Gaedren Lamm is an infamous, petty crime-lord who "rules" over the Slums District of the Gwynnish city of Ashara.
Lamm appears as a frail old man, with jaundiced yellow eyes and skin speckled with age. He shuffles about with a pronounced limp, as a result of an old leg wound he suffered in childhood. Despite his advanced age, Lamm is extremely vain. He dyes his brittle hair a bright flaxen gold, wears only the finest leathers and silks, and always douses himself in sickly, sweet perfume.
For decades, Gaedren has been a much-despised figure within the population of Ashara's Slums District. To maintain his criminal empire, Lamm has long used gangs of local orphans as pickpockets, thieves, and even whores. Lamm's orphan gangs are derisively referred to as his "Little Lambs."
Lamm's most important use of these pitiful orphans is as spies, who are spread across the Slums to constantly learn new secrets about potential victims who can then be extorted. To ensure their loyalty, Lamm addicts most of the young orphans to Khat, a particularly addictive narcotic.
Gaedren has always been a master manipulator; skillfully bribing authorities in return for free reign over the Slums. Lamm knows the streets of Ashara very well, because he, too, grew up on them. Even as a child, Lamm was a notorious thief and assassin, who was feared by other street urchins. As he got older, Gaedren learned that knowledge was more powerful than wielding a blade, and he became a ruthless purveyor of secrets. Lamm used his ill-gotten knowledge in blackmail schemes that made him handsome profits.
Gaedren's Gang
- Shanks; a half-orc brute
- Hooks; a sneaky Halfling thief
- Yargin; a ruthless human thug
- Rolf, Gaedren's bastard son—a murderous psychopath who is even more dangerous than his father. Even as a child, he tortured animals and was fascinated with dead bodies. As he grew older, he developed strange "tastes" and was avoided by almost everyone around him. He is the most feared of Gaedren's enforcers and is rumored to have his own sick 'hobbies' on the side.
- "Toothy.": Gaedren's pet crocodile. Over the years, this nasty beast has fed on quite a few of his enemies.
