Waltyr Mercer

Waltyr Mercer is the twenty eighth Lord-Bridgemaster of Mercer's Crossing, a title that has been in his family for generations, twenty-eight in fact. He is known as The Vulture, or the The Vulture Of Mercer's Crossing.

Background
The second son of Lord-Bridgemaster Gharnel Mercer, Waltyr Mercer has always been a sneaky and backstabbing sort, selling a sister of his off to some traveling brothel for a sum of gold. He once killed a dog his father gave to him simply because it would not do the tricks he asked it to within a week. Waltyr Mercer is a skilled thief, having lived his entire life on and around nearby the bridge. Waltyr had lots of opportunities for practice, soon becoming a master pickpocket and cutpurse. When his elder brother Jonyl died from alcohol poisoning in a drinking contest, he became his father's heir. His father always distrusted Waltyr, something that Waltyr reciprocated right back. Following his ascension as the Bridgemaster of Mercer's Crossing, he has grown rather bold, daringly testing the limits of his state as a vassal of House Moloney. Waltyr has a son known as Black Wally, a bastard born from a woman who the Bridgeguard captured trying to cross the bridge without paying the toll. Waltyr raped her, then kept her a comfortable prisoner until the birth of his child, whereupon he asked her to marry him. For some strange and unprecedented reason by many, she excepted. Many a mind has wondered what Waltyr said to her to make her go through with such a drastic life changing event, especially given her history with the vile man.