Gruff Lawkin

Name Gruff Lawkin Age 49 Race Human Class Aristocrat Status NPC (Living) Rank Allegiance King Jon XVII Culture Generic Religion Pantheonism Residence The Capital Prestige Distinguished Piety Dutiful Wealth Indebted

Title: Ser Gruff Lawkin, Shariff of the Capital and Constable of Castle Royal, Senior-Furrier of the Merchants' Guild of the Capital
Actor: Hugh Laurie

Concept

Snarky Detective and Lawman

Tropes

Da Chief; Jerk with a Heart of Gold; The Snark Knight

Perception

Anyone who has interacted with Ser Gruff in a legal context knows him to be rough-but-fair, and generally honest/not-corrupt. Those who work with/under him know him to be a bit unforgiving, almost to the point of verbally-abusive, but otherwise looks after his people.

Details

• Family wasn't particularly successful but obsessed with money; Gruff was married into money for business reasons, and the couple never really clicked.
• Oversees district bailiffs, handles felony/royal cases
• +Sergeant-at-Mace, his right-hand man
• Works closely with the coroners on investigative cases
• Beknighted some time ago by His Majesty for his prior law-enforcement successes (as warden and/or bailiff)
• Primary: His (family) business is in deep financial trouble, and he's been procrastinating against making a hard call to deal with it—leaving the shrievalty to displace his father as head of the business.
• Secondary: The City Fathers are resisting his attempts to get them to pass jurisdiction-related edict(s) that would untie his hands so he can do his job more effectively.

Traits

CK2: ; Focus: ; Ambition:

Notes

• Bum leg; walks with a cane