Alana Darges

After asking for the manager, you see a small woman step over the door frame and walk over to the bar. A pair of cuts on her lip and several pimples around her mouth disfigure her small face as she waddles into the room. Salam is walking behind her with a sheepish expression on his face, showing his deference to her. As she finishes her walk over to the bar, she smacks her hand on the wood, silencing any conversation in the room and showing off a golden ring.
"I hear you've got a complaint!" she half-shouts, getting the attention of everyone in the room. "We don't get complaints here, especially from you lot! You're welcome to scram if you hate it so much." She spits on the ground at her feet, indicating that the conversation is now over.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Alana has a stocky build, which makes it difficult for her to walk. Her frighteningly pale skin is marked from scars of past abuse and bar fights, and a stern expression rarely leaves her face.

Body Features

She is short and stout, with a bit of a belly. Her skin is nearly jaundiced, it's so pale.

Facial Features

She has a very stern look on her face from years of disapproving of people, and a couple of pimples around the sides of her mouth.

Identifying Characteristics

Her most unique feature is her voice, as that's generally all that most people see of her. On her body, a couple of scars on her lips and cheeks from her father can be seen.

Physical quirks

She waddles a little when she walks from her weight.

Apparel & Accessories

She sticks to clothing that she can easily wash, with brown cotton and wool tunics and trousers being her usual clothing. She does have a pair of golden rings that she may or may not wear.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Alana's father was a rich stone merchant, and she learned quickly how to make a good deal and how to read customers. Unfortunately, the older Darges was not much of a good father, and he regularly beat her. This hardened her, making it hard for her to make good friends and giving her a controlling personality. When her father passed away, she used his wealth to convert one of his warehouses into an inn to service the growing numbers of pilgrims heading south to Gratic City. She's run the tavern ever since.
Gúrda Thérun of The Drakeslayers once stayed at her inn.

Education

Her father taught her tough love and how to deal with customers, and years of running the inn have taught her the in's and out's of owning it.

Employment

She worked under her father for several years, helping sell stone and build walls and roads.

After that, she went and opened Alté's Old Cane Inn, where she's been working for eleven years now.

Mental Trauma

Frequent abuse as a teen made her a little violent as well, making it hard to attract friends and making her very shouty and derisive.

Intellectual Characteristics

She has a very calculating mind, born from years of counting change and analyzing clients. She keeps her mind organized and focussed, making a list of tasks that need doing and sticking to it.

Morality & Philosophy

She sees the world as being against her, and that the only way to get it to pay attention is to be the loudest and meanest in the room. This commonly gets her in trouble, as drunken patrons in her tavern tend to get punched and roughly shown to the door. As much as she may seem nasty, she's really just trying to keep everything from escalating.

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Alana spent most of her life trying to get away from her abusive father, so she never really had a plan for what happened after that. She fell into the hollow pursuit of money by chance, charging more for rooms than The Dargin's Den down the road to buoy her profits.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

She is adept at intimidation, as she can get really loud and angry when she decides to be (which is often, unfortunately).

She also has little problem keeping track of charges and tasks

Likes & Dislikes

She revels in violence a little more than is healthy, although she rarely gets involved herself

People who don't pay in full and on time tend to get thrown out of the inn.

Virtues & Personality perks

She is a great judge of character, being able to single out the weak link of a group

Vices & Personality flaws

A genuinely angry temperament

A dislike for people that are trying to waste her time or not do their jobs.

Personality Quirks

She is rather fond of squinting her eyes in derision, especially if she thinks she's being swindled.

Hygiene

She tries to keep herself reasonably clean, attempting to present someone that you can trust. All the same, she does smell of drink and grime, and her skin and hair tend to be sticky to the touch.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Nearly no one has a positive opinion of her because of her angry demeanour.

Salam and she work together, so they know each other reasonably well.

Family Ties

Her parents are dead now, but she has a younger brother who is stationed with the military in Essenburg.

Religious Views

Alana is surprisingly religious, being the main benefactor for the local temple aside from the Magistrate. This is mostly due to her reputation as the innkeeper for pilgrims, and she feels she needs to put some of that money back into the temple, despite how illogical it may seem to use her money in that way.

Social Aptitude

She is incredibly confident, making sure that everyone can hear and possessing a loud voice. At the same time, she makes it very hard for people to like her, choosing instead to have them fear her. Her self-centeredness is well-known, and she makes a habit of inserting herself into people's lives, even if she doesn't like them. Her manners are poor, but she does know how to be more polite if she has to be.

Hobbies & Pets

When she's not busy running the inn, she commonly counts money or cuts deals with local merchants.

Speech

She has a loud and shouty voice, sounding a little shrill once she really gets riled up.

Wealth & Financial state

As an owner of a higher-end inn, she makes a significant amount of money every night from pilgrims passing through and the occasional travelling troupe. This permits her to have a life of some luxury, although she rarely shows it off to others. The rings that she keeps on her fingers are the only outward signs of this wealth, with most of the money being kept in her personal quarters and out of harm's way.

Current Location

Freebrook

Species

Endamian Human

Ethnicity

Gratic

Year of Birth

1969 CE

Birthplace

Freebrook

Current Residence

Freebrook

Gender

Female

Eyes

Dark green.

Hair

Short and blond.

Height

5' 5" (6 handspans).

Weight

143 lbs. (434 IS's).

Known Languages

She speaks Common Gratic mainly, but can stammer her way through a few of the more common dialects as well.

Ruled Locations

• Alté's Old Cane Inn

Art Credit: emperorcharlesii (me!)