Soot (captain)

Captain Soot was the owner of the legendary magical ship the Ebony Queen that sailed between Toril and the Elemental planes in the mid–14 century DR. He was famous and welcomed at hundreds of ports.

Description
Captain Soot had jet-black skin and curly white hair. He had a small well-trimmed white beard and mustache.

Personality
Soot loved to travel, to visit and see new locales, and to meet new people and particularly new women.

Activities
Captain Soot used his ship, the Ebony Queen, to travel between between Qudra and the Pearl Cities in Zakhara, lands outside Zakhara, and the genie realms on the elemental planes, including the City of Brass. He was able to trade with genies since they considered him to be an honorary genie, and they dealt with him without loss of face. Soot also traded with the mamluks of Qudra. Soot would transport passengers and goods for a hefty fee.

When in the City of Brass, Soot enjoyed polymorphing into the shape of an efreet and posing as a merchant under an assumed name. He used the spells reduce and vanish to make any cargo he purchased disappear into the Ebony Queen ' s hold.

Abilities
Soot was skilled in navigation and sailing, trade, and spellcraft; knowledgeable in astrology and the lore of genie-kind, skilled in trade; and adept in poetry.

Possessions
In addition to the Ebony Queen, Soot owned a number of other magical items. He wore a jellaba of eyes, a ring of protection +2, and a ring of spell storing. This was a ring finely carved from jasper and held fire shield, monster summoning II, contact other plane, and vanish. He also had a brass elephant.

The spells at his command were change self, chill touch, enlarge, magic missile, shield; alter self, deeppockets, invisibility, reduce, stinking cloud; blink, haste, lightning bolt, non-detection, wraithform; ice storm, polymorph other, shout, stoneskin; and advanced illusion, cone of cold, hold monster, passwall; chain lightning, and true seeing.

While piloting the Ebony Queen, Soot made a show of using a tome of esoteric lore named the Book of Fixed Stars. However, it was the ship's own orrery of the planes that took it between the planes.

History
Soot hailed from somewhere outside Zakhara.

In 1367 DR, Captain Soot and the Ebony Queen had to beat a quick departure from the City of Brass.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Secrets of the Lamp: Adventure Book, "In the City of Brass"