Sterling Pebbleworth

Sterling Pebbleworth, known as "the Vault," is an otter and Milton Lynxley's personal banker of fifteen years in We Can Fix Pawbert. He ran Pebbleworth Financial Services, managing offshore accounts, shell companies, and laundering operations funded through weather wall patent income. His arrest in S01E09 delivers a critical blow to the Lynxley financial network, as his parallel ledgers and biometric encrypted drive provide a comprehensive map of the empire's money.

"Money is just numbers. It can be recreated. What matters is what the money represents." --- Sterling Pebbleworth (S01E09)

Background

Pebbleworth served as Milton Lynxley's most trusted financial operative for fifteen years---longer than almost any other member of the network. He ran Pebbleworth Financial Services as his legitimate front, while managing the Lynxley empire's offshore accounts, shell companies, and laundering pipelines built on weather wall patent income.

What made Pebbleworth uniquely dangerous---and uniquely valuable to investigators---was his insurance policy. He maintained parallel physical ledgers as a form of "mutually assured destruction," ensuring that if Milton ever turned on him, Pebbleworth could bring the entire financial structure down. He also possessed a biometric encrypted drive containing comprehensive records of the network's financial operations.

Personality

Pebbleworth is measured, intelligent, and fundamentally pragmatic. Unlike enforcers like Hackjaw or operatives like Oxbow, Pebbleworth deals in information rather than violence. His philosophy---that money is just numbers, but what it represents is what matters---reveals a mammal who understood the deeper architecture of power. His decision to cooperate reflects the same pragmatism that made him an effective banker: he reads the situation and adapts.

Series History

Season 1

S01E09 "The Vault"

Pebbleworth is the primary target of the episode that bears his nickname. Authorities pursue him as a critical node in the Lynxley financial network---the mammal who knows where all the money went. His arrest on charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and accessory to organized crime is a landmark moment in the investigation.

Upon arrest, Pebbleworth's parallel physical ledgers and biometric encrypted drive are recovered. These documents provide investigators with a comprehensive financial map of the Lynxley empire---offshore accounts, shell company structures, and the laundering pipelines that kept the money flowing. Pebbleworth agrees to cooperate for sentencing consideration.

Key Relationships

Milton Lynxley

Pebbleworth served Milton for fifteen years, making him one of the longest-tenured members of the inner circle. His parallel ledgers---kept as insurance against Milton---reveal that even within the network, trust was transactional. Pebbleworth understood that loyalty to Milton had a shelf life.

Vesper Coade

While Vesper Coade handled money laundering through infrastructure contracts, Pebbleworth managed the personal banking side. The two represented complementary pillars of the Lynxley financial apparatus.

Key Quotes

Trivia

• Pebbleworth's nickname "the Vault" gives S01E09 its episode title.
• His fifteen-year tenure as Milton's personal banker makes him one of the longest-serving members of the Lynxley network.