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Bron Coldhand

The Broken Lances captain who turned a garrison contract into a holding — he runs Hewngate Keep as a toll-and-ransom business and takes Marn the Breaker's coin without ever saying so.

Bron does not think of himself as a bandit; he thinks of himself as the only honest man on the road, the one who admits a sword is just a price. He kept the ledger fair when he ran caravans for the company, and he keeps it fair now that he sells the caravans instead — the ransom-roll balances to the copper. He answers, quietly, to Marn the Breaker's idea of what steel is for, and louder to no one. He holds an Old Lances man in the undercroft because the old guard pay best for their own, and because it amuses him to make Sevrin Vossk come and buy back his oath.

KIND

mortal

SPECIES

Asheni

ROLE

Broken Lances captain, keep-holder

LOCATION

Hewngate Keep

Connected

The Bought Oath-HornITEM · Bron keeps the horn on his wall — proof, to anyone w…Hewngate KeepPLACE · Bron Coldhand holds Hewngate Keep as the Broken Lanc…Vesna ColdhandCHARACTER · Vesna is Bron Coldhand's sister; both Broken Lances …Doran PennCHARACTER · Coldhand's captive clerk; the fair hand behind the r…The Hewngate Toll-WritTEXT · Coldhand's toll-board, hung over the covered Vandahl…The Clerk's TestimonyTEXT · Testifies the keep was bought before it was taken.

Type Fields

kindmortal

speciesAsheni

roleBroken Lances captain, keep-holder

locationplace.hewngate-keep

affiliationsfaction.the-broken-lances

disposition-40

voice_notesCalm, ledger-minded, reasonable in a way that makes your skin crawl.

axes{"law":30,"mercy":-25,"method":20}

axes_mismatchMISMATCH (docs/designs/reputation-axes.md §6): folk on the road still call him a contract-captain holding a legitimate garrison lease, so his law axis reads Stalwart. His own summary/body say the truth: Hewngate is a toll-and-ransom racket run quietly for character.marn-the-breaker's coin, holding character.sevrin-vossk's man hostage for sport. The public reading is the front door; the racket is what's actually behind it.

All Relationships (10)

references

←quest.the-chain-across-the-road (unresolved) — The keep-holder warlord; the take-Bron's-price branch is his bribe.
→The Bought Oath-Horn — Bron keeps the horn on his wall — proof, to anyone who matters, that the Lances' word can be bought.
←Doran Penn — Coldhand's captive clerk; the fair hand behind the ransom-roll.
←The Clerk's Testimony — Testifies the keep was bought before it was taken.
→Marn the Breaker — Bron takes Marn the Breaker's coin and Marn's idea of what steel is for, without either of them saying so.

guards

←Hewngate Keep — Bron Coldhand holds Hewngate Keep as the Broken Lances' champion and the dungeon's named boss.
→Hewngate Keep — Bron sits the toll-hall and commands the keep's garrison.

ally_of

←Vesna Coldhand — Vesna is Bron Coldhand's sister; both Broken Lances holding forward posts on the castle road.

authored

→The Hewngate Toll-Writ — Coldhand's toll-board, hung over the covered Vandahl heraldry.

member_of

→The Broken Lances — Bron is the Broken Lances captain who holds Hewngate.

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