Kepplinger and Gontrand is a pair of minor characters in Card Shark.
Throughout Card Shark[]
Both characters appear in earlier places; Kepplinger is at the Baronnesse's table in the manor, and Gontrand can be found if the player loses all of their money at the start, and have to go to the Barn to trick people with the three-card Monte to recoup their losses.
Kepplinger attempts this during his game against the Comte and protagonist, but the Comte sees right through him and demands he give-up all his remaining money or else he'd inform the nearby guards.
Gontrand will stab the protagonist after three rounds of three-card Monte.