I should clarify that I'm planning to play a human character, or at least one of the basic races. This game is going to be more based around roleplay and politickin' than combat, and I want a character who is conceptually fairly simple and easy for everyone to wrap their heads around.
We are also starting at level 7 and probably not getting beyond that.

I want at least a reasonably high Int because Investigate checks will be big in this game. The rest of the party is a Moon Druid (tanking) and a half-elf Lurker in the Deep warlock (debuff and control). This is a mostly nautical campaign.