NPC Focus - Robert Beaulieu

 

Robert Beaulieu

    Robert Beaulieu runs Le Café du Ris de Veau (The Sweetbread Café), the most popular café in all of Ville des Marais. Located just a short walk from The Keep, this open-air café is popular for the various types of coffee ranging from very mild to incredibly strong, with a dark-roasted coffee with chicory being the most popular. The café also serves multiple types of beignets and pastries, most of which are fairly sweet and covered with powdered sugar. Robert recently added an elven fritter, and this has definitely endeared him to the elven community.

    Robert is a mountain of a man with long blonde hair, a full beard and deep brown eyes. He looks like he would love swinging an axe and bellowing a combat charge, but his exceedingly gentle nature vastly contrasts to his appearance. While he can be incredibly intimidating when it is needed, he prefers to handle his customers with warmth, humor and a graciousness not found many places. He is far from being a pacifist, however, and has needed to bring his strength to bear in the past due to rowdy customers.

    What isn't commonly known is that Robert serves a special coffee that has been blended with a potion of Cure Light Wounds. Called the Court Spécial, this 8 oz drink is often served to adventurers and those in need that know of it's existence (and is normally priced at a very reasonable 30gp otherwise, cheaper than a Potion of Cure Light Wounds). The drink is quite strong, however, and has twice the caffeine of a regular coffee of the same size. Originally studying to be a druid, Robert has since decided that he loves running the café more than studying plants (his original studies have actually helped him in this endeavor). He has several anonymous backers that supply him with the funds to create this special drink, and as such has no plans to stop making it any time soon. The healing properties of the drink have only served to heighten the café's popularity.

Beignets are popular at the café.