wrote:Verroq, The Bearded Mercenary
Verroq, though only called this once, all other times he was the mercenary, is a commoner, and a criminal involved in several major crimes. He was Lovelace's key to getting the Amulet of Samarkand, and murdered a man in the process. Then, he alerted Prague Police that Mandrake was in Prague, and when trying to get the Golem's Manuscript. Later, he was Makepeace's lackey in getting magicians to Whitehall when he attacked. All of these were accomplished through the use of his Seven-League Boots. On one occasion, Bartimaeus plunged them into a lake, but Verroq retrieved them. Later, when going to the Vaults, Shadows attacked them because of his boots, and he had to leave them. He also has the highest Resilience ever recorded. Being able to withstand full on magical attacks from many magical entities. Ultimately, when chasing Mandrake, he was painfully worn down by a powerful Pestilence until his Resilience gave out. Mandrake then took his boots. At one point, he mentions that his "order" does not allow land ownership or noble titles, perhaps implying that he belongs to the same order sent to assassinate Ptolemy in the prologue of Ptolemy's Gate.