Xavier Tinkertooth

Though a minor character in the show, Xavier Tinkertooth is considered to be an important through-line of the series and believed, by some, to be a self-insert by author C. W. Hinslin.

Tinkertooth begins as a deck mate aboard the Shadow's Gale, a ship captained by Necronaut Rondo Spectare but by the end of the series has joined the Cogs-Folk as boatswain of the Amber Mist. In the original novel series, he was introduced as a crew member of the True Wind vessel, Fate's Reckoning, which was destroyed by the Shadow's Gale, beginning his exploration into the ways of the Necronauts.

This journey is said to mirror the author's own internal struggles during his writing career as he began seeking fame, struggled with his mortality in mid-life, and finally resigned himself to relative obscurity with a small but dedicated fan bae of readers.