DECEASED
a.k.a. the Triad, the Serpent of the Lost Coast
Referenced in Gull’s first dream, he seemed to suffer from an illness marked by weeping sores.
Referenced in a letter from Rony to Grip uncovered in Chapter 46 as “Uncle G,” someone important to Rony. Gavrony is a male Varisian name that Rony may be short for.
Rony recalled that Gavrony Stoiču was a Sczarni crime boss that plagued the Lost Coast decades years earlier. Leader of the Drozha clan before it was wiped out by plague 25 years ago. Brutally violent to outsiders, but very few knew who he was. Master of disguise, information broker, assassin. Known as the “Triad” or the “Serpent of the Lost Coast.”
In Chapter 84, Dora had a psychometry vision of Gavrony’s assault (along with his companions Nicholas and Mej) on an unknown caravan and its owner, at some point in the past. He was a worshipper of Norgorber, the god of murder.
In Chapter 85, Vik recognized that Stoiču’s orange scarf may have been worn to inspire ingenuity, in the Sczarni tradition.
In Act III Interlude 2, the events of the caravan assault seen in Chapter 84 were continued. The caravan being attacked was revealed to have been owned by Weiralai. Following the assault, Gavrony, Nicholas, and Mej brutally tortured Weiralai for information about her vast horde of technological relics. Afterwards, Gavrony used his share of the spoils to build his sprawling crime empire in Varisia.
In Chapter 150 (Part 3), it was learned that Gavrony maintained a close relationship with his sister Katarina (Vik’s mother), and specifically groomed young Vik to join (or run?) his criminal enterprise.
First Reference: Chapter 8
Other Notable References: Chapter 46, Chapter 84, Chapter 85, Act III Interlude 2, Chapter 143, Chapter 150 (Part 3)