Gerlach Baer

Gerlach Baer returned to Nuln three weeks ago in disgrace. He and his unit were to reinforce supply lines to Middenheim from Altdorf during the siege, but when faced with a horde of Beastmen, he fled, leaving his men behind to be slaughtered. He was captured by the survivors of his unit and taken back to Altdorf where he was stripped of his rank and imprisoned awaiting execution. But he would not hang, for his family had connections with a highly placed member in the Emperor’s court, and so Gerlach Baer was flogged and sent back to Nuln.

Now he spends all of his time drinking in the Blind Pig, one of the most dangerous taverns in the city. His family no longer claims him, and so he spends his time on the streets, squandering his meagre wealth on thin wine and cheap ale.

A thin man in his early twenties, the flogging he received in Altdorf crippled him physically and emotionally. He has filthy black hair, haggard features, and his left eye is a mass of ruined flesh. He’s no coward and he knows it. He swears he was afflicted by dark magic on the battlefield, but no one believes him. His life ruined, he wants nothing more than to die.

He doesn’t know anything about the Chalice, nor does he know anything about the other two men. If shown the sword, he tells the questioner he had one like it, all the officers were awarded these swords as gifts from the Countess. Baer sold the weapon for a few tankards of ale—he doesn’t remember who bought it from him. In truth, it was Rolf Vogt.

If tortured, he kills himself the next day. But Baer is not a hopeless case. If the adventurers make an effort to befriend him, helping out of his wallowing self-pity, he offers to help them in their mission, seeing them as his last chance for redemption. He’ll serve as extra muscle or as a spy, leaping at the chance to be of use once more.

Source
[[Category:G]] [[Category:B]]
 * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd ED -- Forges of Nuln
 * pg. 62
 * pg. 63