Sailing Era Character Locations and Information

Character: Abdullah
Recruitment: Muscat after beating the game as him.
Specialties:
Skilled Fighter – Increased exp gain from battles
Ship Seizing Tactics – Ability to recruit ships that have surrendered
Loot – Increases supply gained when plundering ships
Languages – ArabicCharacter: Aji
Recruitment: Rose banner questline (triggered by a Garaba event in Malacca?)
Specialties:
Southeast Asian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the central south peninsula cultural sphere
Together as One – Increases sailor max morale
Hand-to-Hand Tactics – Inflicts enemy ships with water leakage after hand-to-hand combat
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Horn – +1 brawling +1 music
Languages: Khmer / Siamese

Character: Garaba
Recruitment: Picked up in a stowaway event seemingly somewhere in Southeast Asia (would like more detail if possible)
Specialties:
Java Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Southeast Asian cultural sphere
Pick the Lock – Chests can be opened immediately
Hidden Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 items
Languages: Indonesia / Khmer / Chinese

Character: Hiyar O’Worley
Recruitment: Pick up in (random?) port
Specialties:
Arabic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Arabic and East African cultural spheres
Doctor’s Kindness – Restores sailor morale after battle
Desert Traveler – Reduces supply consumption on Gobi terrain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Glass Reagent Case – Medicine +1; Organization +1
Languages: Arabic

Character: Katelyn
Recruitment: Requires Sassi Palmis. Look for a fleet called the Pirate Queen’s Fleet in the Red Sea and defeat it. After finding the five treasures, find her just north of Toamasina.
Specialties:
Pirate Star – Reduces exp required for upgrades
Rapid-Fire Cannon Expertise – Increased damage, accuracy, and penetration of Rapid-Fire Cannons
Languages: Spanish

Character: Lu Liyuan
Recruitment – Must find random event in a port first (not sure if the port is random?). Then, travel to Istanbul to see another event, and find him in the Western Turkey expedition (skill requirement?)
Specialties:
Ming Empire Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Ming Empire and Korean cultural spheres
Mountain Traveler – Reduce supply consumption on hills or swamp
Stone Identification – Increases trade profit of gemstones
Languages – Chinese

Character: Nasser
Recruitment: Rose banner questline (started by Garaba event in Malacca?)
Specialties:
Knowledgeable – Increase sailor max morale
Confusion Tactics – Inflicts confusion after hand-to-hand combat
Business Adept – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Persian cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Dice – +1 negotiation +2 firearm
Languages: Arabic

Character: Sassi Palmis
Recruitment: Complete the Holi questline in Calicut and attend the festival (requires completing Kanam’s questline?)
Specialties:
Indian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Indian cultural sphere
Dancing Grace – Increases sailor morale cap
Languages: Hindustani / Sanskrit

Character: Shen Shi
Recruitment: Pick up from the oceans around China in a random event
Specialties:
Scout – Reduce stamina loss during expeditions
[Unknown]
Languages: Chinese

Character: Takigawa Amagai
Recruitment: Meet in Nagasaki tavern and then learn about Moro-haku sake (Sakai I think?). Rescue from pirates.
Specialties:
Japanese Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Japanese cultural sphere
Ronin – When hp reaches 0 in duel, restore 1 hp and unleash an ultimate
Provocation – If both sides have morale after hand-to-hand combat, challenge the enemy to a duel
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Delicate Katana – +2 brawling
Languages: Japanese

Character: Yoshitaka Shizuma
Recruitment: Nagasaki after beating the game as them
Specialties:
Prestigious Shipbuilder – Grant exp when shipbuilding
Cats at Hand – protects fleet from rats
Craftsmanship Knowledge – Increase trade profit of industrial goods
Nature Surpassing – Can freely modify ship cabins
Languages: Japanese

Character: Yun Mu
Recruitment: Zhangzhou after beating the game as her. Purchase Moon Port Book of Facts to make her appear.
Specialties:
Scholar – increased EXP gain from discoveries
Analogist – Decreases requirements for interpreting books
Picky Shopping – Increases profits of goods based on amount of knowledge accumulated for them
Languages: Portuguese / Chinese

Character: Beluget
Recruit: After learning about the Minos fleet in west Africa, find and defeat the fleet. They will not attack you, you must attack them. Then, find Beluget in Cape Verde.
Specialties:
Has one specialty that does nothing. (Quest upgrade?)
Languages: Swahili / SpanishCharacter: Kornelly
Recruitment: Event and expedition in Toamasina
Specialties:
Wilderness Resident – Reduce supply consumption in forest
Way of Preservation – Increase fish gained from fishing and trade profit on fish
Languages: Hausa

Character: Anastasia
Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Mustafa Amir in Beirut.
Specialties:
Eastern European Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Balkan cultural sphere
Spinner – Increases profits of textile goods
Neat Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 items
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Ring Broach – +1 selection +1 organization
Languages: SlavicCharacter: Andrea
Recruitment: Bring black pepper to Calais and recruit in the tavern
Specialties:
French Climate: Increases trade profits and contribution in French cultural sphere
Spice Expert – Increased profit from food and spice goods
[Unknown]
Languages: French

Character: Andreas Heinrich
Recruitment: See event in Pisa and then find event in Naples expedition
Specialties:
Nordic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Northern European cultural sphere
March – Reduces supply consumption
Strong Willed – Protects fleet from hallucination
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Knight’s Longsword – +50hp +1 brawling
Languages: German

Character: Andrew
Recruitment: After beating the game as Andrew, recruit at the Lisbon pier.
Specialties:
Adventurous Spirit – Increases EXP gained from sailing
Innate Leader – Reduces EXP required to level up character who are below Andrew’s level
Route Pathfinder – Discovering new ports grants +100 local contribution
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Compass – +2 leadership +1 geography
Languages: Portuguese

Character: Beatrice
Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam, start by going to Amsterdam in November
Specialties:
Craftmanship – Increases trade profit of artware
Lowland Climate – Increases trade profit and contribution in Dutch cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Tulip brooch – +3 organization
Languages: Dutch

Character: Carlos Cortez
Recruitment: In Seville after recruiting Blackbeard (and possibly Costello?).
Specialties:
Spanish Nobility – Increases trade profit and contribution in Iberian cultural sphere
Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of cannons
[Unknown]
Languages: Spanish

Character: Costello Hermann
Recruitment: Monica (Seville Barmaid) questline
Specialties:
Seasoned Pirate – Increased chance of inflicting abnormal status with cannons
Troublemaker – Inflicts enemy ship with burning after hand-to-hand combat
Master of Love – Unlocks sweet talk interaction with barmaids. Random chance for either +50 or -20 favorability.
Languages: Spanish

Character: Daniel Crete
Recruitment: See event in Trieste then travel a few times between Venice and Trieste. Eventually rescue from pirates.
Specialties:
Surgery – Recovers a portion of dead sailors after battle
Plague Doctor – Protects from plague while sailing
Pharmacological Mastery – increases profits from trading medicine
Extra Equipment Bonus – +1 brawling +1 medicine
Languages: Italian

Character: Dietlind
Recruitment: Starts with the quest in Benghazi from the merchant. You then meet her in the tavern at Hamburg. After that, find the deed to a ship from Lübeck and order a ship at the shipyard there. After a pirate encounter outside the port, she joins.
Specialties:
German Climate: Increases trade profit and contribution in German cultural sphere
Sniper – Increased damage in boarding attacks
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Daybreak – +30 hp +1 firearm
Languages: German / Slavic

Character: Esmeralda
Recruitment: Find in Marseilles and then Palma (Requires Daniel I think)
Specialties:
Thought Reader – Interpret news topic that barmaids are interested in
Caravan – Increases expedition load (seems to double)
Romani Traditions – Increases profit of trading hobby goods
Languages: French / Slavic / Greek

Character: Henry
Recruitment – Recruit Blackbeard and then find in London
Specialties:
Remote Combat – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration of long-barreled cannons
Briber – Increases max sailor morale
Languages: English

Character: Joyce de Fritz
Recruitment: Recruit in Amsterdam
Specialties:
Precise Routing – Increase Fleet auto-sail speed
Mathematics – Increase fleet artillery accuracy
Orange Addict – Protects the fleet from scurvy
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Sextant – +1 mapping +1 geography
Languages: Dutch / Portugeuese / German

Character: Loris Falaise
Recruitment: Purchase his songbook in the London item shop and then recruit in the London tavern
Specialties:
Italian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Italian cultural sphere
Oenology – Increases alcohol trade profits
Bard – Increases contribution gain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Gone with the Wind – +1 music +1 treasure
Languages: Italian

Character: Maltim Almeida Blanca
Recruitment: Travel to Genoa and speak to him in the tavern. Then, discover Ras ben Sakka (is this Andrew only?)
Specialties:
Seasoned Officer – Increases negotiation success rate with NPCs
Climate Conqueror – Drastically reduces hull damage in storms
Supply Utilization – Reduces consumption of supplies while sailing
Extra Equipment Bonus – +1 observation +2 selection
Languages: Portuguese

Character: Mustafa Amir
Recruitment: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Anastasia in Beirut.
Specialties:
Turkish Nobility – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Turkish and North African cultural spheres
Treasure Appraisal – Adds a chance to obtain precious items when trading
Fire Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, accuracy, and penetration ability of fire cannons
Languages: Turkish

Character: William Ansel
Recruitment: Pick up in London and take him to Ceuta to recruit (requires 100 contribution in London).
Specialties:
British Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in British cultural sphere
Sketch – Increases rewards and contribution from reporting discoveries
Journey of Odysseus – No longer become out of control in storms
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Scholar Flat Cap – +1 geography +1 humanities +1 biology
Languages: English / Latin / Greek / Portuguese / Spanish

Character: Yuskin
Recruitment: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam (go to Amsterdam in November to start) After recruiting Beatrice, go to Venice.
Specialties:
Penny Pinching – Reduce fleet supply and sailor wage costs
Merchant of Venice – increased experience and profits from trading specialties
Business Craft – increased rewards from completing business contracts
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Tiny Golden Scale – +1 calculating +1 selection
Languages: Italian / Dutch

Character: Blackbeard
Recruitment: Finish his questline in Nassau
Specialties:
Coercion – Adds chance to cause confusion when battles take place
Reign of Terror – Provides protection from confusion
Tyrannical – Can recruit surrendered small and medium ships
[Unknown]
Languages: EnglishCharacter: Jaca
Recruitment: Nassau tavern after recruiting Blackbeard
Specialties:
Caribbean Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Caribbean cultural sphere
Boarding Tactics – Allows hand-to-hand combat immediately when a ram collides with an enemy ship
Fearless Charge – Increases ram damage
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Eagle Warrior Armor – +1 leadership +1 brawling
Languages: Indian / Spanish

Character: Marma Cora
Recruitment: Wolf child clue in Veracruz
Specialties:
Inca Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Central and South American and West Coast American cultural spheres
Instincts – Increase Field of View in expeditions
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Deer Whistle – +1 biology +1 brawling
Languages: Indian