Teti Stoneharrow
Teti Stoneharrow runs the The Inn of the Broken Blade and serves as one of the quiet pillars of Eastguard’s community. Her voice carries through the inn with warmth and confidence, and travelers often remark that the place feels safer the moment she steps into the room.
She treats guests like long lost family. A tired traveler receives a hot meal before questions, and a frightened one receives calm advice that steadies the nerves better than any tonic. Her presence has a grounding effect on the inn, and by extension on much of Eastguard itself.
Teti is a middle-aged dwarf woman with a thick brown beard streaked heavily with gray. Her hair is tied back while she works, sleeves rolled to her elbows, usually wearing a clean but well-used apron. Her posture is solid, built from years of work and responsibility, and her eyes shine with a mix of kindness and experience that tells most people they are in capable hands.
Her personality is warm, direct, and steady. She laughs easily and loudly, though she is just as quick with a stern correction when someone threatens the peace of her establishment. Guests quickly learn that kindness and respect are welcome here, while cruelty earns an immediate end to the conversation.
Before settling in Eastguard, Teti spent many years traveling as a healer and caretaker, offering aid where she could. Eventually she chose to remain in the town, feeling that the community needed someone willing to stand quietly between danger and the innocent. She took over the Broken Blade and rebuilt its reputation until it became a haven for both locals and travelers.
She speaks Common, Dwarvish, and Sign Language, and her faith in Mishakal quietly shapes the way she cares for those around her.
Ideals
Compassion. Healing and hope should be offered freely to all who need them.
Bonds
- Marteph Stoneharrow, her brother and closest lifelong ally.
- The Broken Blade, which she considers both a duty and a home.
- Father Ignatius Papadopoulos, whose devotion she respects and supports as he works to restore the ruined temple.
Flaws
- Self-sacrificing to the point of exhaustion.
- Stubborn once she decides someone needs help.
- Keeps the full extent of her power hidden out of humility.
Rumors
- “Teti once healed a dying soldier with nothing but a whispered prayer.”
- “She could have been a high ranking priest if she had wanted the title.”
- “The Broken Blade’s hearth is blessed and never truly cools.”