Mr. Pomfret
Mr. Pomfret
At the table
Voice
A dry, forward voice with a slight rasp from years of speaking over stone dust and archive silence. His words carry clearly without being loud; he places emphasis like a clerk placing a seal, exact and difficult to mistake. When amused, a brief gravelly chuckle escapes before he can suppress it.
He speaks with the clipped precision of a clerk who has had to make every word fit in a narrow margin. His consonants are clean and deliberate, shaped by years of reading entries aloud over the scrape of stone and the rasp of quills. When tired, a quarry-town bluntness surfaces; when angry, his pace quickens and his sentences become startlingly plain.
Speech patterns
How to play them
Offer him a specific fact, document, or practical task and he becomes a useful ally. He distrusts grand promises but respects someone who admits uncertainty. If approached about the archive flood, he answers plainly once, then redirects the conversation toward what can still be fixed.
Goal
Find who altered the Hall of Measures' property records and restore the claims before the next round of evictions.
Motivation
To make protection mean more than a ward around a cabinet: he wants vulnerable people to have records and safeguards that actually hold.
Appearance
Mr. Pomfret is compact even for a dwarf, with the square, carefully balanced stance of someone accustomed to narrow aisles and crowded counters. His skin is warm umber, textured with faint freckles across the bridge of his nose; a dense, precisely trimmed beard is parted into two short forks and bound with plain black thread. He moves in economical steps, turning his whole body toward whoever speaks rather than craning his neck. In a room, his eyes travel first to hinges, exits, and the hands nearest the door, then settle on faces. The unexpected detail: his spotless waistcoat is embroidered inside the hem with tiny, exuberant frogs, a private pattern visible only when he reaches high.
Clothing
A spotless dark waistcoat over ink-dark sleeves, high-collared shirt, close-fitting trousers, and practical polished boots. A heavy chain of labeled brass keys hangs around his neck. The coat's inner hem bears a tiny embroidered procession of frogs.
Body language
He occupies less space than his broad shoulders suggest, keeping his elbows tucked in and his key chain close to his chest. His gaze measures doorways and hands before faces. When he trusts someone, he turns squarely toward them and lets his shoulders drop; when he doubts a claim, he becomes very still and holds the speaker's gaze without blinking.
- Height
- 4 feet 3 inches
- Build
- Short, broad-shouldered, and sturdy, with a clerk's careful posture and a quarry worker's thick wrists.
- Eyes
- Dark hazel, usually fixed on the nearest exit or working hand
- Hair
- Black, with a few copper strands in his beard
- Skin
- Warm umber with faint freckles across his nose
- Age
- Thirty-eight, a young adult by dwarf standards
- Gender
- Male
- Size
- Medium
Distinguishing features
Personality
10 traits and drivesMr. Pomfret is cautious with people but bold about stepping between danger and someone weaker. He takes rules seriously because he has seen what happens when they fail, yet he will break a procedure without hesitation to prevent immediate harm. In a quiet office he is fussy and dryly funny; under pressure he becomes brisk, direct, and unexpectedly brave. He is generous with practical help and guarded with personal explanations.
- Alignment
- Lawful neutral
Quirks
Habits
Traits · 3
Flaws · 3
Fears · 2
Wants and needs · 2
Combat
AC 12 · HP 22 · 25 ft.Avoids a fair fight. He opens with control or protection, uses cover and allies, and keeps his Arcane Ward between danger and anyone who cannot defend themselves. He saves Shield for a decisive hit and Misty Step for escape or repositioning. If cornered, he uses Shatter to make space, then retreats.
Mr. Pomfret
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Equipment
- Brass-tipped walking stick (arcane focus)A spellcasting focus used for his wizard spells.
- Key chain (tools)A heavy chain carrying labeled keys to archive cabinets, his office, and several doors he is not supposed to open.
- Spellbook (adventuring gear)Contains copied ward diagrams, notes on altered records, and meticulous spell research.
- Clerk's satchel (adventuring gear)A small pouch of components, two stamped cinder tokens, sealing wax, and a spare nib.
Possessions
Background
Born to a family of quarry measurers, Mr. Pomfret learned early that a misplaced mark could cost someone a home. He took a clerk's post in the municipal archive, where he found a talent for warding fragile deeds and sealing dangerous records. During a disastrous basement flood, he had to choose between rescuing a trapped apprentice and preserving a cabinet of land grants that would have kept dozens of families from eviction. He saved the apprentice; the grants dissolved. The choice made him more protective of people and more exacting about systems meant to protect them. He now works at the Hall of Measures, where he quietly repairs broken wards and tries to trace who has been altering property records. His closest tie is to the rescued apprentice, now a suspiciously capable courier who keeps bringing him scraps of evidence. His former supervisor insists the old grants were already doomed, but Pomfret has never believed him.
Role in the story
A meticulous information broker and abjuration specialist whose investigation can reveal a conspiracy behind local evictions. He offers safe passage through the archive and practical magical support, but his hidden evidence makes him vulnerable to both his supervisor and the courier he wants to protect.
“Pomfret learned early that a misplaced mark could cost someone a home.”
- Faction
- Clerk of the Hall of Measures, a municipal archive whose name began as a boast about its perfect records and is now an old-fashioned local phrase.
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