1.6 KiB
1.6 KiB
Orenn — The Barkeep (dead)
Look: Tall, lean man in his mid-fifties; silver-streaked hair, precise beard, clean rolled sleeves over old scars, measuring grey eyes. Vibe: Calm professional respect backed by the certainty that his single house rule will be obeyed.
- Before brawl: personally serves PCs, asks “business or pleasure,” offers useful introductions if they earn his trust
- Secretly still a fixer with Mags; kept the Guest imprisoned and used it to investigate the Order
- Xarrul kills him during Rennt's blackout: Brand → Visions → claws; resurrection always fails
- His death is the investigation scene, not a combat encounter
Body — Evidence
- DC 14 Medicine: Mundane brawl wound is survivable; fatal damage radiates outward from the heart. No defensive wounds.
- Black hand-brand: Surface unburned, flesh charred underneath.
- DC 15 Arcana: Necrotic, fiendish, personal signature.
- DC 18 Arcana: Pattern contains a fragment of Xarrul's true name; compare with Haddon's texts or Orenn's bestiary.
- Revivify, Raise Dead, and Resurrection find no soul to call back.
On His Person
- Tavern keys; 12 gp, 8 sp; plain silver ring.
- Black iron key: Deep Cellar concealed door and Vault.
- Silver mirror: The reflection functions as See Invisibility, including ghostly Ethereal creatures; no attacks cross planes.
What His Records Reveal
- Watched the Order and district disappearances but never connected them to the tear below.
- Case board, recent anti-fiend purchases, and letter to Mags show growing fear.
- Grey Quay bottle opener links him, Mags, and Sevra; old books link Haddon and Bren.