Aldo

At a glance

Aldo is a stout, well-groomed dwarf with a red beard who conducts business on the same Rivalis corner each morning.

Aldo displays a pouch of unusual ore on his customary Rivalis street corner.

Primary reference: Aldo Portrait
Canonical status: Visual baseline for Aldo’s face, coloring, red beard, stout build, practical merchant clothing, burgundy mantle, and guarded confidence.

Exchanged a package with a tall human.
Carried a pouch containing unusual pieces of ore.
Asked Rage to watch a pale halfling who drinks red wine but does not eat.
Suggested seeking information about vampires at the Cosmopolis Club in Martira Bay.
Was surprised that the party could see the halfling’s ghostly form.
Inspected the reverse of Rage’s gold coin before paying the party 1 gp.
According to Ewing, has increasingly been visiting a friend south of Rivalis beyond the cheese farms, especially in the evenings.
Belongs to the Kargatane’s outer circle alongside two companions called the Dockside Men.
Intended to flee the failing town for Nartok.
Said he is forbidden from going to Castle Avernus and would not identify who commands affairs there.
Revealed that Kargatane scarecrows answer the passphrase “the crimson retinue” and report what they have seen.
Sincerely offered this information because he respected Rage for helping him earlier.

The Pale Halfling: Asked Rage to investigate him.
Martira Bay: Claims a contact or source there may know about vampires.
The Crimson Retinue: Supplied the passphrase controlling the Kargatane’s scarecrow observers.

Session 1: Met Rage after being confronted over a suspicious exchange and offered him investigative work.
Session 2: Paid the party for confirming that the pale halfling was a ghostly apparition.
Session 12: Ewing supplied a new lead concerning Aldo’s repeated visits south of the cheese farms; Aldo was not directly encountered.
Session 13: Revealed his Kargatane allegiance, introduced the Dockside Men, and prepared to flee toward Nartok.

Departing Rivalis with the two Dockside Men and intending to seek safety in Nartok.