Grabella

Grabella was a member of the Earbeford town guard, who kept watch over the town council chambers with Bleat. Her wit was as sharp as a knife and she possessed the ability to cut people to pieces with a few words or a look.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 12, p.62 She maintained an air of sneering and contemptuous pragamatism, or what some might see as cynical pessimism. She felt cursed to observe others' stupidity and silently ridiculed her charges in her mind during council meetings.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 12, p.64 
She held nothing but disdain for Bleat's idealistic attempts to agitate for a societal revolution and the two regularly argued. Everyone around them knew a clash was coming. Between the two, she could handle a sword betterUpon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 12, p.63 and Bleat suspected she could punch harder too.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 17, p.75
Grabella smoked a pipe, which she started with a sparker.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 17, p.73
==In Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords==
Grabella stood watch over the Earbeford council as they negotiated with Bauchelain for the town's protection from the undead army of The Tearful Three. Bleat was infuriated that the council so readily agreed to pay the necromancer for his dubious services, and met Grabella in the hall afterwards to commiserate. But Grabella mocked his outrage, saying his upcoming revolution would only take control of an empty treasury. Bleat angrily stormed off, saying she had forfeited her chance to serve as his right hand and Head of Security.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 17, p.73-75
She later stood with Bleat among a small company of city guard near Bauchelain and Chancellor Gullyb as they surveyed the army of ten thousand undead arrayed against the town. The chancellor pled with Bauchelain not to double his asking fee because it would bankrupt the town. When Bauchelain argued that the town would need to observe several generations of severe austerity for their past excesses, Bleat loudly balked and interrupted him. A perturbed Bauchelain ordered Korbal Broach to kill the guardsman, which he did by magically disemboweling him.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 22, p.83-84 For once, Grabella was left speechless and her blood ran cold. She quickly warned the conscript, Thibly, to keep silent lest "that terror set its eyes upon you!"Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 23, p.84-75
After Bauchelain and Korbal Broach dispatched the Tearful Three, Captain Villiob excitedly approached Grabella with a plan he and several others among the conscripts had devised for the now masterless undead army. Since the undead did not require pay or food and would be desperate to rejoin society, the people of Earbeford could welcome them back as the town's new working class. In the process, people of the lower classes such as himself would be elevated to a wealthier, more privileged class.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 30, p.97-99 But the newly freed horde of undead, under their leader Ilma, reacted to the proposition by announcing they would kill and devour the townspeople. Grabella pushed to the front of the crowd, demanding to be the first to die even as one of the undead commented that her round head would make a nice kickball.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 31, p.102-104Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 32, p.104
==Notes and references==
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