Post by Brandwyn on Sept 19, 2020 13:36:54 GMT -5
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Profession: tavern owner and cook in the town of Desperation
Appearance: Bonnie is of average height for an Araluen, being around 5 foot 8 inches tall and is slightly overweight but not really fat. Her arms and legs are well-muscled but have a bit of that middle-aged flab suggesting she used to be in excellent shape. She likes to wear a loose blouse with short sleeves and a long skirt tied at the waist. The outfit hides her slightly bulging belly that is most likely from several years of drinking mead and not exercising. She has brown hair that falls halfway down her back when she doesn’t have it tied up in a bun. Most of the time she also wears a Skandian hat of white wool that helps keep any lose hair from falling in the food she cooks. Her face has a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and smile lines around her mouth. She has brown eyes and rather pale skin, most likely because she does not get out in the sun very much. She does not carry any weapons openly, but has a couple of small daggers for personal defense.
Personality: Bonnie is usually a happy and content person, but always seems to be a little bit tired. She does not like to get up early and she loves to cook for people, which is why she wanted to run a tavern. Usually you will find her smiling, laughing and joking around. She has a charisma that draws people to her and the fun seems to revolve around her. She has made serving drinks into a spectacular show, tossing the bottles and juggling whisky shot glasses. Bonnie also enjoys flirting with men in her age group and older and treats younger men like little brothers. She doesn’t get much chance to associate with many women, but gets along well with them usually. She dislikes mean drunks and knows how to handle them. There isn’t much that Bonnie is afraid of except growing old and alone.
History: Bonnie was born in Norgate as an only child. Her parents died from a fever when she was in her early twenties. They had run a small inn for many years and she grew up working in it scrubbing floors, doing dishes, preparing rooms for the guests. In her teen years, her father had sent her to a boarding school run by a local nunnery to try and give her a gentler life. Bonnie didn’t really like leaving them, but she tried to learn all the nuns had to teach her. She was able to learn a great deal about household management which she translated to running a business and when she returned home, she introduced several changes to the inn which brought in more business. Within two years they were able to pay for an addition to the inn to add in 12 more rooms. Business was going great and she thought she would stay there for the rest of her life, in spite of the cold weather that she wasn’t fond of. And then the fever struck down both of her parents and she had a difficult time running the inn by herself while dealing with her grief. She ended up selling the inn and moving south to Redmont long before the Plague hit. She held onto most of the money she had made from the sale of the inn for many years and worked as a cook or barmaid in several different pubs or inns around Redmont and Meric fiefs.
A friend told her about Desperation and said there was a drunk trying to run a tavern in the new town and he was running it into the ground. He was thinking about selling it. Bonnie arrived in Desperation about a month after it was officially deemed a town and bought the “Tavern and Meals” from the man. She fired the whole staff, all three of them, and hired two young men and an older woman to help. She added onto the kitchen in the back and built the stone oven in the back and started offering real food for lunch and dinner. She set up several tables for dining in and cut down on the bar space. She then painted her name on the sign which now says, “Bonnie’s Tavern and Meals”. She is currently looking for some young women to help clean the common room, work in the kitchen and serve meals and an assistant cook to take charge of the kitchen. The young men currently wait on tables, serve drinks and keep the peace when things get too rowdy. She is always on the lookout for good minstrels to help bring in business.
Additional Details: The tavern does not offer lodging, but Bonnie has a nice suite of rooms above the tavern in the front with windows that look down on the streets. There are four rooms on the second floor behind hers to house the others that work at the tavern. The two men share one room.
Bonnie also has two small house cats in her apartment above the tavern who occasionally escape from their rooms and run around the tavern looking for treats and attention.
Gender: Female
Profession: tavern owner and cook in the town of Desperation
Appearance: Bonnie is of average height for an Araluen, being around 5 foot 8 inches tall and is slightly overweight but not really fat. Her arms and legs are well-muscled but have a bit of that middle-aged flab suggesting she used to be in excellent shape. She likes to wear a loose blouse with short sleeves and a long skirt tied at the waist. The outfit hides her slightly bulging belly that is most likely from several years of drinking mead and not exercising. She has brown hair that falls halfway down her back when she doesn’t have it tied up in a bun. Most of the time she also wears a Skandian hat of white wool that helps keep any lose hair from falling in the food she cooks. Her face has a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and smile lines around her mouth. She has brown eyes and rather pale skin, most likely because she does not get out in the sun very much. She does not carry any weapons openly, but has a couple of small daggers for personal defense.
Personality: Bonnie is usually a happy and content person, but always seems to be a little bit tired. She does not like to get up early and she loves to cook for people, which is why she wanted to run a tavern. Usually you will find her smiling, laughing and joking around. She has a charisma that draws people to her and the fun seems to revolve around her. She has made serving drinks into a spectacular show, tossing the bottles and juggling whisky shot glasses. Bonnie also enjoys flirting with men in her age group and older and treats younger men like little brothers. She doesn’t get much chance to associate with many women, but gets along well with them usually. She dislikes mean drunks and knows how to handle them. There isn’t much that Bonnie is afraid of except growing old and alone.
History: Bonnie was born in Norgate as an only child. Her parents died from a fever when she was in her early twenties. They had run a small inn for many years and she grew up working in it scrubbing floors, doing dishes, preparing rooms for the guests. In her teen years, her father had sent her to a boarding school run by a local nunnery to try and give her a gentler life. Bonnie didn’t really like leaving them, but she tried to learn all the nuns had to teach her. She was able to learn a great deal about household management which she translated to running a business and when she returned home, she introduced several changes to the inn which brought in more business. Within two years they were able to pay for an addition to the inn to add in 12 more rooms. Business was going great and she thought she would stay there for the rest of her life, in spite of the cold weather that she wasn’t fond of. And then the fever struck down both of her parents and she had a difficult time running the inn by herself while dealing with her grief. She ended up selling the inn and moving south to Redmont long before the Plague hit. She held onto most of the money she had made from the sale of the inn for many years and worked as a cook or barmaid in several different pubs or inns around Redmont and Meric fiefs.
A friend told her about Desperation and said there was a drunk trying to run a tavern in the new town and he was running it into the ground. He was thinking about selling it. Bonnie arrived in Desperation about a month after it was officially deemed a town and bought the “Tavern and Meals” from the man. She fired the whole staff, all three of them, and hired two young men and an older woman to help. She added onto the kitchen in the back and built the stone oven in the back and started offering real food for lunch and dinner. She set up several tables for dining in and cut down on the bar space. She then painted her name on the sign which now says, “Bonnie’s Tavern and Meals”. She is currently looking for some young women to help clean the common room, work in the kitchen and serve meals and an assistant cook to take charge of the kitchen. The young men currently wait on tables, serve drinks and keep the peace when things get too rowdy. She is always on the lookout for good minstrels to help bring in business.
Additional Details: The tavern does not offer lodging, but Bonnie has a nice suite of rooms above the tavern in the front with windows that look down on the streets. There are four rooms on the second floor behind hers to house the others that work at the tavern. The two men share one room.
Bonnie also has two small house cats in her apartment above the tavern who occasionally escape from their rooms and run around the tavern looking for treats and attention.