Captain Colmal Bucur
Under ordinary circumstances, the player characters should not be able to converse with Captain Bucur, but if they do manage to sneak into the Mitriu estate and reach the guest house without raising alarm, they may be able to ask him questions.
In this case, it will be immediately apparent that Captain Bucur is recovering from a very severe case of Black Rot. He has many large scabs all over his body from where his sores have closed and began to heal. He is very weak, and unable to defend himself in any meaningful way - though he does not believe anyone would simply murder him, so he will not easily give up his secrets.
Captain Colmal Bucur can normally only be found resting secretly in the guest house at the Mitriu Estate.
TOPIC: on having contracted Black Rot
As he is unable to hide his weakness, or the scabbing of his sores, the Captain will not deny that he was infected with Black Rot.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
Yes… obviously, I was sick. So what? The disease was no match for me. Most others were too weak… they are dead now.
TOPIC: on having been treated with a Cure potion
Captain Bucur knows that the Mitriu family keeps a reserve of Cure potions, but he will absolutely deny knowing anything about them, or having ever used one unless the discussion reaches a point where he has no choice but to turn on Daciana.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
No! It is my strength that carried me through.
CHALLENGE
vsC using Lying skill against Captain Bucur's Lying Skill (12)A successful vsC against the Captain's Lying skill will suggest that he is lying about having not been provided magical treatment to cure his infection.
TOPIC: when/how he got the disease
If questioned about how he got the disease, he will claim he has no idea. Again, he will not give up information about how he caught the disease unless he has no choice but to spill the beans and turn on Daciana.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
I don't know. I'm not a doctor. I suspect I was one of the first. Probably got it from that damn rusty old gate.
CHALLENGE
vsC using Lying skill against Captain Bucur's Lying Skill (12)A successful vsC against the Captain's Lying skill will suggest that he is lying about his thoughts on where he got the disease, and that the bit about the rusty gate is a fabrication.
TOPIC: argument on the docks, 36 Bucket (no concrete evidence)
In the absence of evidence, Captain Bucur will adamantly deny having been on the docks. Again, he will not confess unless he has no choice but to spill the beans and turn on Daciana.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
I don't know what you're talking about. I have no business on the docks, why would I be there? You should find another orc to blame.
CHALLENGE
vsC using Lying skill against Captain Bucur's Lying Skill (12)A successful vsC against the Captain's Lying skill will suggest that he is not saying everything he knows about what might have happened on the docks.
TOPIC: argument on the docks, 36 Bucket (concrete evidence)
If the party is able to confront Captain Bucur with the evidence that he killed Danut Procop to cover up Dacianas crimes, he may be willing to confess. The party will need to be able to show him compelling proof (in the form of letters to Danut) that Daciana can be held accountable for sending Danut into the mine, and further to be able to show evidence (in the form of the discovered mace, pants, and statements from Florin Vestiuc) that Colmal killed Danut Procop. Depending on how this is framed and how certain the player characters seem, he may be willing to confess to preserve his own skin. In this situation, he will turn over the Coins of Golmongarion, which are a critical piece of evidence, and also will enbale the players to prevent the ghost of Gheorigu Radulesc from continuing to rise.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
It was Daciana. She was jealous of that Nectria girl taking the job of her precious little suckling… useless humans… so weak and pathetic. She hired those scum to awaken that ghost and unleash it on her enemies. But that coward botched the job, tried to blackmail her. She need me to cover it up… tried to pay him off, but he was ranting, incoherent… bastard bit me, so I killed him, fed him a few rocks and tossed him in the river… his rotting corpse should be in Prulme by now. Anyway - seems he had the Black Rot. I caught it - Daciana gave me a potion. Figured the whole thing would blow over eventually. Maybe not. You want justice, give me my freedom, I'll admit everything and Daciana can go to the fucking pyre.
CHALLENGE
21C using Lying skillA successful 21C using the Lying skill will reinforce that this is a fairly complete version of the truth.
TOPIC: Coins of Golmongarion
If confronted with questions about the Coins of Golmongarion he recovered from Danut Procop, he will deny knowing anything about any coins, unless enough additonal evidence is present to illicit a confession, in which case refer to the conversation above.
CAPTAIN COLMAL BUCUR
Coins of what now? I have no idea what you're talking about.
CHALLENGE
vsC using Lying skill against Captain Bucur's Lying Skill (12)A successful vsC against the Captain's Lying skill will suggest that he is lying when he says he has no idea what Coins of Golmongarion are.