Berin Abenard

Berin Abenard is a minor noble and officer of the court of law in Westruun, and Vex'ahlia's stalker.

Appearance
Berin is a pale human man with shoulder-length ash-blond hair and piercing blue eyes. Around 807 PD, he appeared to be older than Vex'ahlia, "in his late twenties at most." When they met, he was wearing a finely-tailored "sleek gray coat trimmed with gold," "stylish boots," a hat, gold bracelets, and several rings, and was carrying a purse, with no weapons.

Kith & Kin
Around 807 PD, Vex'ahlia saw Abenard at a jeweler's shop in Westruun trying to buy a silver bracelet. He followed her throughout the day, and eventually introduced himself in a bookstore. After overhearing that she was researching dragons, he offered to bring her to the Cobalt Reserve and introduce her to his contacts there. Vex'ahlia declined the offer, but Abenard continued to insist, invading her personal space and threatening her verbally. Vex'ahlia responded by threatening him in turn with a knife. He left his hat and purse behind as he stormed off; Vex'ahlia stole his coins.

The following day, Vex'ahlia saw someone resembling Abenard in the market, and hid from him. That evening, as she visited the Scholar Ward on her own, she was followed and attacked from a distance by Lyre, a Clasp member. When Vax'ildan confronted the man, he told him he was fulfilling a Clasp contract for Spireling Gideor. Gideor told Vax'ildan that the person who put out the contract to kidnap his sister was "a minor nobleman who has requested [the Clasp's] services before" and "a good customer." He did not name Abenard, but Vax'ildan inferred that it was him. Unwilling to cancel the contract, Gideor instead made a deal with Vax'ildan. He transformed Lyre into a copy of Vex'ahlia and tore out his tongue. Gideor told Vax'ildan that he would give the Vex'ahlia copy to the nobleman "[f]or as long as our gentleman contractor has use of him."

As far as Vax'ildan was aware, Lyre was still a captive of Abenard, as of 810 PD.

Trivia

 * The identity of the stalker was not revealed on-stream. What little is known was revealed by Matt during the "Fireside Chat", and even then, the stalker's name was unknown until the publication of Kith & Kin in 2021.
 * Vex's stalker, the Despoiler of Flesh, and the doppelganger of Vex were all written out-of-game by Liam and Matt in preparation for Pike's entry into the campaign, to explain why he was a member of the Clasp when she first met Vax.