Sergeant Harsk
A weary city watchman who has seen it all and is tired of all of it. The Shipyard’s long-suffering keeper of the ledger, and the man who keeps fining Nah Mean for the duck.
Quick Reference
Appearance: A tired city watchman with the weary patience of a man who has processed too many incidents involving adventurers. Mannerism: Arrives “with the weary inevitability of low tide,” ledger already open. Signature charge: “Reckless animal husbandry” — a citation he apparently invented on the spot and now enters into the official ledger with a straight face.
In the Sessions
- Session 05 carousing (cf. Session 05 / Post-Session 04 Carousing): Arrived to find Nah Mean covered in cinnamon, holding a furious duck, beside the smoldering remains of a spice stall — and “smelling offensively delicious.” Fined him 10% of his wealth for “reckless animal husbandry,” then in the morning opened the cell with a hot drink and a bag of singed cinnamon sticks.
- Session 06 carousing (cf. Post-Session 06 Carousing): Returned after the duck drained a fishmonger’s rain-barrel into void-space and the night market caught fire. Fined Nah Mean another 10% — “Reckless animal husbandry. Again.” — pausing only to ask, uneasily, whether the water was coming back. (It was not.)
Current Status
Still on the watch, still keeping his ledger, still convinced the duck is a public-safety problem. He is not wrong.
Cross-Links: Session 05 · Post-Session 06 Carousing