The Chronicle of Duskhaven ― Characters
Lord Protector
Boomfunkers, the Blade Below
Level 6Duelist — your blade has opinions and a reputation
The Undercity32 silverLast seen: Palace Hill
The Undercity32 silverLast seen: Palace HillWhat the City Says
Boomfunkers grew up seeing his first sunrise at age ten, Undercity-born, and now duels under the name the pit calls the Blade Below. His sword, the Opinion, has never once lost an argument.
Known Powers
Known Possessions
a dueling sword the underlevels call the Opinion — it has never lost an argument
a plain grey token, unmarked, a way to signal the guild scouts when you're readya novice's standing with the grey coats — a door in the flooded dark that now opens to his knock
a guild sparring baton, notched once for the win
a purse of coin the crowd pressed on him before the guards could clear the floora ducal seal of doubtful authenticitya standing muster of grey-coated watchers who answer his summons but not his questionsthe council's on-record confirmation that his seat rests on trial by combat, not the sealThe Opinion's Twinthe household's back tax and tariff rolls, and the correspondence room's coin ledgersIvy Moor formally sworn as Hand of the Thronea sworn muster of grey-coated watchers who answer his call within the houra trampled patch of ground at a Temple Rise shrine wall, boot-marks fresher than his own — someone else's lead on the red-star trailan unwitnessed eyeful of Ivy's interrogation and the under-steward's namethe household staff's account that Ivy left the parlor in a hurry, with Corless and two blades, bound down toward the cellars12 silver, part-payment of Gobe's back taxes and tariffa household guard captain's quiet promise to watch Bram and reporta hall full of witnesses to a public household quarrel, resolved in front of them, not behind closed doorsPublic Deeds
Day 30 called his own household muster of forty grey coats into his hall rather than rule on Ivy Moor's challenge, and half the staff read it as a man buying time.made the Daily
Day 30 Lord Protector Boomfunkers called his grey-coated muster into his own hall to stand between himself and his own Hand of the Throne, in full view of the household staff.
Day 29 Lord Protector Boomfunkers ratified Bram Corvel as head of the palace guard in open hall, without waiting for Ivy Moor — the household's fastest, most public succession yet, one day before the Reckoning.
Day 28 Lord Protector Boomfunkers sat the throne room in open session and sent his grey-coated muster to collect the Crown's back taxes from the Gobeling Web in full view of the household.
Day 27 Lord Protector Boomfunkers stood his own muster down from the Palace Hill gates in full view of the watch, ending the standoff without a blow struck.
Day 26 stood his grey-coated muster to arms at the Palace Hill gates for a full afternoon, watching the high roads for an enemy he refused to name.made the Daily
Day 26 Lord Protector Boomfunkers's grey-coated muster stood to arms at Palace Hill's gates for a full afternoon against no visible enemy.
Day 25 Lord Protector Boomfunkers stripped three Palace Guard captains of rank in the courtyard in front of the household watch, the grey-coated muster ringing the yard in silence.
Day 24 The Lord Protector they call Boomfunkers rode out of Palace Hill with a column of grey-coated assassins'-guild watchers at his back, in full view of the household gate.made the Daily
Day 24 Lord Protector Boomfunkers rode out of Palace Hill with a column of grey-coated guild watchers at his back, in full view of the household gate.
Day 23 The Lord Protector named Ivy Moor Hand of the Throne before the household guard, on his word alone.
Day 22 The Lord Protector forbade trial by combat in his own household, disarming a challenge between his Hand of the Throne and his inquisitor before the guard.
Day 21 The Lord Protector cleared his own household guard out of the correspondence room right after a public arrest — word is he didn't like what his own inquisitor had just said in front of them.
Day 20 was seen dragging his own captain of the guard into the light by his collar, shouting charges of high treason before the entire night watch could draw their steel.made the Daily
Day 20 The Lord Protector arrested his own guard captain for treason in front of the arriving household guard, in the open doorway of the broken correspondence room.
Day 18 Household staff saw the Lord Protector break down the sealed correspondence-room door himself, sword drawn.
Day 16 The Lord Protector returned from the undercroft fight a hero, marched Bram Corvel and his own guard captain through the streets in chains before a cheering crowd, and named the pickpocket known as Gobe his new Hand of the Throne on the spot.
Day 15 Led an armed charge into the undercroft dark against the walking dead, blade drawn at the front of his own muster.made the Daily
Day 15 The Lord Protector himself led a charge into the undercroft dark against the walking dead, blade drawn, in front of the muster he commands — the story is already moving through the palace by evening.
Day 13 The court watched the Lord Protector publicly accuse his own chancellor of plotting a forged seal, then offer Bram Corvel the title of Hand of the Throne in the same breath.
Day 12 Lord Protector Boomfunkers accused the chancellor of plotting against the crown before the full council and demanded urgency against the rising dead.
Day 11 Seized the palace hall with a single table-slam that shook the rafters.made the Daily
Day 11 Summoned the chancellor and guard captain to heel in the great hall and put a bounty hunter's seal on the table before the whole court.
Day 9 Demanded trial by combat for the empty throne in the palace's great hall and won it in front of the full council — the whole city will know the name Boomfunkers by morning.
Day 8 beat a masked assassins'-guild senior in an underground exhibition duel at the Drowned Lanternmade the Daily
Day 8 Beat a masked assassins'-guild senior in an underground exhibition duel at the Drowned Lantern — word is already crossing the whole pit crowd.
Day 7 The famous duelist remained unseen and unheard all night, a silence that speaks volumes to those who know the Undercity’s dark rhythm.made the Daily
Day 4 climbed out of the flooded dark and into High Market in broad daylight, breaking a lute string in front of half the district — nobody in the crowd knew his name before noon, and everybody does now.made the Daily
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