Cal Rissian was a notorious Libaterran smuggler and captain of the Chiliad Cormorant during the events of the Rose of the Desert. He was addicted to gambling, and in his later years he lost his ship to another smuggler named Hans Olo in a game of poker. Since then Cal has been operating a successful smuggling service from his Cloud Cottage by the river north of Reign, letting black market goods and people into the city via a secret underground tunnel for a fee.