Thanatos Kruger

Thanatos Kruger is the infamous Captain of the White Makos pirate crew operating out of Santigar. His crew take their name from Kruger's flagship The White Mako, a monstrous 50 gun Flag Galleon upgraded to give it a turn of speed to equal a Frigate.

Captain Kruger's infamy is based largely upon his fearsome reputation. He is known widely for offering no quarter to the ships he boards and if a prize's colours are not struck swiftly when his ship hoves into view or if they should dare to offer him a chase or a fight, when he eventually takes her he is reputed to have the crew killed in a variety of cruel and painful ways. It is said that one of his favourite methods is "Hocking and heaving" whereby the sailors have their hamstrings cut and they are thrown overboard for the sharks.

Kruger has raided a number of port towns on the south coast of Avernell and is rightly feared in that region as he burned and sacked everywhere he and his crew plundered. He considers the Sonneland Straights as his own personal territory and is merciless in his treatment of any other pirate crews who dare to ply their trade in those waters.