River Queen

River Queen

(Ship)

Class

Sternwheeler paddleboat

Keel

77 ft.

Beam

20 ft.

Draft

3 ft.

Propulsion

Protean engine

Captain(s)

Kelim Esteban

Crew

2+

Source: River into Darkness, pg(s). 5-7

The River Queen is a sternwheeler paddleboat owned by the Aspis Consortium and operated on the Vanji River in the Mwangi Expanse. It travels between Bloodcove and Nightfall Station at a speed of 6 miles per hour in calm water. Going with or against the current can increase or decrease this by up half. It is operated only during daylight, as it is dangerous to navigate the river's tricky channels in the dark.

It was built to be as light and manoeuvrable as possible, so is made mostly out of wood and powered by a rare and magical protean engine.

Its sister ship is the ill-fated Lady Fortune.

Crew

The ship's minimum crew is two—one to pilot, and one to take soundings of the river bottom—but it generally travels with a larger complement. As of 4708 AR, the captain is Kelim Esteban, a human from the Shackles.