Josette of the Dented Helm
Josette proprietress of both the dented helm and rusted clever, two of popular yet dangerous taverns in Pembina. Orphaned at 17, when her father caught up in the fevor of war joined the tavern guild's contingent to the city's troops in what was supposed to be an easy victory against an out numbered and weakened Muskeg raiding party died on the field of frog plain.
She retained control of the dented helm, buying g out her father's partner whom tried to bully the tavern out from under her.
The tavern prospered under her until the beer sellers refused to deal with a woman so young. After a week of selling moonshine of poor quality ( the only thing she could find) She turned to wine (grape and saskatoon), mulled wine and mead. She encouraged gambling and games of chance in her establishment, taking a percentage. She got her revenge on the beer seller's guild by forgiving tavern tabs and gambling debts to fifty of the toughest men who frequented her establishment as they intercepted beer wagon deliveries and the guild office. After that beer flowed at the dented helm. Business was so good that she started a tavern on butcher street naming it the rusty clever.
She controlled two taverns, their gambling and occasionally fencing and trading stolen goods.
She was well known in the underworld as a fair but tough lady. She had twenty tough bouncers , some very beautiful bar keeps. If needed she could call upon up to 250 plus hard men, who were in debt to her. No one not even the city watch wished to get on her bad side.
A young university student from Cascadia, assumed she was just a tavern wench insulted her repeatedly. She did not sick her bouncers on the fellow. Instead she pulled him off his stool out of the tavern and into the muddy streets by his ear. There amungst the dung and filth she horse whipped him herself.
Josette of the dented helm and rusty clever was not one to cross.
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