Fantasy NPC: Kennevol Un Mattai, Master Architect

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Kennevol Un Mattai, Master Architect
An elegantly clad gentleman, bald, but with a bushy beard.

CR 3; 1,200 XP
Male human expert 10

N Medium Humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses normal; Perception +2

Defense
AC 12, touch 11, flat-footed 11 (+1 armor, +1 Dex)
hp 48 (10d8)
Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +9

Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee unarmed strike +7/+2 (1d3 non-lethal)

Statistics
Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 15, Cha 14
Base Atk +7; CMB +7; CMD 17
Feats Great Fortitude, Lightning Reflexes, Skill Focus (Craft [carpentry]), Skill Focus (Craft [stonemasonry]), Skill Focus (Knowledge [engineering]), Skill Focus (Profession [architect])

Skills Acrobatics +13, Climb +13, Craft (carpentry) +22, Craft (sculpture) +16, Craft (stonemasonry) +22, Knowledge (engineering) +22, Knowledge (history) +16, Knowledge (local) +16, Profession (architect) +21, Profession (engineer) +15
Language Common, Terran, three other languages

Notable Gear magical engineering and construction tools (+5 competence bonus to Craft [carpentry], Craft [stonemasonry], and Knowledge [engineering]), other tools, notes, and plans

Kennevol Un Mattai is the city magistrate responsible for construction and maintenance of public buildings and roads, and assessing property taxes. Nominally, he has the right to stop any construction that he deems unsafe, intruding on public space, or violating public interests—it rarely happens, though, unless someone makes a big public issue of a specific construction. He could even condemn an old and failing construction for demolishment, if the need was dire.

The thing is, Kennevol rarely does that. He performs his most basic functions listlessly and languidly, and is too apathetic to care about more complex tasks that would require patience and attention. Once, he was dedicated and enthusiastic architect but that was many years ago. He lost his heart and his passion somehow, somewhere, not even knowing where. Since that time, the number of shoddy tenement houses grew, others where expanded beyond safety, sometimes at the expense of the poor neighbors, and some plans of the sewers and other city infrastructure vanished from the archives.

Was Kennevol's heart stolen by a fey? Is it a malicious curse or a mundane depression? Had someone tampered with his spirit for their own gain? Is the master architect's state caused by his guilt of unknown misdeed? Who knows? Who cares?