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'''Edith Darkwater''' (also known as '''Edith of Darkwater''', '''Edith the Dreaded''', '''Edith the Bloody''', and '''The Dread Queen of Darkwater''') was the notorious leader of the Darkwater Dozen, a pirate fleet which harassed merchant ships and the fledgling [[Belgrit|Belgritian]] navy from [[AY 1095]] to [[AY 1122]], as well as conducting other raids along the southern coast of [[Delun]] from [[Al-Uqh]] to [[Ordinatus]].
 
'''Edith Darkwater''' (also known as '''Edith of Darkwater''', '''Edith the Dreaded''', '''Edith the Bloody''', and '''The Dread Queen of Darkwater''') was the notorious leader of the Darkwater Dozen, a pirate fleet which harassed merchant ships and the fledgling [[Belgrit|Belgritian]] navy from [[AY 1095]] to [[AY 1122]], as well as conducting other raids along the southern coast of [[Delun]] from [[Al-Uqh]] to [[Ordinatus]].
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Aside from her more mundane exploits, Edith has also ascended into a figure of myth and legend, said to have stolen the moon from the sky and sunk the entire Belgritian armada and all manner of other such nonsense.
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Aside from her more mundane exploits, Edith has also ascended into a figure of myth and legend, said to have stolen the moon from the sky and sunk the entire Belgritian armada and all manner of other such nonsense. One of these rumors is that she possessed a set of magical pipes which could command the wind to carry her ship wherever she wished. A replica of these pipes is held in the Belgritian Hall of Curiosities in Domren.
    
== Early Life ==
 
== Early Life ==
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== Letters / Cipher ==
 
== Letters / Cipher ==
Most of the documents attributed to Edith which have surfaced over the years have been enciphered in some unknown manner. She is known to have used a unique system of runes possibly derived from the Dwarven script. One sample of such a message exists on display in the Belgritian Hall of Curiosities in Domren. It is reproduced below as an example.
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Most of the documents attributed to Edith which have surfaced over the years have been enciphered in some unknown manner. She is known to have used a unique system of runes possibly derived from the Dwarven script. One sample of such a message exists on display in the Belgritian Hall of Curiosities. It is reproduced below as an example.
 
[[File:Edith Darkwater Script Sample.jpg|center|thumb|An example of Edith Darkwater's enciphered communiques (intended orientation unknown). The text consists of one large rune (left) and 56 smaller runes (right) of different design.|alt=]]
 
[[File:Edith Darkwater Script Sample.jpg|center|thumb|An example of Edith Darkwater's enciphered communiques (intended orientation unknown). The text consists of one large rune (left) and 56 smaller runes (right) of different design.|alt=]]