Editing Crow

|first appeared=[[Tress of the Emerald Sea]]

'''Captain Crow''' is captain of the pirate ship ''[[Crow's Song]]'' on [[Lumar]] at the beginning of [[Tress of the Emerald Sea]].{{book ref|tress|12}} She becomes a servant of the dragon [[Xisisrefliel]] at the bottom of the [[Crimson Sea]].

== Appearance and Personality ==

{{image|Crow by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=left|width=250px}}Crow is a stout, distinctive figure with a black feathered hat, a severe face, and tan skin.{{book ref|tress|12}} Her heart is described as a twisted lump of smouldering coal.{{book ref|tress|25}}To the midnight essence, she smells more like a plant than a person.{{book ref|tress|31}} The only time the crew knew her to be mirthful is when a sailor speared himself in the crotch with his own boarding hook.{{book ref|tress|33}} Crow considers a nice cup to be loot.{{book ref|tress|35}}

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|She was, it might be noted, a perfect example of why the word jerk needs so many off-color synonyms. One could exhaust all available options, invent a few apt new ones, and still not be able to completely describe her. Truly an inspiration to the vulgar poet.

|Hoid{{book ref|tress|20}}

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There are limits to the jerkiness. She works alongside the crew in the rainstorm and gives the crew a barrel of booze after Pakson's death. In some cases it's calculated self preservation, as when she acceded to Salay on robbing the merchants. Salay thinks Crow's stubbornness has allowed her to survive the spore infestation for as long as she has.{{book ref|tress|45}}

Crow is a [[spore eater]], which is a symbiosis granting extensive defensive abilities at the cost of constantly draining water from her body.{{book ref|tress|28}} She does not have true control over the Verdant vines, with them reacting on their own to protect anything that could bring harm to her. She has survived about 1 year longer than would be expected.

She has a sixth sense about others such as a clergyman might have,{{book ref|tress|20}} but she uses it to dominate others.{{book ref|tress|48}} She is also able to best several people in an attempted mutiny without relying on verdant aether powers.{{book ref|tress|50}} She is also a crack shot.{{book ref|tress|26}}

She uses [[Midnight Essence]] to spy on her crew members, using Midnight [[Aether spores]].{{book ref|tress|49}}

She apparently must remain close to Xisisrefliel to keep the verdant spore in remission.{{book ref|tress|52}} Although it isn't known if this is the truth, or a lie to discourage her from escaping.{{book ref|tress|52}}

{{image|Crow by ohnoesaxel.jpg|side=right|width=200px}}

== History ==

The attack on ''[[Oot's Dream]]'' was the crew's first voyage as pirates.{{book ref|tress|17}} They sewed their first pirate flag after Tress came on board.{{book ref|tress|13}}

Crow becomes captain of ''[[Crow's Song]]'', a fine merchant vessel, and convinces the crew to turn to piracy as an alternative to participating in the King's war against the Sorceress.{{book ref|tress|17}} In collusion with [[Laggart]], she plans to cross the line from piracy (for tribute) to deadrunning (extirpation) which will make the entire crew into outlaws among outlaws. The ship's prior sprouter, [[Weev]], tried to blackmail her, so she had him executed with the rationale that he wouldn't join the crew in turning to piracy.

Though [[Tress]] foils the deadrunner plot, Crow conserves her with the plan to exchange Tress' services to [[Xisisrefliel]] for Crow being healed from spore eating.

She brought Tress down to the depths of the Crimson Sea in order to sell her to Xisisrefliel in return for being healed by her condition.{{book ref|tress|51}} However, Tress managed to bargain with the dragon in order to turn Crow herself in, which he accepted. Due to this bargain, Crow was kept at the bottom of the sea and forced to serve Xisisrefliel for the rest of her life.{{book ref|tress|52}}

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