K.R.

K.R. was the alias of a messenger who worked for the Mordish Birding Society. Specifically he worked for a lord who called himself The Host. K.R. operated out of Pruzer, the city where he grew up, and was involved in the retrieval of the Professor’s notes. He fought in the battle of Miirshire with a dagger enchanted to return. The blade was a gift from the Host. K.R. stood for Kind Regards.

## History

K.R. was born in Dri’Farin. As a young boy he came to Pruzer with no family and no friends. He lived on the streets there, scrounging for food and stealing what he could. The Boy had few allies on the streets but he learned to survive. Years after moving to Pruzer, he came into contact with a rich noble. He never learned the man's name. But in return for delivering messages for the lord, he received food and care. He took the name K.R., which was as real to him as any other name he had gone by. K.R. became a messenger for this noble, who called himself the Host. K.R. was also given an enchanted knife to help him.

In AeP 446, K.R. had been working with the Host for almost a decade. He had become a trusted messenger for the noble, and the Mordish Birding Society. When the notes of a high ranking Professor in the Society were stolen by Dan Irem, K.R. was called on to help recover them. This was partly due to him already being in Pruzer and partly for his knowledge of the streets. The other people summoned to help were The Curator, Skua, Vella, and Osprey. After speaking with the Professor, they searched the home of the Thief. They followed his trail to a restaurant and from there Osprey, K.R. and Vella found a hideout of people working with Dan Irem. K.R. helped capture a man named Terrance who was working for the County of Pellisberg. Terrance also told the group where Dan was headed. The next day the group was joined by Sylvie, a student of the Professor. With her in the group and Terrance as a prisoner, K.R. and the others made for the Procession of Peace. When they reached the festival, K.R. stole some ornaments to help their carriage blend in. He also spoke with children and beggars in the Procession. From them he heard that there were strange people at the march this year. K.R. then went with Vella and Terrance to find Terrance’s captain. However Terrance lured them into an ambush. A group of soldiers from Pellisberg jumped them. K.R. ended up in the middle of the battlefield trapped under a cart. However using his Returning Knife he was able to injure several of the attackers and eventually make his way free. He then helped save one of the urchins he spoke to previously, from a flaming cart. The child then pointed out one of the strange people, a woman in a suit.

After interrogating Terrance and his captain, the group immediately made for Miirshire. Through the early morning they conducted an investigation to find Dan Irem. The group learned the Woman in the Suit had beat them here. Osprey volunteered to watch her. They eventually learned he was staying in the local lord’s manor. K.R. snuck in, found the sleeping Irem, and stole his pack. The notes were in the pack. K.R. returned to the others to share. However they decided it was too risky to leave Irem alone since he might have made copies. Using stolen watches bearing the symbol of Pellisberg, they gained entrance to the lord’s manor. However as they were speaking to Lord Calvi, the Woman in the Suit appeared in the town square with Osprey as a prisoner. She ordered his execution but was stopped when Sylvie used a sea stone to break open the town square. K.R. helped Vella rescue Osprey in a quick fight. The group retreated and escaped through a secret tunnel, but lost Dan Irem. Then, K.R. and the others encountered some miners who believed the Kaiser’s men were here to annex their mine. The Curator convinced the miners to help them fight. Sylvie then pulled the group aside and revealed to them what the notes were, saying she could enchant one of them to give them wings. K.R. and everyone else declined. Shortly after a battle between the group, with the miners by their side, and the Kaiser’s men led by the Woman in the Suit occurred. In the battle K.R. was injured and fell unconscious. However he helped wound the Woman first. The battle was won and K.R. returned to Pruzer with Sylvie to return the notes to the professor.

## Appearance

K.R. was skinny, athletic, and totally unremarkable. He could easily disappear in a crowd.

## Relations

K.R. worked for a noble he called the Host. He was loyal to the man and was rewarded well. K.R. had more allegiance to the Host himself, than the Host’s cause.

## Powers

The Host had given K.R. an enchanted dagger, a weapon worth a small fortune. The dagger would fly back to K.R.’s hand when the phrase “return” was uttered. K.R. used the blade well. He could also climb most things and moved freely over the city's rooftops. K.R. knew the streets of Pruzer, better than he knew anything else.

## List of Appearances

**Campaigns**

1. A Thief Among Traitors Session One: Nest
2. A Thief Among Traitors Session Two: Migration
3. A Thief Among Traitors Session Three: Prey
4. A Thief Among Traitors Session Four: Territory

**Supplemental**

1. ATAT Supplemental: The Boy
2. ATAT Supplemental: The Letter (Mentioned Only)
3. ATAT Supplemental: Loose Ends (Mentioned Only)