (like when the show of Candle Cove takes place), her hands and forearms (plus some other parts of her body) are just bones. Like she burned all her flesh off. (CW over)

Either she is able to ignore pain, or she got Mort to do brain surgery on her so she no longer felt pain.

She’s both smart and calculating but also prone to following her impulses.

She doesn't have any complicated motivation for being evil, I don't think. She just likes to burn and kill and destroy for fun. Like a child burning ants with a magnifying glass.

My voice headcanon for her is Amanda Palmer.

PERCY

Lillian assigned him the duty of teaching Thade about how Candle Cove works (because everyone else are adults and have things to get done) and they’re close because of it.

Reckless. Needs to be supervised. Causes Schot so much anxiety.

Stands up for himself. Would get into arguments with grown adults.

Kind of a little shit, honestly–

Loves and relies on the crew more than he’d like to admit.

BOAR

Sometimes frightens people due to his absurd height but is very soft and kind.

His relationship to Lillian is that they were friends (like found-family siblings, basically), and he took care of her after her parents disowned her.

If you meet him, he's your friend. You don't have a choice.

There's a running gag of him acting more fatherly towards Percy than Schot. Like, Schot would swear, and Boar would gasp and cover Percy's ears. Things like that.

The story of how he got his nickname is embarrassing and he gets flustered if people bring it up.

Used to be a whaler before he became a pirate.

SCHOT

Everyone else is sort of suspicious of Red Mary, but Schot is the only one who seriously distrusts her. He's spoken to Lillian about it, but she thinks that it's just his hypervigilance/past trauma causing him to see proof that isn't there.

He was imprisoned by the NPHC once but (barely) escaped. The scars over his eyes are from the Earl of Wax and his Freddy Krueger torture glove.

He's blind in one eye (caused by Earl torturing him).

Doesn't really enjoy being a pirate. He's sick of all the violence and danger and just wants to settle down and live safely with Percy.

The only reason he's with the crew is because the navy is after him and he knows he can't live anywhere in Candle Cove without them eventually finding him again.

His dolphin necklace used to belong to his wife.

CONEA

I feel bad for him because he stays in the water and can't come on deck and interact with the crew.

He probably doesn't mind though. He seems like a loner/introvert.

Used to be part of the Amantis military and developed explosives for war. He regrets this.

Was outcast from Amantis for rebelling against the government and whatever wars they were fighting.

Secretive about his past

I am compelled by the idea of him having, like, mechanical legs? And being able to walk around the ship and interact with people, but I don't know. I think him staying in the water the whole time could be compelling too if it's done well.

DR. MORT

Acts aloof, like he's just an employee of the crew and not actually part of the crew/"family".

Very… lowkey. People barely notice when he is or isn't around. Hides out in his office all the time unless there's a crew meeting or something.

Once the crew visited Banana Land to get fruits, and then they left, and then like 3 hours later, they realized Mort was gone and that they had left him there--

Soft voice. Pleasant smile. Actually has a sort of comforting presence if he's not operating on you.

He weighs about… 10 pounds? (he is just a large ragdoll) and has been blown/thrown off the deck of the ship more than once.

Do you know how stuffed animals that have been around for generations get skrunkly and pilly and sort of gross? That's kind of how he looks. (Look up "Too Much Love photo series" for examples of what I mean.)

Everyone there sort of dislikes (or is scared of) him, but he isn't bothered by it.

TALAPIO

She didn't have human-level intelligence until she got light magic. She was just a normal (but large) spider.

She was previously kept as a pet by a powerful light magician who gifted her their powers on their deathbed.

Her powers: being supernaturally smart, mind-reading, predicting the future, knowing things that are otherwise impossible to know, glowing.

Her role in the crew is a seer. Like, she finds hidden treasure and stuff like that.

The crew calls her Tilly for short.

She CAN communicate with people somehow even though she can’t talk. She writes or uses Morse code or something.

She either "left" when Mary joined the crew, like the wiki says (Mary knew that Talapio knew her true intentions and killed her before she could tell anyone), or Mary just threatened to kill her if she told anyone in order to keep her quiet.

AUBURN

Oh, you thought PERCY was a little shit?!!

I like the idea in the fandom of her being adopted. Like, Lillian just found her someplace. (I don't think Lillian would have a whole baby in such a dangerous environment.)

What if... she was a runaway?

Around 10 years old.

Lillian, Thade, Boar, and Schot are all her parents.

Took on personality traits from all the crew members.

She and Percy disliked each other at first but eventually became close siblings.

There are parallels between her and Janice. Like, with her being separated by her family and then being raised by a pirate crew. Janice reminds Percy of her in ways.

Has a strong sense of justice that Lillian taught her.