Thorgrim Duskbell - Exam Proctor & Beadle of Brightcrown University
Thorgrim Duskbell is Brightcrown University's iron-willed exam proctor and beadle -- the dwarf who has sealed more secrets into silence than he's ever spoken aloud, and who still keeps a private file on the ones he couldn't fix.
"The bell doesn't care how prepared you are. Neither, frankly, do I."
Every student at Brightcrown University learns the same lesson within their first term, usually the hard way: the small silver bell on the end of the beadle's staff means the examination has begun, and nothing — not tears, not bribery, not a noble father's letter of introduction — will make Thorgrim Duskbell ring it a second early or a second late.
Profile
- Name: Thorgrim Duskbell
- Race: Dwarf (Mountain Dwarf)
- Gender: Male
- Alignment: Lawful Neutral
- Role/Class: Exam Proctor & Beadle of Brightcrown University
- CR: 1
Appearance: Thorgrim is a stout, barrel-chested dwarf with an iron-gray beard trimmed to severe, exacting precision. He wears the University's formal beadle's sash over immaculate dark robes, ink permanently worked into his cuffs from decades of grading, and carries a ceremonial staff of office topped with a small silver bell. A heavy brass pocket-watch — an old family heirloom that has, by his account, never once lost a second — rides in his breast pocket, consulted more often than he consults anyone in the room.
