Jade

Jade in her starter outfit

**Jade** is a female harlot and potential ally.

## Background

Jade was born in the Flats of Civelkar. Her original name was Sapel.

Sapel's family was poor and, like most of the poor people living in the Flats, she dreamed of becoming wealthy and moving into the Hills.

When Sapel grew old enough that her body began to develop, she was blessed with significant beauty that made other women jealous and men lustful. However, she was still a normal human in the Shadow Realm, so her eyes were just as red and skin sickly pale as everyone else and she lacked the money to cultivate her beauty.

She was going to marry an ugly, but wealthy, old man when she was seventeen, her and her family filled with greed. Before the marriage went ahead, the old man's son from a previous marriage spoke of Sapel's natural beauty to his lover in Madam Lena's brothel.

Madam Lena called for Sapel and offered to finance beauty enhancement if Sapel agreed to a twenty-year contract to work in her brothel. Sapel accepted the deal and Lena took her to the beauty witch in the Black Forest. The witch transformed Sapel's eyes and hair into a brilliant green, so Lena named her Jade.

Jade's parents and sister are killed by the Evil Horde, giving her an urge to escape her contract with Lena to fight.

## Recruitment

Recruiting Jade takes some effort, requiring Miran to go through quite a bit of conversation.

The brothel above Madam Lena's bathhouse is meant to be a secret from women, so the option to go there isn't initially available until after Lena is questioned multiple times about why the Evil Horde didn't destroy Pure Waters and why she considers it to be a place of temptations. Once Lena admits to the existence of the brothel, Miran can finally request to go up.

Since women who aren't working there aren't supposed to be upstairs, Jade will be very suspicious of Miran and ask her a series of questions. Jade will become upset if Miran fails to answer correctly, but will allow Miran to change her answers and ultimately ask to join the party.

Jade still has eleven years left on her twenty-year contract with Lena, however, so Lena will question where Jade is going when she comes down with Miran. At this point, Lena will always allow Jade to leave after withholding all of Jade's earnings, but if Miran's response is hostile toward either of them, she will lose approval with Jade.

## Personality

Jade is a romantic and loves acts of heroism, bravery, and those who aid the oppressed. She is vain and quite concerned with physical attractiveness, enjoying baths, pretty clothes, and perfumes.

She has a craving for dalim fruit and anything made from them.

She likes sewing and crafting jewelry, and enjoys harvesting flowers or crops.

Jade hates acts of cowardice, the mistreatment of women, and those who are judgmental of one's occupation. She also dislikes alchemy and hunting or butchering. Her approval of Miran will decrease over time if Miran wears masculine clothes or has a low appeal rating.

## Gameplay

Jade specializes in Dexterity so she can outmaneuver her enemies with agility and grace.

She will not wield the blunt weapons of brutes and will use bows for range, as she considered them the only elegant ranged weapon.

She will wear any dress, but prefers more seductive types.

Jade's skill points are replenished by bathing. Since baths are far between, this alone would make maintaining her skill points somewhat challenging, however, she can also gain a small amount by dowsing her with clean water from a Waterskin, which is far more convenient. However, dowsing her with dirty liquids will both inflict a penalty against her skill points, as well as decrease her approval - though less if she is on fire at the time.

Her unique talent is her ability to judge Miran's current appeal rating.

When Analyzing in combat, Jade can identify an enemy's maximum life and skill points.

### Revenge

If Jade leaves the party, she will punish Miran by spreading rumors about her across the land.

Jade's rumors can affect some people Miran interacts with. Additionally, Miran's approval among her other allies will decrease over time 10% faster and increase over time 10% slower.