Petiros Salty Pete Vran
Petiros Salty Pete Vran
At the table
Voice
Raspiness like sandpaper on oak, punctuated by a frequent dry cough.
His voice is a gravelly baritone with a thick coastal accent. He peppers his speech with nautical metaphors and often calls people 'Matey' or 'Governor' depending on how much he wants to manipulate them.
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How to play them
Pete will try to charm the players first, offering them a 'special' discount or a drink to lower their guard before pumping them for information.
Goal
To secure the upcoming shipment of forbidden arcane relics before Captain Vane finds out.
Motivation
To acquire enough leverage over Captain Vane to eventually replace him as the kingpin of the port, while ensuring the local tiefling community remains protected from city guards.
Appearance
Pete has skin the color of bruised plums and salt-cured leather. His left horn is snapped off halfway, the jagged edge capped with a tarnished brass ring engraved with seafaring runes, while his right horn spirals high like an obsidian needle. He possesses a charismatic smile that reveals a single gold tooth, yet his eyes are a startling, pupilless milky-white that seem to stare through you rather than at you. He moves with a fluid, rolling gait as if he is constantly adjusting to the deck of a pitching ship, even when standing on solid stone.
Clothing
He wears a salt-crusted, high-collared navy coat over a tattered silk waistcoat that was once bright emerald. His trousers are tucked into heavy, oil-skin boots, and several leather pouches are strapped to a wide utility belt.
Body language
He leans in close when talking, invading personal space to create a false sense of intimacy. He constantly looks at the shadows instead of the person he is addressing.
- Height
- 5 feet 8 inches
- Build
- Wiry and lean with surprisingly broad shoulders
- Eyes
- Opaque Milky White
- Hair
- Coal Black, pulled into a greasy ponytail
- Skin
- Deep Purple and Weather-beaten Red
- Age
- 34 years old
- Gender
- Male
- Size
- Medium
Distinguishing features
Personality
11 traits and drivesPete is a man of professional warmth and private ice. He is incredibly generous with local gossip and drinks for strangers, yet he is notoriously miserly with his own crew, counting every copper twice. He presents himself as everyone's best friend in the port, but those who look closely notice he never lets anyone stand behind him and always keeps his hand near his belt. He is calm during crises but becomes uncharacteristically twitchy and irritable when the weather is too clear.
- Alignment
- Neutral Evil
Quirks
Habits
Traits · 4
Flaws · 2
Fears · 3
Wants and needs · 2
Combat
AC 12 · HP 9 · 30 feetPete does not fight fair. If engaged, he will immediately throw a smoke bomb or kick over a lamp to create darkness. He will then flee into the nearest crawlspace or narrow gap, using his knowledge of the Chandlery to set off mundane traps like falling nets or crates.
Petiros Salty Pete Vran
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Equipment
- Dagger of the Docks (weapon)A rusted but sharp blade hidden in his left boot.
- Smuggler's Coat (wondrous item)A heavy coat with four interior hidden pockets.
- Brass Horn-Cap (accessory)A decorative cap on his broken horn that functions as a holy symbol for Infernal pacts if needed.
Possessions
Background
Born to a disgraced navigator, Pete spent his youth as a bilge rat on smuggler vessels. During a failed heist involving Captain Vane, Pete was the only survivor, losing half a horn in the process. Instead of seeking revenge, he made himself indispensable to Vane as a shore-side eyes-and-ears. He now operates out of Silas’s Chandlery, Shop 1, where he has spent years hollowly carving out secret crawlspaces between the walls of the port district to facilitate the movement of goods and secrets.
Role in the story
The players' primary contact for black market goods and secret paths through the city. He serves as an unreliable narrator and a gateway to the port's criminal subplots.
“During a failed heist involving Captain Vane, Pete was the only survivor, losing half a horn in the process.”
- Faction
- The Brine-Bound Syndicate
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