Donat Tuersveld

"Lower your voice, for Ranald's sake - you're sticking out like a Halfling in a brothel! You want out of Marienburg? That can be arranged. The fee is 200 guilders, firm. Now do as I tell you. Come back next Guilstag - what, tonight? That's double the price. Go and sit over there, by the hearth. Say nothing, do nothing except enjoy a good meal until closing. Then we'll move you. And stop shaking, man!"

- Donat Tuersveld

A strong man in his late fifties, the muscle only beginning to turn to fat. Cornflower blue eyes sparkle in a friendly face framed by a trim sandy beard. Bald on top and with a broken nose, his skin has been weathered and burned by years at sea.

Donat Tuersveld was once a pirate, serving under the Sartosan captain Stefan Jaanszoon"the Howler". Injury lead him to reconsider the life of a reaver, and so he retired to his native Marienburg, bought the Red Cock when he discovered its secret, and began running both sides of its business. As it turns out, he has a natural talent at playing the gracious host.

Tuersveld has no ambition other than to quietly run his business and die peacefully in bed. He is a high-ranking member of the Guild We've Never Heard Of, and tries to act as a mediator among the League's various gangs. More than most, he realizes that another feeding frenzy between the city's gangs would be bad for everyone's business.

Donat Tuersveld has many contacts among both the legitimate business community of Guilderveld and Marienburg's underworld. He is respected for his judgement by Adalbert Henschmann, and is able to moderate "Casanova's" more violent impulses.

He despises the Lascar and suspects his involvement in the body trade. He regularly buys meat from Boni Groenewoud, though he has no idea of the butcher's real business. He occasionally sells information to Trancas of Three of a Kind if it is in the League's interests. There is a reward on his head of 300 gold ducats from the Miragliano authorities, who know him by his old nom-de-guerre of Karl the Wolf.

While he gave up the life of a pirate years ago, Donat Tuersveld is still willing to take risks when the stakes are worth it. Now he is convinced that Adalbert Henschmann cannot prevent another gang war, and so he has begun building alliances, working to eliminate "Casanova" and put himself, a smart businessman, in charge.

By slowly making allies of the minor guilds, small gangs and solo operators in Marienburg, he hopes to gather enough influence and power to take out Henschmann with minimal bloodshed. He has recruited the younger Delftgruber to the cause, and among others has made allies of Guan Lo Fat and some of the many Tilean gangs in the city. Still, he is many months if not years from making his move, unless the sudden outbreak of another feeding frenzy forces his hand.

Source
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 * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 1st ED -- Marienburg: Sold Down the River
 * pg. 89