Symond

Symond runs Hogstone’s Hall of Beasts, a previously unrivalled collection of relics, curios and monsters that people came from hundreds of miles to marvel at.

Characteristics
Symond is a short, stout man, who despite no longer bringing in the income he did before The Sack, dresses and acts like a man of wealth. He is usually excitable and endlessly curious, but since The Sack has been depressed. He is one of the hardest hit by 'The Guilt'.

History
Symond was born on Errykburgh, and began life as an adventurer, sailing the Thousand Island Kingdoms in search of rare and wondrous items and creatures. In his retirement he opened the Hall of Beasts, an unrivalled collection of relics, curios and monsters that people came from hundreds of miles around to marvel at.

Recent Events
Session 1

The Adventurers visited the Hall of Beasts, where Symond the one-eyed Huntsman was extremely excited to meet them. He gave the Adventurers a contract worth 120 gold pieces to hunt down a Blink Dog on the island of Strand.

Session 2

At the Hall of Beasts the Adventurers and Symond haggled over a price for the giant spider carcass they had brought back from Pavuk, eventually settling on 180 gold plus a small glass canister. Symond warned the Adventurers against going to the Cannibal Islands, and reminded them that he was still after a Blink Dog.

Session 3

Symond bought what he thought was a poisonous noble two-headed aquatic goblin from Ronan, which was in fact a normal goblin with a second head crudely stitched on, paying 200 gold for it. He had it placed in his prized cabinet, ornately gilded.

The next day, the Adventurers brought Symond the blink dog he had been longing for. He told them that while he didn't have another lead on a contract, anything the Adventurers found he would gladly look at.

Session 5

When a group of raiders from the Greyship clan invaded Hogstone, Symond led the townsfolk and the Adventurers back to the hidden passageways behind Ranulph's room.

Session 6

After the raid, Symond called the newly made Guardians to the Hall of Beasts, where he told them about a friend of his named Claus, who had been having a problem with a sea creature stopping him from fishing. Symond remarked that the head of the beast would make a wonderful addition to the Hall of Beasts.