The Exchequer

The city’s financial department, the exchequer is one of the most powerful and troubled institutions in an urban fantasy setting. It has its own court (creatively titled the court of the exchequer), which hears accounts and judicial pleas relating to fi nes owed the city (or vice versa). It is to the exchequer—and to its head, specifi cally the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who is one of the most powerful individuals in the city)—that the bailiff presents his fi ndings and funds.

Associated Skills: Appraise, Concentration, Profession (bookkeeper or scribe), Search.

Sample Contact: Bartleby Stemple (expert 5). Being a bookkeeper for the exchequer might be stressful, but it also provides vital information about who owes money to the city (or vice versa). Once per month.