What distinctive or interesting NPC characters would you like to meet in your travels on the Sea of Thieves? Mk II

I would like to meet a old man floating on a raft in the sea who tells you about his encounters of large sea creature /whale

and would give you last know location as a reward if you take him to a outpost so you can go and hunt it down for reward

Would like meeting different tribal Shamen at the shrines we come across on various islands,or Voodoo priests. Some would be friendly and help you others would be hostile ☠

A lonely pirate on an empty island with a single bullet in his pistol. If asked, he'd tell you what he did. It would be a dark story. Not black/white tho. Let's say he did something really bad to save his daughter. Maybe he killed his best friends. And after hearing it you can decide if you wanna take him to an outpost or let him to his death. For that you'd be rewarded his special pistol that could only carry one bullet with it but be an instakill.

@katttruewalker
I'd love to find a grumpy old man, who is hiding in a lost dungeon or cave on a hidden island.
Talking to him, he would point you to an unmarked island or a sunken shipwreck full of treasure while telling you a scary story of how he got his scars and how you should never venture to those locations. Once ye decide to go tho, treasure awaits like man kind has never seen before, on the way there would be all sorts of enemies trying to get rid of ya.

Honestly, I'd just love any direct easter egg or otherwise connection to Pirates of the Caribbean, those films were my obsession and led me to be a nut for games like this!

Candle stick lady. When traveling at night, lots of ships have all their lanterns off to avoid getting spotted. Candlestick lady is an old decrepit ghost who appears in the darkness, slowly walking towards you with her single candle held out in front, if she touches you, you die. You must balance out between keeping your ship in darkness for stealth and keeping an eye out for candlestick lady, if she appears you must put a lantern on and stay by it for a while till she vanishes to haunt another ship...for now.

Also an old fat man wearing glasses chanting something like.

Free, free, free...
Free will never be.
Sail, sail, sail...
Sail will never fail.
Steam, steam, steam...
Steam's my precious dream.
1 , 2 , 2-1 and 2-2. Free? Free will never ever be. Cards will do. Forever they will do.
(he should look somewhat like this)

Love the mad pirate thing both lost at sea/shipwrecked on an island and those in a cage, possibly even just a skelly in a cage for that more macabre touch.

I like the idea of gallows on some islands or outposts just as aesthetics.

Wild tribes would make for a great addition to current enemies and could even carry spears, blowpipes and the like, it could also be region specific as to provide areas to go if you wanted tribal attire, (find and loot the tribal huts/camp).

I'd love to see some aestheticly placed npc's, not for purpose but to give more vibrancy to the ports/outposts. For example, fishmongers, market traders, bakers, farmers and not at all least, those walking npc's that just roam the island moving from shop to shop or fishing in the sea or even creating romances on the beach. I feel they are underrated but add so much to the feeling of life in these sort of locations.

Also maybe a shipwrecked sailor floating by on a barrel / in a barrel boat.

Kind of tying into what @fullmetaljakee suggested, I'd like to see St. Elmo's Fire implemented into the game, and then allow it to spawn on rare occasions some sort of spirit or ghost, something green and fiery that dances around in the crows nest or something. If you want it to stop acting like a beacon for your ship at night, you need to go up there and douse it with water.

@labarge28 said in What distinctive or interesting NPC characters would you like to meet in your travels on the Sea of Thieves? Mk II:

Kind of tying into what @fullmetaljakee suggested, I'd like to see St. Elmo's Fire implemented into the game, and then allow it to spawn on rare occasions some sort of spirit or ghost, something green and fiery that dances around in the crows nest or something. If you want it to stop acting like a beacon for your ship at night, you need to go up there and douse it with water.

Awesome idea

@knightx13 I dunno who Garry you speak of is, but that was meant to be Gaben /)_-

I would like to see some famous pirates. Long John, Black Beard, Anne Boney amongst others.

@erinom3 love the mermaid rescue mission idea, can imagine that being fun.
As for a musical ghost, i image that you could play the tune and the ghost would dance on deck then scurry off in the direction of the treasure before dropping under the waves, this way solo sloopers could follow instead of having to play, steer, play... As would feel to clunky. Love the idea of the whole follow me thing.

I've seen it a few times and posted it myself a few times as well but SIRENS merfolk who try to draw you into the water by song and beauty. The storm/grog effect could be implemented when nearby slowly pulling you, your crew and your ship towards nearby rocks or overboard. Once in the drink they set upon you with more ferocity than even the shark.

I entertained the thought of interactions with the mermaids who graciously teleport us back to our ships.

Maybe a shipwreck where there is a distraught mermaid who’s devastated that they were unable to help the crew of the doomed vessel and is continuously swimming around it in the hopes of finding a survivor but never finding one

@onizam maybe she's dead too, crushed under the boat debris, she just doesn't know it. If you swin through the remains you can find her remains.

I love the idea of little underwater quests.

EDIT

Just another idea but what about a shanty band, pay them to join you (following you around whilst playing music) for time, then they jump off near the next outpost.