Laria Longroad

Laria Longroad

(Person)

Aliases

Laria Talltallow
Larisha Talltallow

Alignment

Chaotic good

Ancestry/Species

Halfling

Class

4717 AR:
Brawler 4 / Rogue 2

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4715 AR:
Brawler 2 / Rogue 1

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Gender

Female

Homeland

Kintargo, Cheliax

Organization

Silver Ravens
Bellflower Network (formerly)

Source: Adventurer's Guide, pg(s). 39 (1E)
Firebrands, pg(s). 32 (2E)

Laria Longroad, born Laria Talltallow,✝ serves as the beloved proprietor of the Long Roads Coffeehouse in the city of Kintargo but harbours a secret history of tragedy.

Background

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Born a slave in Cheliax, Longroad's original name was Laria Talltallow.✝ She was the granddaughter of Peletera Talltallow, the duly-named but forgotten heir of Baroness Alveda Urvis and the Urvis family's holdings, whose rightful claim was denied by an immoral barrister who sold Peletera into slavery.

Longroad's master was utterly vile and incredibly cruel. As a child she watched as both her brother and her mother flogged to death by the bastard son of her master. When this sadist turned his attention to Longroad's father years later, she beat the cruel man to death with her bare hands but was too late to save her father.

She was smuggled by her fellow slaves to the Bellflower Network, where she served as a tiller for the organisation for many years. Longroad eventually settled down using forged paperwork and a new identity, and she established her coffeehouse in the comparative safe-haven of Kintargo.

When Kintargo was under Chelaxian rule, Longroad lived a double life. As a member of the Bellflower Network, she helped slaves from across Cheliax and Nidal escape to live in freedom in the distant frontier lands of Varisia. As part of her role as a facilitator for the Bellflower Network, she knew almost every malcontent, rebel, smuggler, and ne'r-do-well across the whole city. Her clientele, mostly from the well-to-do neighbourhoods of Villegre and The Greens, knew nothing of this side of her and considered her to be only the good-natured, gossipy owner of their favourite coffeehouse.

Longroad participated in the Kintargan Rebellion and helped re-establish the Silver Ravens, and with her help Kintargo and Ravounel won their independence from Cheliax in 4716 AR. Her coffeehouse has since become as much a tourist attraction as cafe because of her and its roles in the rebellion, and she has since become a full-time member of and recruiter for the Silver Ravens.

Personality

Despite her grim past, Longroad is boisterously friendly, gossiping and flirting with others and always trying to get them to open up about themselves. When alone sometimes, the thoughts of her troubled past come flooding back, so she endeavours to keep herself surrounded by friends and acquaintances as much as possible.

She is deeply charitable. As of 4719 AR, she had donated much of the wealth she earned from her coffeehouse's success to the Bellflower Network and afforded herself few luxuries of her own.

Associates

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Longroad led the local arm of the Bellflower Network during the Kintargan Rebellion, a secret she kept until it was exposed to the Scarlet Triad by Hundy Vosht in 4719 AR. The criminal organization briefly captured her in a raid against her coffeehouse, an act that quickly engaged her in efforts to rout the Triad from Kintargo.

Her time as the Society's local leader put her in contact with many foreign agents and local freedom fighters, including the halfling Corra Dianthe, a frequent patron of Long Roads Coffeehouse whom Laria inspired to take on the pseudonym of Nolly Peltry and succeeded her in the role as Kintargo's local Bellflower Network leader.

As a member of the Silver Ravens, Longroad is also associates and friends with the Sapphire Butterfly, a wandering masked vigilante who has also coaxed Longroad into baking cupcakes to celebrate victories.

Longroad has had many lovers, including Elianda, who as of 4719 AR was a pastry chef at her coffeehouse.