If questioned, Lazlo Bluebrick, (burly,
distracted), her former boss, denies any such
It’s Midwinter and Ezekiel Spooner (elderly,
sleepy), a once wealthy money-lender, is the
victim of extortion!. He was visited years ago by a
trio of spirits that manipulated him into loving
Midwinter and turning over a new, more
generous, leaf. It all turned out for the best in the
end but ever since then, year after year, other
spirits have been showing up demanding he
right their wrongs as well. Frankly, he’s at his wits
end-not to mention he has gone broke trying to
help them all! The Watch must deal with this!
The spirit, Amberjill Brassy, is the mother of
Remy Brassy (quiet, wary), her 10 year old son.
Her husband died long ago and when Amberjill
died earlier in the year from a mysterious illness
the bank took their home and Remy was sent to
Crane’s Orphanage in The Cups. Whitney
Coldclover (stern, sharp), the headmistress uses
the kids as slave labour for a hand-made mitten
empire.
Whitney isn’t prepared to let Remy go, her
underhanded mitten operation is making her a
fortune during the colder season. She’s got a few
thugs and a mean dog named Grits.
The previous year, Amberjill brought Jeeter
home, a small household golem, to help when
she is at work all day. Jeeter took to its duties
well and soon Remy and the little golem were
inseparable friends.
The old family home in Downspout sits empty
now, taken over by Zig, a mean old spider.
Previously, Amberjill worked for Bluebrick
Shipping in a busy Mizzlehaze harbour importing
raw golemite from the northern mountains. In its
raw form Golemite is toxic and requires special
protective gear to handle. Amberjill’s work attire
remains in a cupboard at their home, clearly worn
out and ineffective to protect against such toxicity.
lack of safety or liability. It wasn’t until a few
months ago that Lazlo finally sprung for new
safety gear after a few others suffered a similar
fate to Amberjill. To complicate matters Lazlo
has Smudgestone House in his pocket. The
watchmen protect the man and his operation as
they do for several businesses in the area.
Jeeter remains at the family home. Tangled in
one of Zig’s thick webs. It struggles for 30
minutes each morning trying to free itself before
returning to an idle posture. Zig has grown bored
of tormenting it and sleeps much of the day.
The spirit of Amberjill desperately wants to give
her son a good Midwinter gift by saving him from
his situation. Around the Spooner estate, pots,
pans and dishes are rattled and gibberish
appears written on frosted windows, dusty floors
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and mirrors, but if read in reverse start to make
sense. Amberjill explains her wish, albiet
cryptically, giving the name Keno Keys as a
starting point. Keno is an attorney in Loggerhead
who champions inorganic rights and whom
originally connected her with Jeeter.
Normally, an inorganic person cannot be the
head of a household but during Midwinter an old
and obscure law circumvents traditional law in
favour of family unity, in this case, Remy and
Jeeter. This law only works if the previous head
of the household didn’t pass by
their own hand or of natural or
fateful causes. In this case, the
neglect of her former
employer would qualify.
Keno, a golem as well, is
eager to take the case, but
needs solid proof Amberjill’s
illness and death was an
accident or due to neglect
at her job. If so, Jeeter will
technically inherit the
house, becoming the
new head of the Brassy
family, reunite with Remy
and, mostly importantly,
let old Ezekiel finally get
a good nights sleep.
See following page for
a few Midwinter themed
Disturbances.
Festive fishing tournaments are taking place
along the semi-frozen Slurry. The competition is
fierce when Elmer Sparklight (large, upbeat)
shouts with glee as he raises a massive
wriggling river eel in triumph just before he
vanishes beneath the ice. People all shout in
alarm! He’s gone under! And that big eel has a
hold of his lunch!

Giselle Wireway (learned, flaky), a golemcrafter,

is demonstrating her latest model street-side.
The golem is mostly made of ice, snow and
wood but in an act of seasonal whimsey, she
has crafted the Spark Key into a dapper felt hat.
Sadly, in an effort to get the gimmicky golem
finished in time she cut corners and when
installing the hat the golem goes wild. Flailing,
bounding and crushing all in it’s path.

Alden Murkwater (tall, drab) hammers at a

merchant’s door, demanding compensation.
Nobody answers, but that doesn’t stop him from
trying to break open the door. He claims a
strange woman sold him a toy soldier, that she
assured would keep the mudrats out of his
cellar stores. It hadn’t done this at all, he found
the next morning all of the crates, barrels and
canisters broken wide open and the ravenous
rodents having a feast! The small shop is
mysteriously empty now, it’s shelves barren and
dusty. The toy soldier is a sinister Relic, during
the night it awakens, cracking open any and all
closed things it can lay it’s tiny wooden hands
on.