The Admiral

The Admiral, whose full name is Admiral Sheldon Footjurn, is one of the major characters of ''Poorthwart: The Cataclysm. ''He is a resident of Level 4 and a close friend of Tyco Brahe.

Description
The Admiral is shaped like an inverted horseshoe, with an extremely long and pointy nose. Instead of hair, he has a chimney on his head which can begin to smoke when he is frightened, angry or agitated, and can occasionally produce other objects, or serve as a window into his mind. He has webbed feet, which can adjust into other shapes, and his legs and body can distort wildly - including the appearance and disappearance of arms of any length, and of other objects instead of arms. By default, he manifests no arms at all.

Personality
The Admiral is a loyal friend to Tyco, and brave - to the point of defiance - in the face of danger. However, he is also prone to playful or flippant activities that make little sense, and is by the far the most emotional member of the group. He can be easily startled or riled into anger or anxiety, and must often be talked down from such states by Tyco Brahe or the others. Despite his brilliance, he is capable of extraordinary acts of stupidity and insanity.

While he is capable of defending himself and even prone to join in combat when needed, the Admiral is fervently anti-war and believes the cycle of blood feuds caused by states of war to be a phenomenon worth stopping at all costs.

Notable Inventions
The Admiral is the most brilliant inventor and entrepreneur in all of Poorthwart, by many accounts. He has built several airships, including The Ballyhoose; the highly powerful and famous airship Selbeneer, which is able to tap into the Wobbles and the Weirds in powerful ways to trap states of war; and the Nighthoose, which was designed specifically for its ability to serve as a floating battle station when going up against Carnival Weep.

He also adapted the Fishdrack series of robots from a design created by professors at Clock Town.

Poorthwart: The Cataclysm
Little is known about his life prior to the events of Poorthwart: The Cataclysm, but it is understood that he has spent time using his airship Selbeneer to capture states of war wherever they exist within Poorthwart, in an effort to bring peace. He has also indicated that he built Selbeneer to be able to escape the sight of the Anchorites when he wishes to, but the reasons for this are not made clear.