Lord Avondis Declan

Commodore Avondis is in charge of the small fleet assigned to Saltmarsh by the The Lords Alliance. He is a career Navy man and has twice refused to retire. Though he is old now he was known as a shrewd fleet commander in his day and was the tactician behind the famous Declan Maneuver that resulted in the defeat of a large Luskan pirate fleet 30 years ago. A story he is fond of retelling. In his twilight years, he has grown quite deaf and become something of a pompous blowhard. Largely due to the constant puffing up he receives from his primary aide, the weasely Adjunct Pird Chitterling.

As Commodore he is the primary authority of the Lord's Alliance in Saltmarsh, but mostly stays aboard his flagship, the impressive LNS Swift Decision, a large, rated, war galleon. 
The Commodore may seem a doddering old fool unaware that his time has long passed, but every so often a glimpse of the shrewdness and nobility he once possessed flits to the surface as if a layer of fog lifts revealing a beautiful sea. The Commodore sports a large handlebar mustache and a bald head. He has pale skin and watery brown eyes. In his youth he stood 6 feet tall but has become somewhat hunched with age and walks with a slight limp.