Bertel Heile (NPC)

Herr Heile is a merchant, entrepreneur, opportunist, and self-proclaimed art historian.

He employs scores of people all over the region, thus controlling various sectors of both legal and illegal trade. For loyal citizens of the empire, Bertel Heile is a law obedient and humble servant, trading with different commodities every day – clothes, fabrics, wood, animals, edifices, even spices. However, his other side that only his business partners and hired swords can see, is a different man. Despite his good nature, Bartel proved to be ruthless when it comes to earning money and he is not afraid to employ threats and violence when needed.

He buys and sells anything that can ear coin or two, be it weapons, drugs, or information. Over the years he managed to get quite some reputation for himself. Surprisingly enough, considered where his main business lies, not for his brutality but rather for subtle skill of dealing gently with problems and getting things done in a quiet way. He is definitely more of a thinker than a fighter.

And then, everybody who was able to discover some weak point of Bertel Heile, disappeared without the trace short after...