An Old Companion
Kattigan previously travelled and fought alongside Thjazi, Thimble, Teor, Azune and their companions. Teor remembers him as both a fierce warrior and a good man.
Overview
Introduction
Kattigan Vale is a large, weathered human warrior who has spent many years living and working outside Dol-Makjar. He wears carefully maintained equipment assembled from scavenged pieces and appears far more comfortable in the wilderness than within a city. Kattigan once travelled and fought alongside Thjazi Fang, Thimble, Teor Pridesire, and Azune Nayar, but left the group after an earlier battle. He returns to Dol-Makjar after completing a contract near Pinebrough and witnesses Thjazi’s execution before following his former companions to Thimble’s hideout.
Revealed history
Known History
Departure After a Battle
Thimble says that Kattigan abandoned his former companions after a battle. The circumstances surrounding his departure have not yet been explained.
Bounty Hunter
Kattigan describes himself as a highly sought-after bounty hunter and a warrior of the people. Immediately before returning to Dol-Makjar, he had been completing a contract near Pinebrough.
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Witness to Thjazi’s Execution
Kattigan attended Thjazi’s execution and briefly considered attacking the platform in an attempt to save him. Wulferic’s intervention caused him to abandon the suicidal plan.
Followed the Investigators
After watching the Farramh from outside, Kattigan followed Teor, Azune, and Occtis through Dol-Makjar to Thimble’s hidden apartment.
Story progression
Character Journey
Major events shaping Kattigan Vale.
Attack on Thimble’s Hideout
Seven masked attackers struck Thimble’s hidden apartment, left her critically injured, removed their dead and stole the Stone of Nightsong.
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- Approximately seven masked attackers entered the hideout expecting resistance.
- The intruders fought like murderers relying upon surprise and numbers rather than disciplined soldiers.
- Thimble killed at least three attackers.
- Thimble escaped into a narrow drainage grate while carrying the genuine escape glyph.
- The attackers could not reach her inside the grate.
- Thimble was left unconscious, with a damaged wing and close to death.
- The attackers removed the bodies of their dead companions.
- Blood beneath the concealed entrance showed that bodies had been dragged away.
- The apartment door was shattered and the interior violently searched.
- Papers, furniture, the mattress and a glass display case were torn apart.
- Six attackers wore old or damaged boots; one wore noticeably fine footwear.
- Crow feathers carrying pine resin, alcohol and tobacco scents were found among the traces.
- The evidence suggests the Crow Keepers but does not prove their responsibility.
- The Stone of Nightsong and other magical material were removed.
- The genuine escape glyph remained protected only because Thimble carried it into the grate.
- Thjazi’s letter to Bolaire remained behind.
The Execution of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi Fang was publicly condemned and hanged beneath the Guardian Wall under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.
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- The execution took place at the gallows beneath the Guardian Wall.
- Thjazi arrived in an iron-barred prison wagon under a multi-house military escort.
- House Tachonis soldiers removed him from the wagon in manacles.
- Azune performed the official magical inspection.
- Several parts of the crowd cheered when Thjazi appeared.
- The Sundered Houses used trumpets to silence or overpower the crowd’s response.
- A House Tachonis herald proclaimed the sentence.
- Thjazi was accused of arcanism, theft, skulduggery, murder and sedition.
- The Chamber of Lords-Advisory authorised the sentence to the Revolutionary Council.
- The Photarch spoke on behalf of the Candescent Creed and House Halovar’s changing religious order.
- Wicander expected the Photarch to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
- The Photarch privately told Wicander that Thjazi had to die.
- Thjazi and Halandil shared final words across the crowd.
- Thjazi saw something in the sky and became visibly panicked.
- Thjazi asked Halandil to help Murray and the Penteveral and said paint waited with Bolaire.
- Thjazi asked Halandil to tell Thimble not to be scared.
- Thjazi declared that the authority condemning him would fall and that he could still hear the falcon’s cry.
- The executioner pulled the lever before Thjazi completed his final mental message.
- The escape intervention did not remove Thjazi.
- Thjazi died by hanging.
- This was the first execution in Dol-Makjar carried out exclusively under the authority of the Chamber of Lords-Advisory.
The Farramh of Thjazi Fang
Thjazi’s family and community gathered at the Fang home for an orcish Farramh beginning on the day of his death.
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- A Farramh begins on the day of death or as soon afterwards as possible.
- The deceased is placed for viewing so family and community can gather.
- Shadia prepared the Fang home before the body arrived.
- Azune carried Thjazi inside and placed him for viewing.
- The body was covered with a white Candescent funerary sheet before the family arranged their own rites and offerings.
- Loza performed an Old Path farewell beside the body.
- Guests brought food, flowers, liquor, coins, jewellery and personal treasures.
- The gathering included family, veterans, arcanists, occultists, nobles and criminal associates.
- Thjazi’s scimitar was returned to Halandil during the ceremony.
- Representatives of House Halovar and the Candescent Creed entered despite hostility from the household and neighbourhood.
- Aranessa mourned her estranged husband and confronted House Halovar’s claims.
- Vaelus arrived seeking the Stone of Nightsong and was persuaded to respect the grieving family.
- The ceremony remained underway when Episode 1 ended.
Personal connections
Relationships
Bonds, loyalties and conflicts as they develop across the campaign.
Wilderness Companions
CompanionYour role: Wilderness CompanionActive
Kattigan and Wulferic travel and hunt together. Wulferic watches over Kattigan and is capable of restraining his most reckless impulses.
Latest development · Episode 1Wulferic Assists the Investigation
View full relationship evidence →Wulferic’s senses contribute to Kattigan’s magical reconstruction of the attack upon Thimble’s hideout.
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When Kattigan considers attacking the execution platform, Wulferic nudges his hand and brings him back from the suicidal impulse.
Former Companions
MilitaryYour role: Former CompanionDeceased Counterpart
Kattigan once travelled and fought alongside Thjazi and nearly attempts a hopeless rescue during the execution.
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PersonalYour role: Former CompanionReunited With Tension
Kattigan and Thimble were members of the same old adventuring circle, but she remembers him as having abandoned the group after a battle.
View full relationship evidence →Old Friends and Former Comrades
MilitaryYour role: Old Friend And Former ComradeActive Reunited
Kattigan and Teor reunite after ten or fifteen years with familiar insults and affection.
View full relationship evidence →Former Companions
MilitaryYour role: Former CompanionReunited
Azune immediately recognises Kattigan from their old adventuring circle when he appears at Thimble’s hideout.
View full relationship evidence →Unanswered questions
Mysteries
Open and resolved questions connected to Kattigan Vale.
Who Attacked Thimble’s Hideout?
Who ordered the attack, who wore the fine boots, and how did the attackers learn the hideout and timing?
Seven masked attackers struck at the exact time Thimble was preparing the rescue glyph, removed their dead and stole magical objects.
Latest developmentThe Stone of Nightsong Was Taken
The attackers removed the Stone of Nightsong and other magical objects from the hideout. It remains unclear whether stealing the relic was their primary objective or opportunistic theft after attacking Thimble.
Who Took the Stone of Nightsong—and Why?
Who stole the Stone from Thimble’s hideout, where is it now and why was this funerary relic targeted?
The Stone was removed from the hideout during the attack. Its purpose is now known, but its current holder and the motive for taking it are not.
Latest developmentThe Stone Replaced an Immortal Nightingale
The Stone was created after Sylandri’s original nightingale guardian was destroyed during the Shapers’ War.
What Happened at the Crofters’ Village?
What did Kattigan see near the crofters’ village, and was it connected to his contract near Pinebrough?
Something Kattigan witnessed around a rural crofters’ village disturbed him enough to seek a drink in Dol-Makjar.
Latest developmentKattigan Had Been Completing a Contract near Pinebrough
Kattigan later says that he came towards Dol-Makjar after finishing a contract near Pinebrough, but Episode 1 does not explicitly confirm whether that contract and the crofters’ village incident are the same.
Transcript-backed claims
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An imposing figure appears in the entrance to Thimble’s hideout. Occtis does not recognise him, but Thimble, Teor, and Azune immediately know the man as Kattigan Vale.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · A Ghost Appears in the Doorway
Kattigan is a weathered human man in his mid-forties, standing approximately six feet four inches tall and weighing around 220 pounds. His monochrome, cowled equipment appears scavenged but purposeful, well cared for, and suited to a wild man uncomfortable within the city.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Kattigan Vale
Kattigan’s imposing entrance is weakened when he stumbles against the doorway, revealing that he has been drinking. Recovering quickly, he jokes that he expected a funeral rather than a reunion.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Not a Funeral, but a Reunion
A massive juvenile wolf floats through the open window and lands beside Kattigan. Wulferic initially growls at the room before settling protectively beside his companion.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Wulferic Floats Through the Window
Wulferic wears armour mirroring Kattigan’s own equipment, including a tattered cowl and an empty quiver fixed along his side.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · The Armoured Wolf
Occtis recognises Wulferic as a wolf Pin has encountered while wandering through the woods. Rather than attacking the fox-like familiar, Wulferic adopts a submissive posture and begins playing with her.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Pin and Wulferic Are Already Friends
Teor recognises Kattigan as someone he has not seen for approximately ten or fifteen years. The two greet one another with familiar insults and affection.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Teor Greets an Old Comrade
Kattigan admits that he followed Teor, Azune, and Occtis from the Fang home to the Tanners, mocking them as noisy, loud, clumsy, and easy to track even while he was half drunk.
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Kattigan had witnessed something troubling in the rural area surrounding a crofters’ village. The experience drove the normally reclusive woodsman into Dol-Makjar seeking a drink, where whispers carried news that Thjazi was in danger.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Something Drove Kattigan into the City
While watching Thjazi’s execution, Kattigan imagines leaping onto the stage, killing a guard, freeing Thjazi, and dying beneath a volley of arrows. Although he knows the attempt would fail, his grip tightens upon his club as he considers acting.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Kattigan Imagines an Impossible Rescue
Wulferic nudges Kattigan’s hand as his companion considers attacking the execution platform. The gesture causes Kattigan to release his grip and abandon the suicidal rescue attempt.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Wulferic Brings Kattigan Back
After the execution, Kattigan follows Teor and the others to the Fang home. He considers entering the Farramh but turns away when the gathering grows louder and more celebratory. When the investigators emerge, he follows them instead.
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Kattigan and Wulferic · Kattigan Watches the Farramh from Outside
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Kattigan casts Clue, causing the footprints, fingerprints, and other traces throughout the hideout to appear in different colours. With Wulferic’s senses informing his investigation, Kattigan arranges the evidence into a reconstruction of the attack.
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Kattigan determines that approximately seven people entered Thimble’s hideout and that three of them died during the resulting fight.
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The attackers arrived masked and prepared for violence. Kattigan concludes that they knew someone inside the hideout would resist and brought overwhelming numbers to subdue them.
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Among the traces left when the three dead attackers were dragged away, Kattigan finds crow feathers carrying the scents of pine resin, alcohol, and heavy tobacco smoke. The evidence immediately suggests the Crow Keepers.
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Kattigan identifies the Crow Keepers as one of the oldest thieves’ guilds operating within Dol-Makjar.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · One of Dol-Makjar’s Oldest Thieves’ Guilds
Kattigan determines that the intruders fought like murderers rather than disciplined soldiers. They expected to overwhelm their victim by surprise, but became disorganised when Thimble fought back successfully.
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Six attackers wore old and tattered boots, while the seventh wore footwear of noticeably fine quality. The difference suggests that one member of the group held a different status or background.
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Kattigan finds fingerprints and traces of sorcery around a shattered glass case. Everything of magical importance in the hideout appears to have been taken except the escape glyph Thimble carried into the grate.
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Thimble realises that the attackers broke open the glass case containing the Stone of Nightsong and stole the relic from the hideout.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · The Stone of Nightsong Is Missing
While introducing Kattigan to Occtis, Thimble explains that Kattigan abandoned their old companions after a battle. Teor nevertheless describes him as a fierce warrior and a good man.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · Kattigan Left After a Battle
Kattigan says that he came towards Dol-Makjar after completing a contract near Pinebrough, a small agricultural community. He describes himself as a highly sought-after bounty hunter and warrior of the people.
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The Crow Keepers’ Attack · Kattigan Was Finishing a Contract
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Campaign 4, Episode 1
2 scenesEpisode 1
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Character Arrival
Kattigan and Wulferic
2:39:21–2:47:328 min 11 sec
Kattigan Vale and his enormous wolf companion Wulferic appear at Thimble’s hideout. The old warrior reveals that he witnessed Thjazi’s execution, considered intervening, and followed Teor, Azune, and Occtis from the Farramh.
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Investigation Breakthrough
The Crow Keepers’ Attack
2:47:32–2:58:5511 min 23 sec
Kattigan reconstructs the attack upon Thimble’s hideout and finds evidence pointing towards the Crow Keepers. Seven masked attackers entered expecting a fight, three were killed, and the survivors removed the bodies and stole the Stone of Nightsong.