Big Brown Stain

Pam 'Big Brown' Stain (née Allamb) is a human Plostri native and the mother of Lacey and Shaem and husband of D'Arc Stain.

## Biography

### Early Life

Big Brown began her life as Pam Allamb and was the sixth of seven children born to a wealthy entrepreneur and his wife. However, when she was a young child, Pam's father was convicted of multiple counts of fraud and all of the family's assets were seized. With her father in prison, Pam was raised by her mother and forced to work from a young age to keep the household afloat. The descent into poverty moved the family to central Axis, where Pam would work as a cleaner and dish pig.

As a young adult, Pam would go on to meet D'Arc Stain, with whom she fell deeply in love. D'Arc affectionately gave Pam the nickname 'Big Brown', on account of her big brown eyes. The whirlwind romance between the two resulted in marriage and soon after, an unexpected pregnancy.

### First Child

Pam had not wanted to get pregnant and struggled throughout her pregnancy to prepare for the child's birth, as her husband's alcoholism forced her to support them both with whatever work she could find. Once her daughter Lacey was born, Big Brown suffered from postpartum depression and showed no attachment to her child whatsoever. D'Arc, on the other hand, was a decent father to Lacey in her early years and Lacey was largely oblivious to the difficulties of his addiction.

Big Brown's marriage began to fall apart and between the stress of D'Arc's worsening alcohol dependency and her total rejection of her child, she found solace only in whatever menial labour she was able to get.

### A New Hope

Before their marriage completely fell apart, however, D'Arc was approached by a mysterious robed man who offered him membership into a secret organisation that promised to turn his life around. At first skeptical, Big Brown soon witnessed D'Arc achieve sobriety with the organisation's assistance and the two began saving money. Big Brown was initiated into the organisation herself and working with her husband soon saw the couple rekindle their relationship.

The immediate improvement in their marriage soon led to a second pregnancy, one that Big Brown very much anticipated. The birth of the couple's son Shaem saw the two coddle and dote over their new child in ways they never had their daughter and in contrast, both began to neglect Lacey even more. In addition to raising Shaem, Big Brown and D'Arc would continue to focus on their work within their newfound organisation and would often leave Lacey to care for her brother.

Like her husband, Big Brown was entirely unaware of Lacey's habitual thieving, nor her association with Axis' Guild of Thieves, and though her daughter continued to live at home throughout her early adulthood, Big Brown would spend less and less time with her. Once Shaem had left home for Daimeremos, Big Brown and D'Arc would dedicate much more of their time to their work, often leaving home for weeks at a time. This, combined with Lacey's new role at the ICA causing her to travel for long stretches of time, meant Big Brown would no longer see her daughter and would eventually seemingly lose all contact.

## Personality

Big Brown is a hardened, no-nonsense person and years of hard work and financial struggle have left her bitter and callous. She is very concise and to-the-point, speaking curtly in a sometimes intimidating fashion.

There is a warmth to Big Brown that she has only expressed with two individuals and her natural coldness towards others may stem from her difficult childhood. The first is her husband, with whom Big Brown has enjoyed a passionate and lasting marriage. Despite their troubles over D'Arc's alcohol problem, the two have rekindled their deeply passionate love since his achieving sobriety and have been inseparable ever since, with Big Brown even joining the organisation D'Arc is involved in and working with him. The only other person Big Brown has shown warmth to is her son Shaem, in opposition to her treatment of Lacey.

Big Brown appears to be dedicated to the organisation that now employs her and her husband and is grateful for their assisting in D'Arc's sobriety. Her estranged daughter has even witnessed potentially dubious tasks being carried out by the couple in the service of their employers, such as occasionally bringing home goats that mysteriously disappear and having blood stains on their clothing, though Lacey is largely oblivious to and unconcerned by any such occurrences. This does appear to be in part due to the happiness and fulfilment Big Brown's new purpose brings her, if not solely due to her neglecting her daughter so entirely.

## Equipment

**Robes**: Big Brown received a set of customary robes from her new employers that she sometimes wears when fulfilling her duties.

## Relationships

* Mrs Allamb - Mother
* Sixth Brothers and Sisters - Siblings
* D'Arc Stain - Husband
* Lacey Stain - Daughter
* Shaem Stain - Son

Allies* Unknown Organisation - Employers
	+ Prince Georgios - Fellow Member

## Trivia

* Like her daughter, Big Brown speaks with distinct bogan accent.
* It is unclear how much contact she has with her son since his departure, though she likely maintains a close relationship.