Wim Masaryk

"Damn you, Scheepscheers! You'll pay if it takes eternity!"

- Wim Masaryk, Ghost

Wim appears as a man in his mid-twenties, dishevelled and scrawny. When the light's just right, the viewer can faintly see what's behind him - he's translucent. Around his neck is a noose and a rope; this isn't real, but the force of his obsession has caused it to become part of his ghostly manifestation.

Wim killed himself ten years ago when it became known that he had lost family heirlooms - a gold Tilean salter and an icon of Morr — after pawning them to pay gambling debts. He blamed Scheepscheers for not giving him more time to recover them. Rather than face his family, he hung himself from the bell ropes of Tarnopol's clock tower, and the ringing of the bells was the last thing he heard. Wim's body is actually buried in Deedesveld graveyard not far away.

Since death, Wim has become partly deranged. He believes that he has become the tower's bell-ringer, and that by ringing the bells regularly he can summon Scheepscheers and exact his revenge. Scheepscheers won't be able to resist the allure of the pealing bells, Wim thinks. This idea is crazy, but then Wim is crazy. Wim believes that he is ringing the bells and goes through the motions - which doesn't have any effect on the real bells, but he thinks it does and will fly into a furious rage if this is denied.

Wim Masaryk can be laid to rest if either he is shown proof of Gideon Scheepscheer's death; or if he is shown that his family heirlooms have been recovered and returned to his parents, tailors who live in Rijkspoort. The items are currently in the possession of Governor de Beq of Rijker's Isle.

Wim knows Scheepscheers very well, and is convinced some dark magic helps him resist the bells. He retains enough of his humanity to be fond of the Captains, especially Claudia, their leader.

Source

 * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 1st ED -- Marienburg: Sold Down the River
 * pg. 115

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