Guldar
Patriarch: Lareskur Guldar, a haughty, hawk-nosed and flowing blond-haired man of cold looks, firm control of his voice and facial expression (a born actor) who likes to dominate any room, lording it over all others. The youngest of five brothers, it’s…2)
…widely (but incorrectly) rumored in Westgate that he covertly murdered his siblings to wind up the sole survivor and heir (the truth: two brothers murdered each other, a third was poisoned by a business partner he’d swindled, and disease killed the fourth).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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Lareskur knows about his reputation and does nothing to quell the rumors, because he likes to be feared by the populace. The inheritor of great wealth, he does little to earn anything, devoting his time to playing at being an above-all-inferiors (which in his… 4)
…eyes, is everyone short of the gods and their archpriests) senior noble. He loves good food and drink, has a prodigious capacity for strong drink without succumbing to debilitating drunkenness, and likes to hunt.
Matriarch: Glazrathella Guldar, a former Urdo…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…who is even more of a sneering snob than her husband. Her striking blonde beauty and statuesque height would make her even more remarkable if she didn’t wear a perpetual sneer, and spend so much time being icily dismissive. She often doesn’t speak or directly… 6)
…look at individuals she deems servants or “common.” In private, she’s a passionate hedonist who takes many lovers from among the household staff and other nobles at revels, not because she doesn’t love Lareskur, but because her appetites would need seven or…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…eight Lareskurs to be satisfied. She eats very little, just takes “a taste” at every meal, and when not flirting or coupling, works in her studios (sculpting or working on cabinetry).
Heir: Harondro Guldar, a coarse-featured, raven-haired strongman who loves…
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…wrestling—and sculpting and carpentry. There’s nothing at all wrong with his brains, and he’s both cunning and very quick-witted, but he prefers to work with his hands to learning, reading, or paying any attention at all to matters of business, society, or…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…culture. Revels bore him unless he can wench or wrestle or roughhouse, and he’s been known to start brawls for entertainment. He thinks the family wealth will take care of itself, and that he can’t possibly spend enough of it to wind up poor once he inherits,…10)
…so why concern himself with it at all? If anything angers him, he searches Westgate for a worthy foe to beat to a pulp (often in a dockers’ tavern) and cuts loose.
Notable Rakes/Adventurers: none still living
The House of the Black Hawk is known to be very…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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…rich, and to have a long heritage of equipping and sponsoring mercenary companies active in Chessenta, the Vilhon, Amn, and the Border Kingdoms. All of the current family also have personal sidelines in sculpting and in fine carpentry, with a reputation for… 12)
…building in artfully-concealed secret compartments, and selling their work via the most exclusive dealers to various Sword Coast nobles. House Guldar remains a major Westgate landlord, and owns a lot of farmland (worked by others) in Turmish. …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020
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… They claim a large expanse of the Gulthmere Forest as a private hunting preserve, though its exclusivity tends to be honored only in their presence.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 30, 2020