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NPC Focus - Annette Traver

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Annette Traver      Annette Traver is an incredibly forward thinking and enterprising woman. Raised far to the north in a small town called Sarcelles, she dreamed of one day moving to Ville des Marais and starting her own general store that focused on the needs of adventurers. Now at forty-five, Annette has done just that. The proud owner of La Torche Brûlante (The Burning Torch), Annette does something that no other merchant in the city does - she delivers her wares right to your doorstep.     Annette employs two teamsters and six guards. For a nominal fee of a single gold piece, she will have one of her drivers and two guards deliver anywhere within the confines of Ville des Marais within an hour or so of the purchase. She will even deliver goods within 10 miles of the city, utilizing one teamster and four guards, but the charge goes up to 5gp for every mile travelled (one way). She pays her delivery people and guards well, and their loyalty is unquestioned.     Several of her delive

NPC Focus - Louis Lapointe

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Louis Lapointe      Louis Lapointe was a thief, operating out of Ville des Marie. A friend of  Guarin Félix  and a member of the Sneak's Guild, he was on a burgling job when he ran afoul of one of  Papa Abélard Delacroix 's minions. Unbenounced to Louis, the home he had broken into belonged to the bokor and was a part of one of his nefarious schemes. As punishment, Papa Delacroix murdered Louis and then raised him as a zombie.     Something strange happened, however. Louis somehow managed to retain his intelligence, his identity and sense of self. Never under the control of  Papa Delacroix, Louis managed to escape into the bayou, avoiding detection thanks to his magical ring of chameleon power . Thanks to his now undead state and his ring, louis was simply able to stand still when the bokor's minions got close and was eventually able to get out of the lich's demises.     Louis now lives in the bayou southwest of  Ville des Marie, occasionally coming into the city (than