Power Players (Avemroth)

Aside from members of Avemroth's Ruling Guild, several individuals of lesser and greater fame exercise tremendous influence in certain districts, the city as a whole, or even all of the Free Cities.

The Patron of the Watch

Morris Wakefield. Male Half-elf adept. Olive-skinned despite high elven heritage with well-manicured jet black hair and goatee and exotic hazel eyes. Morris Wakefield is the current Patron of the Watch.

Nouveau riche relative to some families, the Patron (or Matron) of the Watch is a hereditary title for the ‘Godfather/mother’ of Thysis Square. It is also, by virtue of the organization having no official name, the name of the vast criminal family and its clients.

The original Patron was an influential criminal in The Watch whose family took control of one of the abandoned manors. He used his influence and diplomatic wit (Lark) to establish his home as a neutral haven for dispute resolution among the lowborn of The Watch (The Little Thing). By establishing control of the rival gangs in The Watch, he drew the attention of a wealthy high elf daughter from Kekhinim Vineyards who was a Thysis worshiper. She became first his patron, much to the annoyance of her family, and later his wife, to the horror of her family. Despite estrangement from her family, the new family had already gained enough resources and influence to establish a casino in Old Town's North End, South of the Kevalth sacred grove and north of the Dragonmouth educational district. The matriarch’s guidance of the half elf family through several generations established the family as one of the most powerful in all of Avemroth. Today the Patron or Matron lives on the Kekhinim Vineyard side of Lake Aben, but a cadet branch of the family still runs the Little Thing in The Watch.

Although the Patron or Matron is always a Thysis worshiper, the family has adherents in every church except for Kao's at this time.