Sthalmann & The Barracudas

[Anonymoose]

Ooooh so that is the source of the horn you always ask Ferne about?!

Yuss!

And his admiral was male? So beloved merlwyb has been the Admiral for how long?

I'm not entire sure, actually. Sthalmann tells Y'shtola in 1562 that the male admiral is new-ish, like two weeks before before he's assassinated. And then in 1572, Merlwyb's policies are still considered rather new and shocking, as well. I've never firmly established if Merlwyb won the Trident in 1562 and changed when Urianger came around, or whether there were Admirals between them. There may be some things I've missed that narrow it down, but Merlwyb's been admiral somewhere between 5 and 15 years.

I think the biggest clue is that Merlwyb has Mistbeard's guns and Mistbeared disappeared a while before 1572. We now know that the last Mistbeard let the legend die because he believed Merlwyb could bring Limsa Lominsa forward and he wanted to be a part of it, so if he disappeared that long ago, perhaps she's been Admiral for quite a while.