Balabar Smenk

(a.k.a. Hank Selbar, Khan L'Baers)

The most ambitious and manipulative mine manager in Kurth is a disquieting schemer who hopes to gain a monopoly on the mining patents by forcing his enemies into bankruptcy and offering to buy their claims at the last minute coppers on the gold piece. A corpulent example of corruption and bad taste, Balabar Smenk lords his political clout over everyone in Kurth, save the governor-mayor and garrison commander, whom he privately mocks. Smenk has wrestled four mines into his possession in the last 10 years, and has designs upon the rest. A coven of sycophants and hired goons surrounds him at all times. Rumors suggest that he has powerfully connected friends. Balabar Smenk helped the party infiltrate the Dourstone Mine, but his motives were called into suspicion based on Dourstone's testimony. Smenk fled the town before the party returned from the Dark Cathedral.
Smenk was later revealed to be an alias for Hank Selbar.