NPC:
Gunter Haas, Scandinavian Practitioner of the Arcane Arts
Heavily accented, silver-tongued and quick-fingered. Fond of performing amazing feats of magic before astounded audiences. Hires out as a sort of "psychic consulting detective." Ostentatious, self-assured and self-aggrandizing. Used to collecting fair sums from the idle rich and not having to produce much but a few showy tricks and vague psychic "revelations".
Under pressure, however, say, when faced with an actual supernatural threat, Gunter's accent disappears and he flees. If cornered he will fight, with a pistol, a knife or his fists. When confronted, he admits to being plain old Gunther Hayes from Akron, Ohio, USA. Not an actual sorcerer but a grifter and con man who decided to start fleecing the rich when he got tired of the very real dangers that came with fleecing the poor and desperate. His previous life as a street criminal, pickpocket and con man has left him with a very valuable skillset. Keenly observant, intuitive and very good at reading people. Skilled pickpocket, lockpick, forger, trickster, gambler(while smart and skillful, he still cheats) and thief.
Quite capable in armed and unarmed combat (a necessity of his profession, especially before he moved among society types), although he prefers not to. It's not that Gunter is cowardly, not entirely anyway. It's just that fighting is hard work, and Gunter is a man who has always sought the easy dollar. Has many contacts in the most exclusive of social circles and knows many of their secrets.
Gunter is a lonely man, however. He is always putting on an act, and as a consequence, he can never really get close to anyone. And while he tells himself that everyone else is just a potential mark and that he doesn't want or need to know anyone, or for them to know him, Gunter aches with loneliness. Some part of him would like to give up his dishonest ways, but he fears that he has no lucrative skills.
Submitted by our gaming friend, Gringnr!
Well done!