Imre Levalle
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Imre Levalle

Wayfinder Trustee
NPC (Civilian)

Imre is a trustee of the Wayfinder Foundation, and the foundation’s Curator of Acquisitions. A vocal advocate for exploration and research, he works to obtain items and knowledge for the foundation. He then catalogs and stores items, and he circulates what he learns.

Unfortunately, Imre is also a double agent for the infamous Aurum as part of its Gold Concord. He works inside the foundation to exploit it for Aurum gain and to make sure he has influence, preferably ultimate influence, when Lord Boroman ir’Dayne dies. That’s an eventuality Imre is also working hard to ensure, and he has a number of other trustees on his side.

Imre embezzles, steals relics and replaces them with copies, and covertly obstructs the Aurum’s competition. He uses the auspices of his office to arrange expeditions that benefit the Aurum and to arrange foundation memberships for his agents. He also takes bribes to arrange memberships, but he’s very careful to work through intermediaries in that racket.


Imre Levalle (LE male dwarf rogue 6; detailed below) is the Wayfinder Foundation’s Curator of Acquisitions, a position that charges him with interpreting, indexing, archiving, and disseminating all the knowledge gained by the Foundation’s members and expeditions. Imre is also a Gold Concordian of the Aurum, a group whose public support of the study of history has helped him to win the curator’s office.

In reality, Imre seeks to exploit the Wayfinder Foundation for the Aurum’s benefit. He siphons funds from the Foundation’s Kundarak accounts, passes ancient maps to his superiors while replacing them with clever forgeries in the Foundation archives, and engages in all manner of subterfuge in an attempt to prevent any legitimate business house from challenging the Aurum’s power.

Imre’s current scheme is twofold. Even as he conspires with Dorein to control the Conclave after Lord Boroman ir’Dayne’s passing, he plans to ensure that Boroman dies sooner rather than later—prepared to poison him if the wasting curse doesn’t do the job. In the meantime, he augments his income by illicitly selling Wayfinder Foundation memberships to any who can afford it. The asking price is 10,000 gp, though Imre can be bargained down to half of that.

Office

In Imre’s workplace, where numerous relics await study and cataloging, are creatures that resemble objects until they awaken to protect their master. He also keeps his exotic pet hawk, Tuor, with him here.

Improvising and Alterations

Imre has a lot of influence and a lot of keys to rich storage vaults. He could become the target of other unscrupulous individuals or even unscrupulous PCs. Rather than being evil, he could be an unaligned unwitting pawn of the Aurum or some other organization. Even as presented, he offers a lot of roleplaying opportunities. An evil Imre might try to dupe the PCs into thinking they’ve fingered the wrong guy, and he might even try this bluffing tactic during a battle.

The encounter below is just one possibility. Inside the foundation headquarters, any number of creatures or persons might aid Imre. The PCs might have to do some fast-talking while a battle rages. Outside the headquarters, Imre has numerous humanoid allies. You can use any that make sense to you, from dwarf agents of the Aurum to hobgoblin mercenaries.

Title
Wayfinder Trustee

Type
NPC (Civilian)

Gender
Male