One-Eyed Molina's Gold-Fingered Spike-Flinger

The dreaded Príncipi sen Patrena prowl the seas of the Deadfire, a persistent threat to the organized trading companies and to outlaw smugglers and slavers alike. These pirates originated as refugees from Old Vailia, and some of them continue to maintain the traditions of that land. Others are as brutal and anarchistic a group of freebooters to have ever roamed the waves.

Due to the dangers presented by firearms aboard ships, many raiders prefer crossbows. This almost ridiculously heavy arbalest fires bolts with enough force to knock its victims from their feet. Gold-leaf accents on the stock and stirrup differentiate it as a work of Vailian engineering from more common crossbows.