'Lord' Tomas Dexson

A self styled nobleman and the 'lord' of Cullfield is Tomas Dexson. He is the primary "Wealth man" his words, of the town an the primary investor in its business. However his eccentricity greatly detract from his legitimate business sense .

Born to a poor family he was hired as an apprentice leather worker but later moved to Cullfield. He married one Elizabeth Frothingham, a rich widow. Gold digging achieved he then got the idea that since he was now part of the upper crust he needed a official position in the Lords Alliance, like many other "Wealth men". After rejecting dozens of applications the Lords Alliance gave up and made him the official Informer of Deer of Cullfield. Over statistics of does and bucks alike he rules with a iron hand, and concluded what many already know. That there are no deer in Cullfield.

His political ambitions secured he decided to go into business. First he bought up every copper piece in Cullfield thinking that if the people have bigger coins they will spend more, he was wrong. by all accounts this should have been his end, but a copper miners strike in Daggerford allowed him to ship up the coins and sell them at a premium. This would become somewhat of a trend for Dexson.

Next he bought up every whale bone from Trollbark to Waterdeep, for some reason. But just in time men starting wearing corsets too in Neverwinter and, whale bone being a primary item for making corsets, he sold all of them and tuned a massive profit. Then he sent bed warmers to Chult. Now a bed warmer may seem useless in a tropical jungle, but the captain of the ship sold them to the brewing industry to use as ladles. Thinking the Chultans must be awful cold he sent a ship full of mittens there as well. The same captain ran into a ship headed for Neverwinter and sold them for another massive profit. Next he rounded up all the cats in Cullfield and sent them to Chult. They were gobbled up on mass. Not eaten but used to stop the rat infestations.

Hearing this you may think "Wait is he smart?". When you learn about his private life you will know for a fact the answer is, NO. He built a massive gaudy mansion on the hill overlooking Cullfield, and staffed it only with Gomes because quote "They are magic and can see the future". He then built a number of statues of famous people of the Sword Coast. With one of himself staying he is the "Geratest Philosephizer of the North", misspelled. He also bought a track of empty land in the High Moor to build a summer home at.

Occasionally he spends some time with the circus called his family. His wife, who he occasionally insist is not his and that, in fact, his house is haunted. His son and daughter, who the priest Flint describes as "A half mad drunk, and a completely mad drunk". And the requisite number of weirdos required to keep up appearances. Like his poet laureate, a fishmonger with middling writing skills, who wrights and preforms the most laudatory odes to his 'Lord'. As well as his Court Wizard Uanneiros a half elf of middling magical capability.