Marrec Landry - Human Dockside Collector

Marrec Landry, Dockside Collector

Male Human Rogue 2
Medium Humanoid (Human)

Hit Dice: 2d6+4 (13 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 14 (+3 Dex, +1 leather armor), touch 13, flat-footed 11
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+1
Attack: short sword +4 melee (1d6/19-20) or dagger +4 ranged (1d4/19-20, 10 ft.)
Full Attack: short sword +4 melee (1d6/19-20) or dagger +4 ranged (1d4/19-20, 10 ft.)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: sneak attack +1d6
Special Qualities: trapfinding
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +0
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 11
Skills: Bluff +5, Gather Information +6, Hide +8, Listen +4, Move Silently +8, Open Lock +7, Sleight of Hand +7, Spot +4, Tumble +7
Feats: Weapon Finesse
Environment: urban (riverfront, docks)
Organization: solitary
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: standard (plus ledger)
Alignment: neutral
Advancement: by character class
Level Adjustment: —

Languages: Common, Cajun

Possessions: leather armor, short sword, 3 daggers, thieves’ tools, water-stained ledger book, coin pouch (12 gp mixed coinage), cheap silver ring

Physical Description

Marrec Landry is lean and unassuming, the kind of man who looks like he’s worked his whole life without ever getting ahead. His clothes are practical and worn - dock boots, layered shirts, a weathered coat that could belong to any laborer along the waterfront. Nothing about him stands out at first glance.

Up close, the details tell a different story. His movements are too precise, his posture too balanced, and his eyes far too attentive. He watches everything - hands, voices, hesitation. The sort of gaze that notices what people wish went unseen.

Description

Along the riverfront, Marrec occupies a quiet but necessary role. He is not the man who lends coin, nor the one who enforces repayment with broken bones. He is the space between those things - the reminder that debts do not disappear.

He works through implication rather than force. A misplaced crate, a delayed shipment, a conversation that reaches the wrong ears at just the right time. Marrec understands that pressure, applied carefully, is more effective than violence ever could be.

His ledger is the heart of it all. Within its warped pages are not just names and numbers, but leverage - patterns of behavior, quiet weaknesses, and the invisible threads that bind the docks together.

Personality

Marrec is measured, cautious, and deeply pragmatic. He values stability above all else and avoids unnecessary risks whenever possible. Systems make sense to him. Chaos does not.

Adventurers unsettle him for that reason. They act without pattern, without restraint, and often without foresight. Still, he respects capability. If the party proves reliable, he can become a useful contact - careful, reserved, but valuable.

He is not cruel, and he is not kind. He is practical. People are not judged by who they are, but by what they do and what they owe.

Lore

Among dockworkers and small traders, the name Marrec Landry carries quiet recognition. Not fear, exactly - but awareness. Those who deal with him tend to settle their affairs promptly afterward.

He claims no official employer, and none openly claim him. Whether he serves a larger interest or simply maintains the illusion of one is unclear. The uncertainty works in his favor, and he does nothing to dispel it.

Marrec survives not by strength, but by attention. He listens when others talk too freely, watches when others grow careless, and acts before problems become visible.

By the time most people realize they are in trouble, Marrec has already accounted for it.

In plain terms, Marrec Landry collects debts for those who prefer not to do so themselves. He tracks what is owed, determines who can pay, and ensures that payment is made - not through overt violence, but through careful, escalating pressure. When necessary, he disrupts shipments, spreads inconvenient truths, or places the right words in the right ears until settling the debt becomes the easiest option. He is paid a portion of what he recovers, and the rest moves quietly up a chain of interests he does not openly name.