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	- '''[[Orhuhst]]''' - the current holder of the title, shown exercising both command and ritual authority aboard the Jagged Hand That Feeds. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.		* '''[[Orhuhst]]''' - the current holder of the title, shown exercising both command and ritual authority aboard the Jagged Hand That Feeds. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.
	- '''[[Loret]]''' - Orhuhst's dealings with her in his capacity as Hullseer extend beyond command into guardianship; he addresses her with an approval the narrative characterises as almost paternal. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.		* '''[[Loret]]''' - Orhuhst's dealings with her in his capacity as Hullseer extend beyond command into guardianship; he addresses her with an approval the narrative characterises as almost paternal. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.
	- '''[[Cotto]]''' - the pirate community whose leader bears the title; the Hullseer's authority is inseparable from the Cotto's collective identity and their covenant with the sea. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.		* '''[[Cotto]]''' - the pirate community whose leader bears the title; the Hullseer's authority is inseparable from the Cotto's collective identity and their covenant with the sea. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.

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Hullseer is the title borne by the leader of the Cotto, a band of sea-pirates operating beyond the familiar coasts of the setting. The designation is inseparable from command of the crew and of the vessel on which they sail, yet it is not reducible to a captaincy in any purely nautical sense: the Hullseer also presides over sea-ceremonies that bind the Cotto to the ocean and to the oaths and debts their community recognises. The office is thus at once operational, administrative, and liturgical.

At the time of the events of ''Days of Shattered Faith'', the title is held by Orhuhst, encountered aboard the Jagged Hand That Feeds conducting a rite in which the flesh of a fallen man is committed to the sea. His depiction establishes the Hullseer as a figure of paternal authority within the Cotto community, extending oversight beyond command into something approaching guardianship over younger members of the crew. The books sketch the role's institutional weight only in outline: no passage explains how the title is conferred, succeeded to, or contested, nor whether it entails duties beyond those witnessed in the single scene described.

== The Term ==
=== Meaning ===
Hullseer denotes the commanding leader of the Cotto pirates, a title tied to authority over both the crew and the specific vessel they sail. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50. The term additionally carries an explicitly ritual or liturgical dimension: the Hullseer conducts rites that feed the dead to the ocean and bind the community to its oaths. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50. An outside reader might take "Hullseer" for a simple captain's title; the books make clear it is also a priestly office mediating the Cotto's relationship to the sea.

=== Usage ===
The term functions as a formal title attached to the holder's name - "Hullseer Orhuhst" - rather than as a common noun in casual address. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50. Its register is official and communal, the way one would name the head of a household or the keeper of a covenant, and its use signals that the speaker acknowledges the holder's authority over both the ship and the spiritual obligations of the crew.

=== Origin ===
The books do not record where the word comes from or who first held the title.

== History ==
=== Days of Shattered Faith ===
In Days of Shattered Faith, the Hullseer is the title borne by the leader of the [[Cotto]] pirates, a designation tied to command of the crew and of the vessel on which they sail - ch 50. At the time of the novel's events the title is held by [[Orhuhst]], who is shown on the deck of the [[Jagged Hand That Feeds]] at twilight, presiding over a sea-ceremony in which the flesh of [[Kakrops]] is fed to the ocean - ch 50. The role thus carries not only operational authority over the pirate band but also a ritual or liturgical function: the Hullseer conducts rites binding the crew to the sea and to whatever debts or oaths the Cotto observe - ch 50. In his dealings with [[Loret]], Orhuhst's manner as Hullseer extends beyond command into something approaching guardianship, as he addresses her as "girl" with an approval the narrative characterises as almost paternal - ch 50. The notes give no indication of how the title is conferred, succeeded to, or contested, nor of whether it entails obligations beyond those observed in the single scene described.

== Relationships ==
- '''[[Orhuhst]]''' - the current holder of the title, shown exercising both command and ritual authority aboard the Jagged Hand That Feeds. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.
- '''[[Loret]]''' - Orhuhst's dealings with her in his capacity as Hullseer extend beyond command into guardianship; he addresses her with an approval the narrative characterises as almost paternal. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.
- '''[[Cotto]]''' - the pirate community whose leader bears the title; the Hullseer's authority is inseparable from the Cotto's collective identity and their covenant with the sea. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 50.

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