Dale Quinn
HarbormasterAGE 58Aliveantagonist
CORE PSYCHOLOGY
WANTEmpty the hold before the raise — the cargo goes over the side quietly or the count comes apart in public.
FEARThat Mara photographs the crates before his divers can reach them.
FALSE BELIEFThe lie has kept the families whole, so the lie was the kind thing.
SHAMEHe signed the Larkspur out overloaded and stood at fourteen funerals as the count's author.
DEFENSEHospitality and harbor procedure — there is a form for every question.
MORAL LINEThe families never pay for the harbor's sins twice.
CONTRADICTIONProtects the families by lying to them, and calls it stewardship.
CHARACTER ARC
KEEPER
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KNOWLEDGE STATE
FROM THE MATRIX →KNOWS
Joel surfaced alive that nightCANON-0140 · E03S17
The manifest was rewritten before dawnCANON-0117 · E02S07
Ruth banked the quiet settlementCANON-0121 · E02S13
The Larkspur carried unlisted cargoCANON-0130 · E03S12
The salvage bid is a retrieval jobCANON-0136 · E03S24
SUSPECTS
Lena's father was aboard the LarkspurCANON-0125 · E02S21
TALK TO DALE QUINN
ANSWERS FROM CANON AS OF E03S22WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY HONESTLY DON'T KNOW — THAT'S THE TEST
DIALOGUE VOICE
Hospitable to a fault; every threat sounds like a favor.Speaks in harbor procedure and form numbers.Never says Joel's name.