Andonis Birchgirts, Gunnery Mate

Andonis Birchgirts
Andonis Birchgirts (pronounced: æŋdɔːnɪs / an-dawn-is, bʊrtʃɡərtsj / brr-ch-grr-ts) is a half-orc industrial worker from under the Thunder Hills, where they manufacture the boom-berries into highly explosive gunpowder for resale. After a mistake where he set one of the machinery on fire, he had the choice of military, execution, or served labor. Wanting to see more of the world, he chose the navy life, and served some years aboard a Thundership transporting goods and keeping the powder trade free of pirating. Another mishap during one of his experiments ended up causing the navy ship more harm than good, and they made a snap decision to maroon him near the coast of Ferron. During his early and brief retirement there, he found work upon the Star-crossed Lover, as part of the Gunnery Crew, then after several months of usefulness made his way up to Gunnery Mate.

During the Raqiq incident, he thought another one of his experiments had gone awry, but fortunately for him (not so much for the ship) the damage was caused by the Hyena they had picked up, that later became a familiar for Venmoira Qualanthriel.