Half-orcs are rare in Waterdeep, but are
tolerated as all beings short of drow and
illithids (mind flayers) are, if their gold is
good. Ulmrin can pass for human in appearance,
is rather burly, and fights with a
broad sword, axe, and dagger, in chainmail.
He loves to fight, and will readily join or hire
on to adventuring bands, but although he is
not so stupid as to show it, his loyalty is only
to himself, and he will run away to fight
another day in any really tough battle, taking
any treasure he can.

This fighting-man makes his living as a
professional tutor of fighters, or ?captainat-
arms?, and is quite willing to do this
(upon payment of the proper fees) for player
characters. (DMs should determine the
weapons Varbrace has mastered, and those
that his competitor Myrmith Splendon (q.v.)
employs, for minimal overlap, so that PCs
can choose what weapons to be trained in
fairly freely.) Varbrace does not deal again
with those who try to trick or cheat him
unless they offer him double fees in
advance, and act very sorry. He rooms at
The Inn of the Dripping Dagger, and trains
people in a secluded corner of The City of
the Dead (or, if the Watch objects, outside
the walls near River Gate). Varbrace will not
go on adventures?he considers the risks
too high for the potential profit.