Otto Rottengud
File:Http://www.port.hu/picture/instance 1/83045 1.jpg Growing up in the slums of the capital of Hochland was none too good. Life in the surrounding countryside is good enough, but when a city rat catcher has four children to feed then there isn't much to go round. So when Otto Rottengud was old enough he started as a trader's mate, hawling, rowing, driving. The money was enough to see him better off, but was never going to get his siblings a better life.
So it was that he stashed a crate of Kislevite Vodka under his master's cart on one trip across the border. Without the tax paid, he made a few shillings extra. Next trip it was a couple of crates. A year later and he'd left his master, acquired his own cart and horse and was running the darker routes across the border.
A couple of years ago, when Altdorf introduced it's ill conceived and short-lived "feather tax" that all but crippled the Fletchers' Guild, Otto got to know Johann Holder quite well. Since then, a few gemstones with missing import notes have gone his way and contact with the appropriate trade guilds for Otto's merchandise has been made by the bowyer.
About that time, his younger brother, Gustav came with him and now has a respectable job as cook at the Fort Gravgart outside of Altdorf. And last year he set his elder sister, Hild, up with some accommodation in the city - she's a good looker and soon got herself afianced to a respectable city burgher and was married last month. The youngest of the family, Ilsa, still lives with their father though. For now though Otto is between jobs and is looking to get enough money to bring his sister to the capital.
The last few months, however, the roadwardens have been tight on the usual routes. So Otto sits in the tavern, handing the barman his last pennies, ordering one more beer than he can actually afford and crossing his fingers in silent prayer.
Smuggler WS 36 BS 30 S 29 T 27 Ag 28 Int 32 WP 26 Fel 31+5=36 A 1 W 12 M 4 FP 3
Height 5'8" Weight 125lb Hair Light Brown Eyes Green Marks Nose Rings (two rings in his left nostril, crossing each other) Siblings 3 Sign The Grease Goat Age 21 Birthplace Hergig, Hochland
Talents Luck Resistance to Disease Dealmaker
Skills Common Knowledge (the Empire) Gossip Speak Language (Reikspeil) Drive Evaluate Speak Language (Kislevian) Haggle Perception Row Search Silent Move Secret Signs (Thief) Swim
Trappings Leather Jack Torch Dagger Sling bag Wooden Tankard Wooden Cutlery Axe Sack Long coat with many pockets Tinderbox
Draft Horse and Cart (currently stabled at his brother-in-laws butcher's shop) Large false bottomed barrel Tent Spear Torch Rope (20 yards) Blanket
