Iago Branvin was Rakefang's fomer captain. A large stoat with dark brown fur, green eyes and a muscular build, his chosen weapon was his cutlass. Cause of death: Assassinated by his second-in-command to get his position. She poisoned him with hemlock inside a drinking goblet of honeyed wine. Iago is a minor character who appears in passing in Rakefang's diary and in a flashback in TQATR.