Mae was the proprietor of the Friendly Bat tavern in the village of Womford during the late 15th century DR. She originally ran the tavern-and-inn with her husband Grunnald, but then took over sole proprietorship after he "went missing" under mysterious circumstances.[1]
Personality[]
She was a strong woman who was determined to run her business in spite of several hardships.[1]
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Grunnald, made immortal for all time.
Mae was a devoted wife to Grunnald. After his supposed death, she made a loving, if somewhat disturbing, effigy of him, which she proudly displayed in the Friendly Bat's taproom. The two had one daughter, a sweet but clumsy girl named Muren.[1]
History[]
Sometime during the 1490s DR,[note 2] the local gang known as the Pale Claw took over the town of Womford and began extorting its citizens. Unbeknownst to Mae, her husband Grunnald faked his own death, and joined the gang as their "Bandit King", helping redirect their crimes towards people beyond the village. Mae was wholly unaware of her husband's misguided attempt to right their wrongs, and mourned her family's loss deeply.[1]
Mae and Muren tried to make ends meet by continuing keep the Friendly Bat open in Womford. They made little in the way of income however, as the Pale Claw resumed its extortion racket over the town's people. Their fortune changed however, when a band of adventurers, namely Edgin Darvis, Holga Kilgore, Simon Aumar, Forge Fitzwilliam, and Thelvyn Kip, came through town. With the few precious silver she had left, Mae hired the adventurers to rid Womford of the Pale Claw once and for all.[1]
A relative happy ending for the dwarven family of Womford.
While somewhat bumbling in their efforts, the adventurers managed to successfully disrupt the bandit gang's operations, and force them to find better prospects elsewhere. They even managed to uncover Grunnald's ruse, and gave him the opportunity to return home. The reunion was a wondrous event at first, before turning south. While Mae seemed embittered about the whole situation, she received one last boon as patron of the adventuring party: a porcelain boar figure filled with gold coins and gems.[1]
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- ↑ The town of Womford is not mentioned in the story, however, it was confirmed by Jeremy Lambert in his instagram post.
- ↑ The Honor Among Thieves movie and its tie-ins are as yet undated. As discussed here, from the condition of Castle Never and Dagult Neverember's reign, this wiki estimates a date of the late 1490s DR for the main events of the movie. Prequels and flashback scenes are set up to 11 years before this.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Jeremy Lambert, Ellen Boener (February 2023). Honor Among Thieves: The Feast of the Moon. Edited by Jonathan Manning, Zac Boone. (IDW Publishing). ISBN 978-1-68405-911-9.