Renee Badeaux

Official character art from Avian Cali

**Renee Badeaux** is a character played by Cami-Cat.

## Early Years and Smuggling Career

As a child, Renee witnessed her father Luc Badeaux's failed attempt to resurrect his first wife. She eventually secured his arrest for necromancy. This experience was the source of her longtime revulsion towards all necromantic practice.

After her father's imprisonment, she left home as soon as she could to go to bard college. She became a smuggler in partnership with Ninnette Reis, but has claimed this was just an attempt to join the Witchtakers. She was such an able criminal that Chandrelle Miharian blamed her for the rise of two new factions in Belkinus Proper, particularly the Protectors' use of the Renee Passageway.

At some point Renee and Ninnette had a romantic relationship.

Renne was eventaully successful in being inducted with the Witchtakers. She and Nathaniel Gainsby worked together for some time, with Nathaniel acting as her boss and mentor.

## Evolving Family Relationships

Renee reconnected with both Luc and her brother Francis during Belkinus Necro Hunt. This left her with conflicting feelings, including getting frustrated at Enoch Solamen speaking to her in Elvish since the language connects her to her father's side.

When Luc agreed to help the party combat the Spine of Death, she felt some forgiveness for his original crimes. She still reacted strongly to the appearance of the body horrors in Verteheim, recognizing them from her father's work. After Luc apparently gave his life to destroy the Spine of Death's Verteheim stronghold, Renee forgave him for his actions.

## As Head of the Witchtakers

When Nathaniel Gainsby left the Witchtakers, he offered the leadership to Renee. She accepted, but dyed Nathaniel's all-yellow uniform a more fitting share of purple. She founded a related organization, the Bells of Belkinus, to communicate happenings around the Kingdom and raise alarm if need be.

Renee and Ninnette rekindled a close relationship, and now share what Renee calls "lovely little visits" whenever Ninnette is in Belkinus Proper. Ninnette also acts as Renee's eye in the rest of the Kingdom.

## Surname

While Renee's tokens in combat show her surname as Bordeaux, the overlays, Cami-Cat, and the other players refer to her as Badeaux.

## Abilities

### Half-Elf Features

* Darkvision (60 ft)
* Fey Ancestry
* Deductive Intuition (add a d4 to any Investigation or Insight checks)
* Magical Detection:
	+ Detect Magic(once/long rest)
	+ Detect Poison and Disease(once/long rest)
	+ See Invisibility(once/long rest)
* Spells of the Mark:
	+ 1st level-Detect Magic, Detect Poison and Disease
	+ 2nd level-Detect Thoughts, Find Traps
	+ 3rd level-Clairvoyance, Nondetection
	+ 4th level-Arcane Eye, Divination
	+ 5th level-Legend Lore

### Bard Features

* Bardic Inspiration (d6)
* Song of Rest (d6)
* Jack of All Trades

### College of Eloquence Features

* Silver Tongue
* Unsettling Words
* Unfailing Inspiration

## Bard Spells

#### Cantrips

* *Thunderclap*
* *True Strike*

#### 1st level

* *Healing Word*
* *Sleep*

#### 2nd level

* *Detect Thoughts*
* *Heat Metal*
* *Shatter*

#### 4th level

* *Dimension Door*
* *Divination*