Befanny the Bard

Token of Befanny the Bard, a character in the one-shot A Night in the City of Diamonds and campaign Echoes in the Valley of Dorthore

## Affiliations

### Allies

* Alvina
* Bill
* Boopert
* Bremlin (deceased)
* Conor
* Dandora
* Dorothy
* Elle
* Gherk (deceased)
* Ligma J Bacardi
* Trefor Buchet

## Overview

Befanny the Bard is a character created and played by George Maurice in the one-shot A Night in the City of Diamonds and the campaign Echoes in the Valley of Dorthore.

## Backstory

Befanny the Bard is a heterosexual human politician of unknown origins.

After defeating Sirx in the one-shot A Night in the City of Diamonds, Befanny used the favour gained in the town of Blizmire to his advantage. Over the next year, Befanny began to levy power in Blizmire and attracted a number of supporters to his political movement.

After an unusually short period of time, the current administration of the town, led by the goblin Yeemik, started to become concerned at the rising competition from Befanny, and these concerns eventually led to them giving in and naming him as the Lord of Blizmire.

During his time as the Lord of Blizmire, Befanny enjoyed a lavish lifestyle in the company of the social elite, however he soon realised that the position that occupied held no recognisable political title or influence outside of the town's borders and was instead merely a took used to satisfy the townsfolk. Enraged at this realisation, Befanny attempted a coup of power with his supporters. This was looking promising and following an intense three-year conflict against the goblin leadership, he set his sights on a complete take-over of Blizmire and surrounding fief.

All was going according to plan, but this would not last as, just when Befanny was at the cusp of power, his closest ally and political advisor Radolf Mittler betrayed him, hoping to seize the power for himself. Befanny could not let this stand and cut him down in front of his loyal followers. Public views of Befanny grew sour in the wake of this treachery and he quickly found himself branded as a tyrant and a murderer by those who had once followed him.

Having stood and observed the rapid decline of support for Befanny, the remnants of the goblin administration saw an opportunity to end the conflict and outcast Befanny from Blizmire on the basis of murder, his lord title the only thing preventing him from being executed.

Befanny and his few remaining loyal friends (his servant, Bethany, and his coach driver) left Blizmire in exile. In the months following this exile, Befanny travelled using the money he had left to retain a semblance of the lifestyle that he once enjoyed. Despite the events that had transpired, support for Befanny and his cause remained strong outside Blizmire and word of his great deeds was beginning to spread. To some he was considered a hero, but Befanny had a long journey ahead of him before he could become a true conqueror again.

One evening, in the middle of the night, Befanny departed the town he was staying in, leaving Bethany and his coach driver behind none the wiser. The once-mighty Lord Befanny was back on his own. He had to restore his power, and he had to do it on his own...

## Campaign Events

Befanny met his allies Bremlin, Dandora, Elle, Gherk and Trefor Buchet during the one-shot A Night in the City of Diamonds. Five years later, during the campaign Echoes in the Valley of Dorthore, he also met Alvina, Bill, Boopert, Conor, and Dorothy, together with a homunculus which they adopted and named Ligma J Bacardi. See the campaigns page for full details regarding the events of these stories.