Workable miniplothooks...
In each town the towncrier is an important source of news and gossip as well as the one person nobody will be suspicious to see out in the middle of the night... But hat is the towncrier turns into a bad apple or always was?
His word would weigh heavily on most trials. A good man to befriend perhaps, someone that could look away or throw suspicion as he sees fit.
(( To make the npc as useful as possible, I will give no real stats, only grade their abilities from -5 to +5 with 0 being the normal guy on the street and +5 a MAJOR Npc Hero. Each step being roughly twice the previous. ))
The Good
Ivahan Sanatos
Physical Attributes : +1 Hardened by years on the streets.
Mental Attributes : +1 Not a bad detective, you will have to work to deceieve
him.
Spiritual : -2 Ivahan denies the gods. He has no use for them.
Fighting Skills : +2 - A skilled fighter, veteran from some war perhaps?
Social Skills : -1 - He is quite blunt and will not shy from a truth in
any way.
Personality :
Ivahan is as mentioned quite blunt, but otherwise a cheerful person that will usually wrap blunt truths in just enough humor to not get himself into too many a duell. Nonetheless even if he denies the gods, he does believe in Justice. But justice is not a god to be worshipped, only a concept to be served. He is unflinchingly moral to a fault and will go to great lengths to expose lies and crime.
The Bad
Aron Malchai
Phsyical Attributes : 0
Mental Attributes : +2 Aron is a shrewd man, he can usually peg a man or
woman for what they are after with but a single
glance.
Spiritual Attributes : +1 A charming man, so thinks the clergy that recieves
a great deal of money from his affairs.
Fighting Skill : -1 Aron does NOT get into a fight if he can avoid it. He
prefers to have others handle such things. By setting
the townguard on his opponents.
Social Skill : +3 A social and well loved man in his community Aron
knows JUST what to tell and to who to get the
wheels rolling.
Personality :
Aron is a cruel and vengeful man who will use his influence to hurt those who slight him in any way. He finds great pleasure in seing such people hurt or pulled down by the law. He also knows almost everything that goes on in the town he works in and could sell information or make sure others get the WRONG information quite easily.
As for the Ugly
... that'd be me.