NPC Profile
Full Name Brother Fabien Vance Ancestry & Class Human (Imperial Diaspora) / Warpriest of Pharasma & The Order of Light (Level 9 Undead Slayer) Role & Title Warden of the Gate; Commander of the Holy Garrison at the Gates of Lead Affiliation Order of Light, Church of Pharasma, allied with City Watch and Commissar Igor Urnst Location Guardhouse of the Gates of Lead, western boundary of the Necropolis, Ptolus Core Mission Enforcing the sundown curfew of the city of the dead, containing necrotic outbreaks, hunting rogue vampires and ghouls
⚖️ Overview & Personality
Brother Fabien Vance is the grim, iron-jawed warden who holds the line between the living citizens of Ptolus and the restless dead of the Necropolis. Stationed in the fortified barbican of the Gates of Lead, Fabien has spent twenty-eight brutal years putting skeletons, ghouls, and wights back into the cold earth.
Fabien is a man forged from steel, prayer, and incense. He speaks in short, clipped sentences, completely devoid of theatrical piety or high-court hypocrisy. Having witnessed dozens of young crusaders torn to pieces by undead ambushes in the misty hills, he has no patience for reckless delvers who treat grave-robbing as a romantic adventure. If a party approaches the gates ill-prepared or carrying stolen consecrated relics, Fabien will turn them away with blistering reprimands.
Despite his severe demeanor, Fabien possesses a profound sense of duty and compassion for the common people. He personally escorts weeping widows to family mausoleums during daylight hours, shields common gravediggers with his own tower shield, and ensures that the poor receive consecrated burial rites without extortionate temple tithes.
🛡️ Physical Appearance
Brother Fabien is a broad-shouldered, weathered man in his late fifties, his face carved with deep fatigue lines and a prominent, puckered scar stretching from his right ear to his collarbone—a lingering memento from a vampire spawn’s claw. His iron-gray hair is cropped in a severe military buzz, and his steel-colored eyes scan the graveyard horizon with perpetual, unblinking vigilance.
He is rarely seen outside his heavy, sanctified suit of full plate armor, forged from blackened steel inlaid with silver script detailing Pharasmin litanies and glowing sunburst emblems of the Order of Light. Across his broad back rests a massive, masterwork silvered warhammer (The Final Rest), and his belt brims with vials of holy water, consecrated oils, and silver stakes.
⚔️ Pathfinder 2e Remaster Statblock
BROTHER FABIEN VANCE CREATURE 9
Unique | LN | Medium | Human | Humanoid
Perception +19; Low-Light Vision
Languages: Common, Celestial, Necril
Skills: Athletics +20, Intimidation +18, Necropolis Lore +21, Religion +20, Survival +17
Str +5, Dex +1, Con +3, Int +1, Wis +4, Cha +2
Items: +1 resilient full plate, +1 striking silver warhammer ("The Final Rest"),
heavy steel shield (Hardness 7, HP 30, BT 15), vials of holy water (x4),
scroll of vital beacon (4th), consecrated lead holy symbol.
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AC 29 (31 with shield raised); Fort +18, Ref +14, Will +19 (+2 status vs. death and void effects)
HP 155; Resistances: Void 10
Shield Block [reaction]
Attack of Opportunity [reaction]
Smite the Restless [reaction] Trigger: An undead creature within 10 feet hits an ally with a melee Strike.
Effect: Fabien makes a melee Strike against the triggering undead with "The Final Rest".
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Speed 25 feet
Melee [one-action] "The Final Rest" +21 [+16/+11] (Magical, Shove, Silver), Damage 2d8+10 bludgeoning
plus 2d6 vitality against undead
Divine Prepared Spells (DC 26, attack +18)
5th: divine wrath (holy), breath of life
4th: vital beacon, heal (x3), holy cascade
3rd: cleanse affliction, searing light (holy), heroism
2nd: calm, dispel magic, sound burst, spiritual weapon
1st: bless, disrupt undead (cantrip), sanctuary, heal
Cantrips (5th): daze, light, divine lance (vitality), forbid approach, shield
Cleric Domain: Death / Repose
Undead Slayer's Eye: Fabien deals an additional 2d6 precision damage with melee Strikes
against undead creatures that are off-guard.
🧭 Story Hooks for Adventurers
- The Midnight Rescue: Two teenage scions from House Dallimothan slipped into the Necropolis on a dare before sundown and failed to return before the gates locked. Fabien cannot abandon his post on the battlements, so he hires the party to breach the foggy hills and rescue the nobles before the Forsaken find them.
- The Necrotic Bounty: Fabien offers a 400 gp church bounty and a cache of holy water to any company that eliminates a monstrous, four-armed ghast lord lurking in the catacombs of the Ossuary.
- The Corrupted Relic: Fabien discovers that a wagon of consecrated burial shrouds sent from the Cathedral of the First Radiance was swapped en route with shrouds soaked in ghoul bile. He suspects an inside traitor in the City Watch working for the Fallen, and enlists the party to find the mole.