Harbin Wester
Phandalin has no functioning government, but the townsfolk elect someone to serve as townmaster each year. The townmaster serves as a judge in minor disputes and keeps any records that need to be kept. The current townmaster is a male human banker named Harbin Wester—a fat, pompous old fool. Completely intimidated by the Redbrands, he claims that they’re “just a mercenary guild, and not all that much trouble, really.”
Harbin was pompous and pretentious. He generally presented himself as polite and friendly, but this was just for politics. In fact, he was a greedy, calculating, and two-faced businessman at heart, unafraid to push the boundaries of decency or legality to get what he wanted. That said, he was also genuinely a fretful and hapless coward when faced with dangers beyond his control. For example, when a dragon was spotted in the area around Phandalin, Harbin locked himself inside his home and insisted on conducting all townmaster business from behind his closed door (including paying out rewards for bounties and jobs, leading to him sliding payments under his door one coin at a time).
Harbin was a corpulent middle-aged banker and politician. He was the wealthiest resident of Phandalin and its biggest landowner, and he tended to dress in clothes that communicated his wealth.
The townmaster’s hall has a small but serviceable jail in the cellar. The jail consists of two cells, and Harbin carries keys to the cell doors.
Independent of his role as townmaster (and later town councilor), Harbin acted as a banker in Phandalin, lending out both money and land. He was known to use the debts owed to him to pressure townsfolk and business partners into giving him what he wanted.
Although he was good at pretending otherwise, Harbin cared relatively little for the townsfolk of Phandalin, a position which put him at odds with political rival Sildar Hallwinter. He had a number of connections in both Neverwinter and Waterdeep, which he claimed enabled him to field a small army if needed. Harbin attracted the ire of the Harpers when he once sent an insulting letter to one of their agents, the Lord Protector of Triboar, Darathra Shendrel, insisting that she do a better job of keeping the Triboar Trail free of orcs. He had his wife and children with him in Phandalin during his tenure as townmaster. He supported the logging business of his half-brother, Tibor Wester, by using Phandalin's money to pay for the logging camp's supplies.
Harbin was pompous and pretentious. He generally presented himself as polite and friendly, but this was just for politics. In fact, he was a greedy, calculating, and two-faced businessman at heart, unafraid to push the boundaries of decency or legality to get what he wanted. That said, he was also genuinely a fretful and hapless coward when faced with dangers beyond his control. For example, when a dragon was spotted in the area around Phandalin, Harbin locked himself inside his home and insisted on conducting all townmaster business from behind his closed door (including paying out rewards for bounties and jobs, leading to him sliding payments under his door one coin at a time).
Harbin was a corpulent middle-aged banker and politician. He was the wealthiest resident of Phandalin and its biggest landowner, and he tended to dress in clothes that communicated his wealth.
The townmaster’s hall has a small but serviceable jail in the cellar. The jail consists of two cells, and Harbin carries keys to the cell doors.
Independent of his role as townmaster (and later town councilor), Harbin acted as a banker in Phandalin, lending out both money and land. He was known to use the debts owed to him to pressure townsfolk and business partners into giving him what he wanted.
Although he was good at pretending otherwise, Harbin cared relatively little for the townsfolk of Phandalin, a position which put him at odds with political rival Sildar Hallwinter. He had a number of connections in both Neverwinter and Waterdeep, which he claimed enabled him to field a small army if needed. Harbin attracted the ire of the Harpers when he once sent an insulting letter to one of their agents, the Lord Protector of Triboar, Darathra Shendrel, insisting that she do a better job of keeping the Triboar Trail free of orcs. He had his wife and children with him in Phandalin during his tenure as townmaster. He supported the logging business of his half-brother, Tibor Wester, by using Phandalin's money to pay for the logging camp's supplies.
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