Merykare (pronounced meh-ree-KAR-rey) is the captain of the Pelesetian ship Instructions for the Next in Line. Born in Khapesh sometime around Y9200*, Merykare served in the desert kingdom's navy for several decades until his death fighting raiders along the Salt Coast. Almost a century later, his skeleton was raised by a pirate necromancer to work the oars in their galley. Unwilling to serve his enemies in life, the small fragment of Merykare's soul that remained wrenched its self-determination back and fled the ship, diving overboard and walking on the seafloor until he reached Akhom.
Merykare remained in Akhom until the Deluge destroyed the nation, hiding on the margins of society by joining less-scrupulous merchant crews who tolerated his undead nature. After the Deluge, the crew he was with at the time decided to join other Akhoman survivors in forming the Third Beginning Fleet. Merykare has remained with the ship in the centuries since, eventually rising to its captain.