Edwina Pefferedge

**Edwina Pefferidge** – Dutchess of Sponsonby upon Tarridge.  Works for Pappy Watson & Son's as a plant from the parent companies to keep things moving smoothly.  She's a human woman, smart, and ruthless if the situation necessitates.

[Edwina's tactic with adventurers is to appear hurried, and absorbed with a life of affluence, stature, and consistency that the erratic adventuring types find confusing and distasteful.  It has a high success rate.]

As you approach, a hurried looking woman in business or mercantile garb exits the building, but stops in her tracks eyeing up the kind of strange silhouette cut by you lot.  It seems something clicks for her as she asks:

**Edwina Pefferedge**: "*Ah, you must be representatives of one of the guilds, yes?*"

**We're the FBK!**  Her eyes don't reveal any immediate recognition, but doesn't skip a beat: "*Of course you are.  You have something you're returning to us, then?  I dare say, it can't have been too large...*"

**What's missing?** "*Oh dear... could you not read the missive?  We've had an unfortunate run of thievery, and have resorted to paying others to do the right thing as it were to bring our own property back to us.  Sorry state of things.*"

**Right, but what \*exactly\* are we looking for?** "*I do hope that you'll forgive my not being overly trusting of you armed folks parading the streets, but I'm not typically in the practice of revealing what new inventions or improvements upon existing models may or may not be undergoing active development at this time.  Suffice to say, such things require prototypes be built, and one such prototype along with its accompanying documentation has wandered off the premises.  Even if it were rubbish, it is OUR rubbish to do with what we will.*"

**So it's junk?**  \*Flustered\* "*Of course it is!  Some loon hiding away in our basement did a fool thing, and now my time is being wasted... er – diverted to handing out the dirty laundry of our trade secrets on the street like a common washerwoman.  It simply won't do.*"

**Could we speak to Pappy Watson?** "*No.  I'm afraid that's quite impossible at present, though you could speak with his closest representative*."

**Who is his closest representative?** "*I am.  Perhaps you might be so kind as to walk with me if we are to converse?  I have much which needs attending to, and I don't abide tarrying*."

When could I speak to Pappy Watson? "Never."

**Why not?** "*Given that there isn't a recognized necessity for such communication to occur notwithstanding, Pappy died some 200 years ago.*"

**What about his sons?** "*Never existed*."

**Why the name?** "*It sounded folksy and tested well with the desired customer base.*"

**Was his name actually Pappy Watson?** "*I can't see how any of this could possibly be relevant to your investigation, but no*."

**So what was his name then?** "*Again... if you could please stick to the task at hand... with each of these pointless queries our goods are likely moving further away.  Or perhaps I'm providing the wrong motivation – with each of these pointless queries you stop to ask me, competing groups such as yours are likely moving closer to collect a considerable paycheck that might otherwise have been afforded to yourselves*."

Pronunciation guide: ed **'Ween** uh **'Peff** er edge

 Pronoun: She

 Voice traits: Haughty, Aristocratic, English accent.

 Mannerisms that will help other DMs portray the character consistently:

 Influences: Tilda Swinton in Burn After Reading

 Age: Early 30's

 D&D race: Human

 Height: ~5'9"

 Weight: ~140lbs

 Hair color: Brown

 Skin color: Fair

 Eye color: brown

 Example clothing outfit worn: business/executive/mercantile - well fitting and obviously tailored.

 Traits: Cunning, and cruel if it serves her goals

 Ideal:

 Bond: The work must get done. If people need to be hurt for that to happen, then so be it. The company must move forward/upward at every step.

 Flaw:

 Family members: Edwina is well to do and well connected. As a dutchess, she has a vart network of family by blood and marriage.

 Friends/People they know: As a handler/fixer for Pappy Watson & Son's (though, moreso for their various assembled holding companies), Edwina is very well connected in the industrial circles, trade circles, distribution/shipping, and even criminal circles.

 Social class (poor, student, working class, wealthy): Wealthy

 Occupation (how they get money to pay rent and buy food): A corporate fixer.

 Where do they sleep at night? Either a cot at her place of business, or one of the various estates and summer homes of her family.

 Background / Personal history:

 List of adventures: 164 - Mole Money, Mole Problems