Krentz

> *"Yeah, we're friends, Mus."* (Krentz, to Mus C'aedus II, as he surrendered)
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**Krentz** (pronounced /ˈkrɛnts/ *KREHNTS*) is a former member of the Xanathar's Guild. He defected from the organization in July of 1492 after being persuaded to surrender by Tribula Cochlea.

## **Description**

Krentz is a human that is 5 feet 9 inches (175 centimeters) tall and weighs 168 pounds (75.2 kilograms). He is pale and has a broad, tough face, and his bald head is covered in tattoos of red eyes. His hair, shaven, is starting to grow back in as stubble. Krentz is well built and wears simple traveler's clothes and a brown coat.

## **Personality**

Krentz is serious, yet amicable, and out of his group of friends, he's likely one of the nicest. Unlike Loreloth and Krebbyg, who are both surly and quiet, Krentz much more willingly holds conversations with the residents of the Awning Portal. He's not loose-lipped, however and talks about his past with the Xanathar's Guild with a bit of wariness, but he knows what information he can and cannot spill.

Krentz is a protective and doting adoptive dad to his son, Pog, a juvenile goblin. He was willing to throw his life away as long as it meant that it kept Pog safe and alive when the Awning Portal first met him in the sewers of Waterdeep, and he was willing to stay in the Awning Portal as long as Pog, too, was clothed, fed and kept safe and sheltered. He is, however, not very strict with the little goblin, who runs amok around the tavern with almost no actual supervision.

## **Abilities**

Krentz is a trained mercenary who likely has proficiency with some martial weaponry. Not much else is known about his abilities.

## **Possessions**

Krentz has no notable possessions aside from the clothes on his back, his weapons and a deck of cards.

## **History**

Krentz was born in Waterdeep in the early 1460s FR, and in his teens, got involved with the Xanathar's Guild, a group of mercenaries. He was trained to fight, and for most of his adult years, worked as a criminal and mercenary under the Guild. Eventually, in the late 1480s, Krentz adopted Pog Ger, a baby goblin, and raised him as his own son.

Krentz continued to work for the Xanathar's Guild until July 11th, 1492, when he encountered Tribula Cochlea, Mariss D'Marothek, Noonan Lockheed, Reverence and Izora de'Xvim in the sewers of Waterdeep while guarding a Xanathar's Guild hideout where Floon Blaagmar was being held captive for information about the Stone of Golorr. Tribula convinced Krentz to stand down by violently befriending him, and then offered to house Krentz and Pog in the apartment they owned while they hid from the Guild. Krentz, accompanied by Pog, fled the sewers with the group and went to live in Tri's old home.

On July 15th, 1492, Tri invited Krentz and Pog to live in the Awning Portal, and the father and son moved into the third floor second bedroom. That night, Loreloth was also forcibly brought to live in the Awning Portal, and the drow eventually conceded to staying, as conditions were better than where he came from. Krebbyg Masq'il'yr also moved in on the 19th, and the four of them became fast friends.
Krentz began working as a barhand when the Awning Portal opened for business on July 26th, 1492, and has been working that job alongside raising his son ever since.

## **Relationships**

### Pog Ger

Pog is Krentz's adoptive son. He found him when Pog was around 2 years old, and took him in and raised him at his own expense. He tried to hide Pog from the Guild as best as he could, but he wasn't perfect at it and Pog was roped into it. He loves his son to bits and would be devastated if anything happened to him. His relationship with his son is one of the most important things to him.

### Loreloth

Krentz only met Loreloth recently, but they have become friends and Krentz still sees some distance he'd like to cross. Loreloth has been an understanding companion and has even started to take on some of Krentz's responsibilities with Pog.

### Noonan Lockheed, Tribula Cochlea, Mariss D'Marothek and Reverence

Krentz appreciates them and is friends with pretty much all of them. He's grateful to them providing a place for him and his son to live.