Tobias Highridge

Overview

Tobias Highridge is a Sallowshore vampire tax collector whose rivalry with Sahni and test-driven interactions shaped much of the local inquiry arc.

Active power contact with ongoing relevance through faction ties and unresolved personal-history claims.

Functions as both informant and threat gatekeeper during Sallowshore investigations.
Connects Tax Collectors Union politics to Sahni/Nepenthe conflict lines.

Initial contact: establishes role, faction link, and vampire identity.
Conflict phase: hostility escalates through statue/succubus encounter.
Later phase: lodging, rewards, and Lixl-investigator fallout alter terms of engagement.

In Session 22, Tobias Highridge was identified as a tax collector in Sallowshore.
Tobias Highridge is a known member of the Tax Collectors Union.
In Session 22, Highridge was described as a vampire and as a worshipper of Zon-Kuthon.
In Session 22, Highridge was said to have been previously married to Sahni Bride-of-the-Sea and to be at odds with her.
In Session 22, after the party accused Sahni of poisoning food, Highridge created a succubus statue that attacked the party.
In Session 23, Highridge said his wife Nepenthe was betrayed by Sahni, killed, and that Sahni still has her remains.
In Session 23, Highridge said no other group had passed his statue/monster tests.
In Session 28, Highridge received a memento tied to Nepenthe, gave the party lodging, and gave Monty a necklace of fireballs.
In Session 28, after Sabong’s deception claim, Highridge said Lixl would be sent to an investigator.