Baldrick Fenn
Human, Guild assessor (demoted from guildmaster)
Booms with false confidence, then drops to a tight, controlled murmur when discussing his replacement. Corrects people's grammar when he's losing an argument.
Leverage in Kind. He wants proof of his replacement's own corruption dug up fast, before the replacement can finalize the vote to expel him entirely.
The Old Smuggling Route. He wants the original smuggling mess quietly cleaned up so the leverage against him disappears — he can't go near the docks himself without being recognized.
Appearance
Broad-shouldered and once-imposing, now visibly straining at the buttons of a coat that fit him five years ago. His right hand ends in a brass hook he keeps meticulously polished.
Secret
He lost his hand — and later his position — covering up a smuggling deal he approved that went catastrophically wrong; his replacement knows and uses it as leverage.
Quirks
Taps his hook against tables to punctuate points
Keeps his old guildmaster seal in his pocket though it's no longer valid
Personality traits
Proud to the point of self-sabotage
Genuinely skilled but bitterly aware it's not enough anymore
Ideal
"Competence should outrank ambition. It rarely does."
Bond
The guild hall itself, which he built up from near-ruin over twenty years before losing his seat in a quiet vote.
Flaw
Sabotages his replacement's efforts petty inch by petty inch, risking the guild's actual interests.