Editing Fort

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|profession={{cat tag|Pirates|Pirate}}, cook, trader, hunter
|birthplace=Islands of Lobu
|world=Lumar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Tress of the Emerald Sea]]
}}
{{spoilers|tress}}

{{for|Fortress Town|the Threnodite forts|pre=This article deals with the trader from Lumar}}
'''Fort''' is a cook and trader on the ''[[Crow's Song]]'', and later the [[Two Cups]], on [[Lumar]].{{book ref|tress|15}} He is deaf, and communicates using a piece of [[Nalthis|Nalthian]] technology he obtained by trading with an unknown worldhopper.{{book ref|tress|15}}

== Appearance and Personality ==
Fort is a very large man, not in the sense of being overweight, but simply being built "on a different scale than the rest of humanity", enough so he could easily hold a ceramic cannonball in one hand.{{book ref|tress|14}} He can be assumed to have black, curly hair like [[Salay]], due to both coming from the same island.{{book ref|tress|15}}{{book ref|tress|12}}

His fingers on both hands are gnarled, but it isn't known if it is from a congenital disease or tragic accident.{{book ref|tress|14}} Despite this significantly affecting his dexterity, with his fingers not being as mobile and his hands trembling as he attempts to pick up or move objects, he manages to get by and is rather capable, even if he has to do things differently than other people.{{book ref|tress|15}}{{book ref|tress|14}} However, he is unable to write, with the creation of finer shapes being difficult for him, which is one of the reasons his board was so beneficial in communication.{{book ref|tress|15}}

While he is a pirate, he is firmly opposed to killing others, and doesn't want the deaths of others on his shoulders.{{book ref|tress|14}}

He appears to easily buy into legends, believing in the legends of bone spores, despite never seeing them himself.{{book ref|tress|23}}

He loves to negotiate and tells Tress that haggling is how he hunts to honor his upbringing.{{book ref|tress|15}}{{book ref|tress|40}}

== History ==
=== Early Life ===
He was born on the [[Islands of Lobu]] in the [[Sapphire Sea]],{{book ref|tress|15}} into a family who took the cultural idea of the Hunt very seriously, and when he came of age, he decided to choose trading as his hunt.{{book ref|tress|40}} Thus, he began looking for trades with those he comes across, and records them to send back to his family to be hung in their family hall.{{book ref|tress|40}}

In his youth, he primarily communicated through sign language and reading lips.{{book ref|tress|15}} This was until some point where he met an unknown worldhopper, and traded for a piece of [[Nalthis|Nalthian]] technology that could let him read what others were saying, and write out what he wants to say. This helped him immensely in his ability to communicate and properly interpret what others were saying.{{book ref|tress|15}}

=== Sailing the Spore Seas ===
Over his time traveling the seas of Lumar, he managed to cross ten, all but the [[Crimson Sea|Crimson]] and [[Midnight Sea]], due to them being too dangerous to risk crossing.{{book ref|tress|23}} At some point in the past, Fort was referred to by the title sir, but he rejected it by the time he met Tress on the ''Crow's Song''.{{book ref|tress|15}} At some point, he became a member of the ''Crow's Song''. After [[Weev]] died, he became the cook, despite his poor cooking ability, as he was simply the best cook on board.{{book ref|tress|15}}{{book ref|tress|37}} 

When [[Hoid]] became a member of the ''Crow's Song'', after he was bought off the [[Whistlebow]] due to his curse from the [[Sorceress]], he grew fond of him and began giving him food before everyone else, despite Crow not ordering him to.{{book ref|tress|37}}

He was on the ship during the sinking of the ''[[Oot's Dream]]'', and was confused by it along with the rest of the crew, knowing that they should have been harmless, meant to merely hold the ship in place. He examined every cannonball he knew of in the cannon and armory, and found none with defective fuses.{{book ref|tress|14}} This left him very confused and worried about what had happened, and how Crow had acted about it.{{book ref|tress|14}} 

=== Tress's Voyage ===
When [[Tress]] came aboard the ''Crow's Song'', he immediately began to show her kindness, giving her food despite Crow informing him not to. He always made sure to give her and Hoid food before the rest of the crew.{{book ref|tress|15}}{{book ref|tress|37}} He at first did not consider this done out of kindness, but considered it a trade for a future favour.{{book ref|tress|15}} Over time, he grew close with Tress and developed a bond of mutual trust. They would eventually team up, alongside Ann and Salay, for a mutiny against Crow due to disagreements over her desire to turn the crew into [[Deadrunners]].{{book ref|tress|49}} Learning of their planned mutiny via the [[Midnight Essence]], Crow called them to deck and attacked them, intentionally breaking his board in the process.{{book ref|tress|49}}{{book ref|tress|50}} Not long later, Tress traded Crow for three gifts from [[Xisisrefliel]], one of the gifts was a replacement board for Fort.{{book ref|tress|52}}{{book ref|tress|53}} A gift for which he was deeply grateful.

=== Tress as Captain ===
When Tress left on her own into the Midnight Sea and was kidnapped by Midnight Essence servants of the Sorceress, he was the one who proposed that they follow her into the sea and barter with the Midnight Essence to be led to the Sorceress' Tower. He successfully managed to barter with them over large barrels of water, and they agreed to lead him and the rest of the ''Crow's Song'' to the tower.{{book ref|tress|62}} Seeing him outside, Tress and [[Charlie]] used a board in the Sorceress' Tower to engage in a video conference with Fort. Where she ordered Ann, Selay, and Fort to come into the tower, bringing Hoid along in order to break his curse.{{book ref|tress|62}} A task they accepted without opposition, fighting through the spores and metal soldiers to make their way into the tower.{{book ref|tress|63}}{{book ref|tress|64}}

He helped Tress after she fell down from her aonic chains, and when the Sorceress refused to leave, he and Salay pulled their pistols on herm threatening to fire.{{book ref|tress|64}} This, along with the threat of Hoid's new [[AonDor]] powers, led her to flee.{{book ref|tress|64}} With the Sorceress gone, they all returned to the ''Crow's Song'', and he rolled out some alcohol he had been saving for such an occasion.{{book ref|tress|64}}

Months later, they had sold the ''Crow's Song'' and got a new ship known as the ''Two Cups'', looking for a new start. He helped the crew by teaching them some sign language, which helped with communication without having to yell over the sound of wind, spores, or other crewmates.{{book ref|tress|epilogue}}

== Trivia ==

* Following his assistance in getting the crew of the ''[[Crow's Song]]'' through the Crimson and Midnight Sea, Fort has managed to travel all twelve of Lumar's oceans.{{book ref|tress|23}}

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