Mattias Brass

Mattias Brass is the captain of the trade ship the Nightingale.

Early life
Mattias Brass was born in the spring of 278 in the Crithian port city on Vierede Bay. His parents were middle-class citizens, his father was a sailor and his mother was a seamstress.

Sailor's life, marriage
Mattias married a Cailledan woman named Una Lennox; he was 22 and she was 20. Una gave birth to a son at age 22, Jamie Brass. After his marriage Mattias took less time at sea; he made more of an effort to spend time at home, especially after the birth of his son.

Una passed away in the cholera outbreak that hit her city in the year 314. This prompted Mattias to leave his permanent residence and resume life on the seas, bringing with him his twelve-year-old son.

The Nightingale
Brass had bought the Nightingale as a piece of old garbage and spent a year fixing it up. By the year 301 he had assembled a fine crew and, whenever he chose to spend time ashore, left the ship in the capable hands of Ved Braxton. However, when Una died, Brass took to the Nightingale as his permanent home.

Moral code
Brass has never had qualms about breaking the law for the greater good.

Brass puts his family before all else: before himself, before his property, before his profit. His definition of family is not just that of blood—any person on his crew, to him, is a family member and nothing less.

Intuition
Brass's uncanny knack for reading people is one of the primary factors that quickly earned him his reputation. Even as a boy shadowing his father, Brass was easily able to spot bluffs and lies, and easily dodge the trickiest of con men. As he grew older and began his own career, this trait proved invaluable both in making trade deals and selecting crewmembers.