Whelk (Age: ??)

An evil, unscrupulous shopkeeper, loan shark, and pawnbroker. Miserly, bitter, and a cheat, he seeks to accumulate magical items of the greatest power for sale to the highest bidder. Though he appears to be a simple, if filthy, old man, his true nature is unknown and there is ample evidence that he is in fact some sort of demon or malignant spirit.