Cherrybell Bellwater
Cherrybell Bellwater is a dedicated member and the second in command of the Shortstack Stranglers, and a cousin once removed of Turnip Bellwater. Within the guild she is often called Lady Bellwater.1
Wizard and politician
Cherrybell is both a skilled wizard and a shrewd politician. Turnip's charm usually keeps the guild on balanced terms with officials of the Empire, but Cherrybell's insight and intellect are considered just as crucial; without her, it is said, the guild would probably have been disbanded long ago.2
She graduated from the Archon, where she studied under the renowned Blue Robe. A proficient conjurer, she gives the Stranglers a great advantage in mobility on their missions. Between assignments she sells her teleportation magic as a service and makes scrolls of conjuration, which she provides to guild members at cost.2
The magical printing press
One of Cherrybell's chief ambitions is to find a way to mass-produce scrolls. Printing presses as they exist cannot reproduce magical scrolls, so she plans to use the magical lake in the Deep Pit to make an ink able to survive the process in the magical printing press she envisions.2
In battle
Rather than engaging directly, Cherrybell prefers to hinder her enemies' advance and movement. She summons planar beings to fight for her; her favourite is an earth elemental named Margot, which she sends forward as a defensive front line while she stays at the back.2
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 12, 40
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Mercenary Compendium (Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 41. Art by the Bad Badger Games team.
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