Belfry du Ramshackle

> "*Now I must insist you move along and get to work on this assignment. My toenails simply cannot dry with all this racket in my office.*"
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**Belfry du Ramshackle** is an infamous Pirate Queen, proprietor of the Golden Palace Casino, mother of Jo, and wife of Ramshackle. She comes originally from the town of Sknorf.

## History

### Pre-Show

As a child, Belfry was taken and made to be a servant. The life left her numb, and taught her the philosophy that people either eat or are eaten. She decided to be the later and got out of the situation.

Belfry rose to prominence as a pirate queen, and sought security for herself in acquiring gold and a title. She married a man named Ramshackle with whom she had at least one child, a daughter named Jo whose protection is her highest priority. At some point, she became the proprietor of the Golden Palace casino on Fire Island, a business whose success her family relied upon.

She had an interest in the Great Houses, and collected artifacts of the Age of Queens.

### The Nexus

On a visit to the auction house at the Nexus of She'Bae, Belfry was the winning bidder on a lot of Trixie LaBouche memorabilia. She later ran into the group of adventurers who had brought the goods to the market, which included her husband's ex, Harlotte O'Scara. She tried to see if the queens had any other leads on relics of the lost houses. Harlotte sold her cold cream, under the misrepresentation that it came from Lady Edith Wunderbred. As she left with her additional purchase, she asks if she might call on them in the future. The queens say she can find them at the Tavern of the Hung Man. Returning home, she would feel disappointed that the queens did not accept her offer.

### The Siege of Fire Island

The Queens discover that Belfry runs the Golden Palace casino on Fire Island. As the island is in under siege by the forces of the Kracken, including daily seaspawn attacks and no one can leave, she modified her business to support the survivors by providing them services, but asking them to help with the defense in exchange. The bargain comes across as a bit predatory to some, but she swears it is purely to maximize odds of survival without draining limited resources.

Recognizing that the people need more than just food and weapons to survive, she hires Booty and the Hofish, on the island seeking the lost treasure of Dame Celia Molestrangler, to be morale officers for the Golden Palace. She tasks them first with putting on a show, then to head to Watersport to retrieve a copy of the treaty between the Glamazons and the H.O.G.s so they can come up with a plan to ask for help from the other side of the island. When the queens return later than expected, having defeated the Kracken Priest, she tasks them with coming up with another ceremony to lift spirits.

After reviewing the treaty, Belfry and various advisers including the party come up with a proposal for the Glamazons. At the summit, Devils and other infernals attack. Belfry reveals for the first time her exceptional skills as a legendary pirate queen, although takes significant injury from the devil Carol. Once the battle is done, the Glamazons approve Belfry's plan, and as she begins to prepare fortifications at the Golden Palace, she sends Booty and the Hofish for special training in Glamalala.

Following their training, Belfry continued to assist the drag adventurers in their efforts to recruit allies against the Kracken, allowing them to have one expert on call in her office using a Hole of Glory to communicate with the party, who brought with them other members of the Golden Palace residents. They chose the ghost DJ Cyberpreppy, who was tethered to an altar that had to be brought up to Belfry's office. This frustrated her, until she saw the joy his music brought to her daughter Jo.

When the party returned (with drow warriors she offered accommodation too), Belfry reassigned Glamazon ally Irene Dubois to be part of a mission to secretly acquire an airship. She then introduced the queens to another drag adventurer who had been staying at the resort: Londyn Bradshaw, who had racked up a high gambling debt. Before the party left on a new recruitment mission to the merfolk, they revealed to Belfry that the Kracken Priest Heart they had claimed was enthralling guests Gnomi and Patrick. She agreed to their plan to lock up the heart inside the ghost's altar in the basement vault to try and prevent people from getting to it, and agreed to watch Patrick while the queens took Gnomi. Later that day, when Patrick left the penthouse, Belfry asked her daughter to look or him.

Early the next morning, Belfry was awoken by Fraya Love, who was in her room shouting about the kids. Belfry, furious that Fraya had removed her silver mask, attacked her before asking what was going on. Fraya explained sharks were in the casino's aquarium attacking their new merfolk guests, and there was a ritual going on downstairs and Jo and her friend Chaz were missing. Belfry leaped into action, destroying the elevator shaft as she dropped down to the vault where she found her daughter unknowingly controlling the altar and the heart. With the help of the Queens and Cher Noble, they rescued Jo.

With reservations, she agreed to the party's plan to have the devil Barb shut down the ritual. However, the devil took control of it and tried to send the entire island to Phlegethos. Before she realized, Belfry was attacked by sharks and knocked out. As she slipped in and out of consciousness, she saw Londyn and Fraya take control back from Barb, and feared she would die in the presence of Booty and the Hofish.

Instead the people in the vault were transported to the ethereal plane, where a wounded Belfry found Arson Nicki. An injured Belfry stabilized while they shared their pasts, before going off to find Jo, but not before making Arson swear to get Jo on the airship if anything were to happen to Belfry.

## Behind the Queens

DMs Matt and James have said that Belfry's statblock was based off of a couple D&D npcs, including The Dread Pirate Jazeera.

Belfry was the first character in the podcast to use a Legendary Action in battle.