Toliver “Tolly” Brune

What players would know #

Toliver “Tolly” Brune is a street vendor who reliably appears wherever the Royal Games gather crowds. He is aggressively friendly, addresses everyone as “my lord” (duke, stablehand, and street urchin alike), and sells a hot snack that is almost a meal.

His stall sign reads:

TOLLY’S HONEST MEALS SAUSAGE IN A BUN
(NAMED MEAT)

Tolly insists this is a mark of integrity. When pressed, he produces a small ledger and says, “Transparency, my lord. Every sausage recorded. First names only. Privacy laws.”

At a glance #

• Demeanor: too cheerful, too close, never embarrassed.
• Pitch: calls his product “fully licensed” and waves a stamp that is never quite right.
• Tell: he smiles like he has already won the argument, even when he is clearly losing.

Common rumors #

• If you eat his food before a big bet, your luck turns “honest” (for good or ill).
• Nobody has ever caught him lying; he only speaks in legal shapes of truth.