Cedric “Ironwave” Percival is thirty, and a feared pirate captain known across the Atlantic. Six feet tall, with messy black hair, narrow eyes, sharp features, and a lean build shaped by years at sea, he speaks plainly, his speech consistently shaped by sailor’s phrasing. After a near-fatal naval encounter leaves him wounded, Ironwave finds refuge at a deserted island lighthouse, where its keeper nurses him back to health. Long after recovering, he keeps returning.