Bethana Corwin NPC's page

"Oh, Cade," calls out Bethana from the Kitchen. "A letter came for you, from your Aunt Sheila in Magnimar." She comes out into the dining room holding a folded piece of parchment with a wax seal.

Cade looks at it for a few moments, and then announces he has to leave on family business. He bids his farewells and goes to gather his things before riding off on Bellum.

Ameiko is still groggy when you return to the Rusty Dragon. Bethana comes to the door in a hurry, hands wringing.

"Oh, thank heavens! Lady Ameiko's all right! I was so worried. Let's get you warm and get some soup into you now..." Bethana fusses over Ameiko as you bring her up to her chambers and tuck her in.

Once Ameiko is resting comfortably Bethana comes down.

"I heard that an army of goblins was mustering in the glassworks. And Lord Lonjiku's dead. Is that true? They've got the whole place sealed off. It was her brother that was to blame, wasn't it? Oh, I never trusted that man."

I could have put Knowledge (local) spoilers, but you have Bethana handy and she is the gossip queen of Sandpoint. :)

Bethana shakes her head.

"Tsuto is Ameiko's brother. Or half-brother I should say. When Tsuto was born it caused quite an uproar. You see, he's a half-elf, and Lord Lonjiku is not an elf, and neither was his wife Atsuii. I'm sure you can imagine - you've seen what His Lordship's temper is like! Lord Lonjiku never looked the same at an elf in town since! His glassworks refuses to hire elves, an' that's why. But Atsuii was just as stubborn as Lord Lonjiku is, and she never said who the father was. Tsuto's older than Ameiko by a year."

"It's terrible what happened. After all it was hardly the wee bairn's fault, now, was it? But being that he couldn't possibly have been Lonjiku's son, Lord Lonjiku sent him away to be schooled privately and forbade Atsuii to ever see him."

"But Ameiko found out about Tsuto when she was still young, and started to see him secretly. She tried to help him out. I don't know what she was thinking she could do but she was always a good-hearted child."

"When she was sixteen though she got in a fight with Tsuto. He struck her badly, and she left town. I have no idea what they fought about, but she only returned for her mother's funeral a year later. Tsuto came the the funeral, and he openly accused Lonjiku of murdering his mother! Lonjiku nearly broke Tsuto's jaw, and he banished Tsuto from Sandpoint. There's no love lost between those two, as you can imagine. That was, oh.. perhaps five years ago."

"I suppose nobody can blame Tsuto for how he ended up, but I don't trust that man. He's all full of anger and bitterness. Ameiko is too forgiving of that man. If he's come back, he's up to no good, mark my words. I hope Ameiko's all right, and he hasn't drawn her into some scheme of his."

"Have you seen Mistress Ameiko?" she asks nervously. "Maybe last night some time?"

"She left me in charge yesterday, and that's fine, I can handle everything just fine. That's what I told her. She had to run some errands. And that's fine."

"But I didn't see her last night, and this mornin' I went upstairs to check on her. But she didn't come home last night. Her bed's no been slept in."

"And that's fine, o' course too. She's an adult and don't answer to me. But there was this piece of parchment there on the floor, all torn to shreds. I couldn't figure out what piece goes where, but it looks like a letter to me. And this little bit looks like the signature. So now I'm worried."

She holds out a small piece of paper. There is a fragment of writing, but a large signature sits in the corner of the letter. It says, quite clearly, "... don't be late. TSUTO."

Good morning to you Mistress Bethana, it is very nice to see you this fine day. How are you feeling?

When he hears about the condition of Ameiko. Cade simple smiles and chuckles to himself.I have been there on occasion.

"I bet you have, dearie! I've heard about the Goodbarrel family." She gives Cade a wink.

"My sister's son's sister-in-law's uncle is married to your second cousin, Dorfer. You know, the one who has the post as a brewer for the stadium. Good position, that. He hasn't been happy lately - his daughter Sangria ran off with that acrobat boy, Johen, or something like that. That's no kind of life for a girl with prospects, I tell you!" She shakes her head with a tsk tsk as she continues to serve breakfast.

"Good morning dears!" Beams the halfling, whom you recognize as Bethana, one of the housekeepers who works at the Rusty Dragon.

"Her laydship's feelin' a mite... tender this morning so I'll be looking after breakfast today."

"It's not like her, really, but I understand business was quite good last night, so who am I to complain. I heard she and her father had quite a row! What did the old fart want now?"