Minor Figures of Harwith¶
The villagers of Harwith, a Sancturi frontier village that was swallowed overnight by the Icy Hollow of the devil Hal'Gamesh at the opening of the Sancturi Campaign in the Fifth Age (S138). Two of them were the Hollow's agents; most were simply its prey. The innkeeper Normand Haket and the slave Kaito Tadaheik have pages of their own.
Harwith's roster was first written for a village called Hearnst, whose Hollowlord was Hez'Vandros (S144, S145); the Harwith scenario (S138) replaced it, renaming a few villagers. Where a name changed, the earlier name is given in the entry.
Adile Lamar¶
The eight-year-old daughter of Colas and Sophie Lamar, hanged with her parents from the great tree in the village. She and her mother were "accused and found guilty of obstruction by the Sancturi" for trying to hide her grandmother, the witch Demete, from the Sancturi witch hunters. She had discovered Albert Hanival's secret, and he turned the family in. In the Hearnst draft she is named Arlette.
Sources: S138; as Arlette in S144; unnamed in S145.
Albert Hanival¶
The village sawyer, "a big, built middle aged man" who owns the lumbermill. "A witch, he trades minor things (info, some blood, reagents and the occasional traveller) with Hal for access to the Hollow. He is popular and liked by everyone. He may comment in the inn how dangerous the road out of town can be." He works the mill with four slaves, Kaito Tadaheik, Nashida Urallis, Fjolmunder and Gatrell. When the Lamar daughter found out his secret, he turned the family over to the Sancturi witch hunters. In the Hearnst draft his bargain was for the devil's imps to cut his lumber while "he pretends to do it himself"; he warns travellers of the road and of "a dark creature with oily black skin the size of a dog" to keep them from the clearings, offers lone travellers "a safer path" out of town that is a trap, and "has captured the souls of the Lamars and feeds it to the demons/devils."
Sources: S138; S144, S145 for the Hearnst draft.
Alzina Ambray¶
Wife of Felix Ambray; the couple are wheat and turnip farmers, "the most well-off people in town", with a horse and cart and a house in good repair. They "dont much like the Varleys", and have been trying to buy or rent the widow Lucillis Damour's fields cheaply.
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Bernas Ambray¶
The Ambrays' son, fifteen, who "works the farm and as a stableboy at the inn and sometimes helps Albert haul wood."
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Colas Lamar¶
Of the dead farmers "Colas & Sophie Lamar", Colas is by the roster's usual order the husband. He was hanged with his wife and daughter, "guilty of obstruction" after his family hid the witch Demete from the Sancturi witch hunters. The three "hanging people" still hung from the great tree when the Hollow came. The Hearnst draft explains why they were left so long: "to makes sure their spirits pass on."
Sources: S138; S144 (unnamed).
Demete¶
The Lamar family's grandmother, a witch. When the Sancturi witch hunters came, her family tried to hide her; "the grandmother and their house was burned."
Sources: S138; unnamed in S144, S145.
Felix Ambray¶
Head of the Ambray family of wheat and turnip farmers, the wealthiest household in Harwith; see Alzina Ambray.
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Fjolmunder¶
A slave of Albert Hanival's sawmill: "(Gentled): a captured Oesterkull Raider."
Sources: S138.
Gatrell¶
A slave of the sawmill: "(Gentled): a captured soldier of Arnyr (was a captain)."
Sources: S138.
Genie Basset¶
Wife of Turgis Basset; cattle ranchers whose house is "the furthest from town", who "have lost a bunch of cattle recently, just up and disappeared." In the Hearnst draft the family is named Basquet.
Sources: S138; as Basquet in S144, S145.
Gofrei Varley¶
An elderly farmer of onions and potatoes, and "a Hollowlock Necromancer associated to the Hollow. He is responsible for the Hollow's sudden expansion to cover the village ... he has been building an Umbralar 'Dark Spirit Idol' (an enchanted effigy/statue/construct containing spiritual energy that can extend the hollow) beneath his house and is in league with Hal." At the devil's court he managed the blood-letting of the pact, and he worked on the Patchwork Abomination, a living vessel "large enough for a greater demon." In the Hearnst draft he is "a Spirit & Death Magic Hollowlock" who, with the devil, made a spirit totem "which they can use to spy on the players and locate them", binding their spirits so that "after death, their spirits will not go to the heavens"; he "won't die for Haz", and if not dealt with first would flee with the totem to bargain his way into another Hollow.
Sources: S138; S144, S145 for the Hearnst draft.
Heidi Varley¶
Gofrei Varley's wife, an elderly farmer of onions and potatoes. With her husband she treats their adopted son badly.
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Lina Ambray¶
The Ambrays' daughter, seventeen, who "works the farm and as a barmaid in the inn."
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Lucillis Damour¶
"A widow and middle aged 40s woman, works as a barmaid and maid in the inn. Has a small run-down house with overgrown fields which haven't been worked since her husband's death a year ago." She has refused to sell or rent the land cheaply to the Ambrays, which "has created some tension." In the Hearnst draft she was among the devil's bound minions, and Hez'Vandros killed her on their return as one who "didnt really do anything", bleeding her over the pact skull.
Sources: S138, S144; S145 for her death.
Miles Roulde¶
"Mid 30s widower farmer, no children. He has a maize and string bean farm. He is also the fixit man of the village. He has a small shed with an anvil and simple forge. He enjoys it, but is not yet skilled enough to be a tradesman ... and too old to be an apprentice. He hangs around the inn a lot chatting with Albert and Normand."
Sources: S138, S144, S145.
Nashida Urallis¶
"A Sancturi bricklayer who fell into debt and is now paying it off with indentured servitude." Albert Hanival, often absent, uses him "as a sort of foreman and he is allowed to whip the other slaves if they fall out of line."
Sources: S138.
Niel Basset¶
The Bassets' son, eighteen, who "helps Albert at the lumbermill and at the ranch."
Sources: S138; as Niel Basquet in S144, S145.
Rotbert¶
The Varleys' adopted son, twelve, "who they have been using to dig in their basement and as a worker in the fields. They don't treat him well." In the Hearnst draft he is Harolt.
Sources: S138; as Harolt in S144; unnamed in S145.
Sophie Lamar¶
Of the dead farmers "Colas & Sophie Lamar", Sophie is by the roster's usual order the wife, hanged with her husband and daughter. She and her daughter "tried to hide a witch Demete (their grandmother) from the Sancturi witch hunters."
Sources: S138; S144 (unnamed).
Turgis Basset¶
A cattle rancher with his wife Genie; see Genie Basset.
Sources: S138; as Basquet in S144, S145.