NPCs

Poltroon the Court Jester

NPC / retainer MÖRK BORG Bare Bones Edition, p.53

Practically useless. Personally irritating. An emotional drain. And yet — when the swords come out, Poltroon's capering somehow throws the enemy off. For the first two rounds, the Wretched Royalty and their allies gain +2 on attack and defence.

The jest does not land. The face-paint is smeared. The bells are tarnished. The enemy stares too long, trying to understand what Poltroon is for, and that staring is the gift.

Connections

Wretched Royalty, Hamfund the Squire, Barbarister the Incredible Horse

Gaps / Expansion Notes

Whether the jester knows the effect they have is unwritten. Whether they were hired, inherited, or summoned as part of a court that cannot now dismiss them is unwritten. The name is in scare-quotes in the source, suggesting it is a title or a mask rather than a birth-name.