> [!infobox|right] > #### Inspector Bram Velmont > ![[5e_bram.jpg]] > > ##### Basic Information > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - bookmark-etch-solid-full.svg]] **Title(s)**: | Inspector | > |![[ICON - feather-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Name**: | Bram Velmont | > |![[ICON - handshake-angle-solid-full.svg]] **Faction(s)**: | [[Lords' Alliance]] | > |![[ICON - house-chimney-window-solid-full.svg]] **Home**: | [[Waterdeep]],<br>[[Sword Coast]] | > |![[ICON - person-limbs-wide-solid-full.svg]] **Species**: | Vampire<br>Former Human | > |![[ICON - pot-food-solid-full.svg]] **Fav. Meal**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - beer-mug-empty-solid-full.svg]] **Fav. Drink**: | Black tea with clove | > |![[ICON - face-smile-wink-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Passion(s)**: | Justice,<br>Unsolved cases | > |![[ICON - face-scream-solid-full.svg]] **Fear(s)**: | Losing control,<br>Cassian escaping forever | > > #### Dates > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - question-solid-full.svg]] **Status**: | Undead | > |![[ICON - heart-sharp-solid-full.svg]] **Born**: | 560 DR | > |![[ICON - coffin-solid-full.svg]] **Died**: | 620 DR | > |![[ICON - head-side-brain-solid-full.svg]] **Age**: | 933 Years | > > #### Family > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - rings-wedding-solid-full.svg]] **Spouse**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - hands-holding-child-solid-full.svg]] **Children**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - family-solid-full.svg]] **Parent(s)**: | ????<br>???? | > |![[ICON -children-solid-full.svg]] **Sibling(s)**: | ???? | > > #### Class Info > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - eclipse-solid-full.svg]] **Alignment**: | Lawful Good | > |![[ICON - crystal-ball-solid-full.svg]] **Deity**: | [[Tyr]] | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Class**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Subclass**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - sparkle-solid-full.svg]] **Multi Class**: | ???? | > |![[ICON - sparkles-solid-full.svg]] **Subclass**: | ???? | > > #### Appearance > | | | > |---|---| > |![[ICON - mustache-solid-full.svg]] **Hair**: | Black with silver streaks | > |![[ICON - head-side-solid-full.svg]] **Skin**: | Pale ash, near white | > |![[ICON - eye-solid-full.svg]] **Eyes**: | Deep red | > |![[ICON - ruler-duotone-regular-full.svg]] **Height**: | 6'2" | > |![[ICON - weight-hanging-solid-full.svg]] **Weight**: | 185 lb | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - Inspector Bram Velmont is a vampire investigator in service to the [[Lords' Alliance]], operating through the Office of Special Writs as a hunter of fugitives, magical criminals, and offenders who cross city borders to escape local law. He is pale, severe, and controlled, with the bearing of a man who has spent centuries refusing to become the monster his curse tried to make him. Bram dresses with old-fashioned formality, usually in dark coats, gloves, and high collars that make him look more like a funeral procession than an officer of the law. His methods are patient and exacting, relying on memory, pattern, testimony, and relentless pursuit. Though undead, Bram remains bound by strict oaths and a personal devotion to justice, drawing strength from discipline rather than cruelty. His longest and most personal case is [[Cassian Vaelisar]] XIII, the thief Bram knows is not the latest in a line, but the same man he first hunted centuries ago. <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">HIS PAST</div> - Bram Velmont was born in 560 DR and began his life as a human investigator along the [[Sword Coast]], where he earned a reputation for patience, restraint, and an uncommon resistance to bribery. As a mortal man, he first encountered Cassian Vaelisar when the thief before he was known as Cassian the II, beginning a pursuit that neither of them understood would last for centuries. Bram was turned into a vampire in 620 DR during an investigation into a hidden noble-backed conspiracy, but he survived the loss of his mortal life without surrendering his sense of duty. Over time, his unnatural lifespan allowed him to recognize what no ordinary investigator could: each new Cassian was not a descendant, but the same man returning under another mask. Bram eventually entered the service of the Lords' Alliance Office of Special Writs, using his condition and long memory to pursue fugitives beyond the reach of ordinary law. His hunt for Cassian has become more than a case, because exposing the truth of the Vaelisar line may be the only way to finally end a crime that has lasted nearly a thousand years.