Seatoad Coin

"Wanna see me play 21?" - Coin, meta calling his shot.

Coin

Coin is a Grung and the captain of the Changemaker, the pirate ship featured in the Toivoan Trainwreck campaign.

History

Born to the tribe of Grung called 'Seatoad', Coin was an active deckhand and navigator. His relationship with the tribe was tumultuous, due to his frequent 'off-the-record' trades. The Seatoad would slowly decimate in numbers, as less and less Grung returned from their ventures to loot and barter across Toivoa. Eventually, Coin would split away from his tribe to pursue his own business ventures.

He eventually heard of a special coin, one with supernatural luck associated with it. Since then, he's made it his mission to find that coin. He would go on to establish the Changemaker, with help from Tahti and Ruzyd, recruiting Krystal Latte, Safira, and Bryn Gemflower along the way. They currently work on behalf of the Longstrider's Consortium.

Changemaker

A consortium job would lead the Changemakers to travel across Ostrea. There, Coin & Co. would find themselves mastering the skill of Ostrean Wayfinding. During this voyage, Coin survived an assassination attempt by mysterious grung sent in the night by the House of Flowers.

An oracle, discovered by the Changemaker crew, informed Coin of the whereabouts of a 'special coin'—one currently in the possession of a grung named Warty Barreltoad located somewhere in Shau.

Following an encounter with Jahteekam, Coin proved himself a disciple of the land, having his skin hardened and transformed from blue to slate gray by Jahteekam directly. His poison also became altered to now radiate a subtle heat.

Post-Ostrea

The Changemakers fled from Ostrea following an encounter with Xurrud. Their ship was left behind in the escape. Unable to travel, the crew settled in Nousha taking local Consortium jobs—leading to Coin's acquisition of the haunted house on 123 Merry Way.

When Silas was displaced from the blue palace throne, The Changemakers were tasked with recovering and releasing him from Xurrud's domain. Coin and his crew collected the three Chrononacrum keys, obtained by traveling the Fae Wilds. With all keys in hand, they spelunked through the Chrononacrum and defeated Xurrud, saving Silas in the process.

In Search of Frenzy

Following the retirement of Isaac and Krystal, The Changemakers recruited a young paladin named Saisen. The group agreed to locate and stop the source of a new drug called Purple Frenzy. The Changemakers traveled across the northwest coast, destroying shipments of Frenzy and learning that Sagheos was its source. Along the way, Coin struck a deal with the leader of the Worldeaters, securing himself a fleet of nearly 50 Worldeater vessels to aid in a siege against Sagheos' Lair.

While still in Shau, Coin crossed paths with a familiar face: Warty Barreltoad. Coin convinced Warty to part with his stolen Lucky Coin, in exchange for 5% of Coin's Corncob Stand profits as well as assurance the production of Purple Frenzy would be ended.

Personality & Affinities

Appearance

Coin is a short Grung, toned slate gray. On his torso is a large tattoo of the moon, surrounded by snowy mountains with clouds scattered around his shoulders.

He wears suspenders with business pants, as well as golden goggles around his neck. At all times, Coin has a coin somewhere on his person—generally hanging from his mouth. He frequently refers to it as his 'current lucky coin'.

Personality

Coin is a bossy capitalist, but he also acts with empathy to his crew and avoids actions that harm civilians or innocents. He is infinitely curious about the moon, an experienced herbalist, a proficient mapmaker, and a dicey but successful negotiator. He is also abnormally lucky.

Notable Achievements

• Inventor of Grungchess
• Ostrean Wayfinder
• Creator of "Over 238 coin tricks"
• Received a blessing from Jahteekaam
• Owed two favors by the Fae named Silas
• Owed one favor by the Teens of Toivoa

Relationships

Coin often shares stories of his cousins and tribe, particularly of how they each perished. It was confirmed by Coin that Seatoad Grung are given a name at birth and a new name at death, the latter of which correlates to either their greatest achievements or their cause of demise.

Seatoad Tribe & Cousins

• Warty Barreltoad (still alive): Coin's business rival and older cousin. He was Coin's superior during their early Seatoad days.
• Woh'Poh (devoured by giant snake): "All he ever wanted to do was dive deep into something foreign. He did."
• Jin'Joh (killed by dragon stepping on him): "He said he wanted to understand the scale of the world. I think he got the scale."
• See'Gap (flattened by bookshelf): "He was a record keeper, said he always felt crushed by his work. 'Guess he was right."
• Dee'Yem'Tee (took too many drugs): "He didn't die from doing the drugs. He died stealing them."
• Sye’Phon’Mi (death by succubus): "What a way to go."
• Clee'Nup (death unknown): "He was really into woodworking and a solid shipwright."
• Phishtoad Fib'Sham (death by archer, allegedly): "He supposedly died at the tail end of a solo battle with 400 archers, which he killed every one of before perishing himself. Coin is pretty sure that story is a total lie, and that Fib'Sham just played dead until the battle was over."
• Crab Handler Bob (death unknown): "I never want to see a crab again after today. Can you believe my cousin ran a FARM of them?"
• Wormface Aye Pah'Tch (death unknown): Lost their eye approaching a Mau.
• Cress Aunde (death unknown): A moon monk and a cowboy. He was the person who introduced Coin to the moon, and its importance.
• Cowtoad Buck (death by bullride): "The Seatoad still talk about the great ride of Cowtoad Buck. He grappled a Bull for 3 hours straight. Didn't stick the landing, though."
• Hel'Pme (death by seagull): Taken away by a seagull during a routine sail.
• Tehn'Ent (death by tapeworm): "Parasites are nothin'. My cousin Tehn'Ent once challenged his landlord to a duel and won. Died a few years later to a tapeworm, though."
• Webfoot Flii (death by spider): "We're doing way better than my cousin. He tried fighting a spider, but got caught in a web while running away."
• No'See (death unknown): "My cousin said he got my nose and I believed him for FOUR years."
• Phye'R'Werk (death by explosion): "He died by a random explosion, and my tribe honored him by partying all night."
• Naut'All'Der (death unknown): "My younger cousin."
• Th'Boye Whu Cryed'Wolf (death by wolf): "The first night he cried wolf as a joke, same as the second. The third night wasn't a joke, though."
• Oh'ld (death by old age): "The oldest grung I knew was only like, 55."
• Po'Tae Toed (death by mashing): "He was a Potato farmer. A sea potato farmer. Surprisingly, they are not edible."
• Flu (death by whooping cough):
• Pi'Bi (death unknown): "He was killed. Eaten with peanut butter. He left a widow. Her name was Jae."
• Bir'Dh'Fid (death by Tahti and Deathtalon in the sewers of Nousha):

Quotes

• (To a bloodmage) "Do you ever meet someone who doesn't have blood and just think to yourself, 'damn, checkmate'?"
• (To Silas, following a job) "We got the mirror. It was actually really easy... for us. It was easy for us. Other people would have had a really hard time getting the mirror."
• (Trying to put a bag of holding in another bag of holding) "What's the deal? It's just a bag."
• "Sure, Bryn. Next time I'll raise my head above the water and yell BA BA BOOEY."
• "Check out the quality on this map. And this drawing? Another one of my works. If you're looking for somethin' like this, go find yourself Seatoad Coin!"
• "Do you think they have the recipe for a Potion of Hydration? Well, actually that's just water."
• "If some shmuck can get Dragonchess to catch on, then I can get Grungchess to catch on too."
• "We don't need to worry, nobody's gonna find us here." Coin, having written 'ROOM UNDER MAINTENENCE' on a sideways table blocking the door.
• "I did make an appointment. I knocked on the door. That was me scheduling an appointment."
• "Word of advice, Saisen. Don't fall in love with your drug dealer."
• "You can either be a tree we burn and destroy or you can be a little lantern we knock over. So if you want to flicker on another day, you better co-operate. Is this metaphor getting out of hand? Ignore it!"
• "Crimes are more fun with an audience, I've found."
• "I'll heal him once it stops being funny."
• "Adverb? You can't add verbs, Safira. That's math."

Trivia

• Before Jahteekaam turned his skin slate gray, Coin's body was originally a shade of blue and purple.
• When several negative events happen to him in succession, he switches the coin in his mouth out with another from his bag.
• His likeness is inspired by the tale of the Money Toad by Liu Haichan.
• 'Haichan' combines 'hǎi', meaning ocean, and 'chán', meaning toad.
• His birth name is Jyn'Dom.
• Due to his natural poison immunity, he physically cannot get drunk.
• He is paranoid of wobbly bookshelves.
• He refers to his bucket as "his office".
• He prefers to work at a desk and will frequently improvise one out of nearby objects when necessary.
• Some of his "improvised" desks include: a stack of pillows, a turned-over bench, a fallen tree.

Currently Boarded Vehicle

Flight Risk

Sex

Male

Gender

Man

Aligned Organization

Toivoan Trainwreck