Gjalund Salt-Sage

Gjalund Salt-Sage is the captain of the Northern Maiden and can be found in Windhelm Docks aboard his ship.

Dragonborn
Gjalund is found in Windhelm Docks and brings the Dragonborn to Solstheim.

At first he says he doesn't want to go back to Solstheim. He can't remember how he sailed to Windhelm and he can't remember anything from the whole journey. This is the reason why he doesn't want to go back. He can be bribed, intimidated or persuaded to bring the Dragonborn to Solstheim.

After the first trip to Solstheim, Gjalund will charge you 250 gold for each consecutive trip. However, this can be bypassed by using the fast travel arrow on the corner of Solstheim's and Skyrim's world map to alternativly traverse the two regions.

Bugs

 * If the player is over-encumbered and trying to get back to Skyrim, Gjalund will still give the appropiate dialogue and charge the player the fee of 250 gold, but after a very short loading screen the player will not have moved from the spot they were standing in when they talked to him.
 * Dropping the appropiate amount of items will make the ship usable again, but at that point it is easier to just fast travel and save yourself some gold.

Trivia
Some characters, including the Redoran Guard, pronounce his name as "Jalund" with an English-style "j" sound.