Dayward yon Vantzon-Estonbergh, informally known as Dayward YVE, is a descendent of a minor noble family that lived in Roseroot at the time of the Panic, and a member of Blackwick's town council. In The Secret Ledger, he requests the aid of the Blackwick Group in determining the source of the strange happenings at Roseroot Hall. He pays the PCs in YVE Company Scrip.