Functions as a Graven Scourge lieutenant and logistics mind behind Boost distribution.
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Pesto Manticore is an infernal lieutenant of the Graven Scourge and the logistical mind behind Gravenhurst’s Boost distribution network. Raised in the legal shadow of his father, Pedro Manticore, he inherited the family gift for contracts, loopholes, and saying exactly enough to trap someone later. Rather than pursue the courtroom, Pesto turned negotiation into cartel architecture, building laundering fronts, alias chains, and trafficking routes with meticulous care. Lawful Evil and unflappable, he brings order to crime without softening it. In the Scourge, Violince may open doors, but Pesto makes sure every door has paperwork.
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Pesto Manticore is an infernal lieutenant of the Graven Scourge and the logistical mind behind Gravenhurst’s Boost distribution network. Raised in the legal shadow of his father, Pedro Manticore, he inherited the family gift for contracts, loopholes, and saying exactly enough to trap someone later. Rather than pursue the courtroom, Pesto turned negotiation into cartel architecture, building laundering fronts, alias chains, and trafficking routes with meticulous care. Lawful Evil and unflappable, he brings order to crime without softening it. In the Scourge, Violince may open doors, but Pesto makes sure every door has paperwork.
Functions as a Graven Scourge lieutenant and logistics mind behind Boost distribution.
Was named by Gemma Goldgrace as still tied to the Graven Scourge while Gravenhurst's power map shifted.
Canon clarification says Pesto and the Scourge exploit Castro chaos while protecting their own territory and assets rather than broadly defending Gravenhurst.
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Source
Open source record
Jericha Database / Images / Official Character Images
Location
Dreadport / Manticore Contract Index
Institution / Faction
Graven Scourge
family
Manticore
aunt
Capricorn - Ava Manticore
uncle
Rafael Manticore
father
Archdevil - Pedro Manticore
cousin
Prism - Elmyra Manticore
logistics lieutenant
Graven Scourge
Pesto gives the Scourge its organized supply, laundering, and Boost-distribution layer.
warning subject
Suffragette - Gemma Goldgrace
Gemma warned that Pesto remained tied to the Graven Scourge while Gravenhurst was shifting.
family pressure
Archdevil - Pedro Manticore
Pesto's Manticore family ties explain why his criminal logistics often read like contract law with teeth.
Session Appearance
Act 5 Episode 5 Scene 18
2026-04-09 / Graven Scourge tie / local danger lead
Session Appearance
Act 5 Episode 5 Scene 16
2026-04-09 / Family tie / criminal cousin
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Graven Scourge tie / local danger lead
Is named in the recap as Pedro's son and a high-ranking Graven Scourge member connected to the Podon sewer saga.
Status: Pesto remains active local-family threat context
Knowledge: Players know Elmyra's family connection overlaps with Gravenhurst gang trouble.
Family tie / criminal cousin
Is named as Pedro's son, Elmyra's cousin, and a high-ranking Graven Scourge member previously surfaced during the Podon sewer saga.
Status: Elmyra tied directly to Pesto and Graven Scourge trouble
Knowledge: Players know the new leader has family overlap with local crime.
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family
Manticore
logistics lieutenant
Graven Scourge
Pesto gives the Scourge its organized supply, laundering, and Boost-distribution layer.
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Elmyra is established as a chaos-powered Manticore, one of VQU's First Five students, and someone who failed alchemy partly because she refused to attend smelly labs.
storyGemma Goldgrace appears as a Queefdom postal carrier and warns the party about Graven Scourge ties, Kaya's targeting, and Alfred Rallus's void manifestation power.
itemControlled dose for 1 hour: +2 to Strength, Dexterity, and Charisma checks and saves; -2 to Constitution, Intelligence, and Wisdom checks and saves. When the effect ends, make a DC 13 Constitution save or gain exhaustion; the DC increases by 2 for each failed Boost comedown save within 24 hours. A green shimmer gives disadvantage on Deception checks to appear sober within 10 feet. Uncontrolled Boost vapor, gas pits, mushrooms, or contaminated atmospheres can poison rather than empower, applying the downsides without the benefits.
groupA Gravenhurst criminal and street-danger faction tied to Boost distribution, sewer violence, hit lists, intimidation, Rat King fallout, and opportunistic territorial control during larger city crises.
locationThe Dreadport / Manticore Contract Index gathers the South Aerovian harbor routes, family names, hard bargains, and infernal-contract fallout that link Dreadport's waterfront to Queef Tower's masquerade scandal and Gravenhurst's darker rumor trade.
