NPCs

Benzen

a Schleswig guard, crossbow in hand, believing in chores

A man-at-arms out of Schleswig — formerly part of King Fathmu IX's scattering apparatus of city guards — now stranded in Graven-Tosk with Arga the Galgenbeck priest and Stein the Grift merchant. He helped kill The Undertaker in the Undertaker's Hut when she would not give them a way out of the cemetery. They are still there.

The crossbow is the most dangerous weapon in the hut. He believes in chores and first-watch the way a man believes in something that used to keep him alive.

Stat block: HP 3, Morale 9, Leather −d2, Crossbow d8 Carries 10 bolts.

Gaps / Expansion Notes

Whether he deserted King Fathmu IX's guard, was sent west on some errand, or merely outlived his unit before walking into the wrong forest, is unwritten. Once his 10 bolts are gone he is a man with an empty stirrup-bow in a graveyard that does not let you leave. His name is not from the Bare Bones d6 / d8 name tables.