Doldor

Doldor sends to the party via Shian-messenger, "I feel like we should probably help the captain with the toll; maybe split it half and half with him or something. I've still got some gold to spare, and I've crafted all the big things I wanted to make at the moment. This thing seems like a cut above our pay grade. At most, whichever of us is feeling the most charismatic could tell it that we're on a noble mission to realign the cosmology of the world... Or perhaps not, since it's an aquatic creature and we want to reverse the Inundation."

He realizes the last bit as he thinks the message, and pats his newly improved Periapt with gratitude.