**Race:** Human **Age:** 67 **Specialty:** Honey, beeswax, candles **Alignment:** Lawful Good ### Appearance Petra is a plump, grandmotherly woman with a gentle face and hands scarred from countless bee stings. She wears a broad hat with netting when working her hives, but at market she dresses in cheerful yellows and whites. She moves slowly due to arthritis but has a warm, welcoming presence. She smells of honey, beeswax, and wild flowers. Her voice is soft and soothing—bee keepers learn to move and speak calmly around their hives. ### Background Petra has kept bees for forty years, learning the craft from her husband (long deceased). She maintains several hives in careful locations—far enough from the Glade to be safe, close enough to Oakrest to be accessible. Beekeeping is her meditation, her livelihood, and her connection to the natural world. She speaks to her bees, believes they understand her, and swears they warn her of dangers. She's beloved in Oakrest, particularly by children who remember her honey candies from their youth. ### Personality - **Gentle and Patient:** Petra has the serene patience of someone who works with nature's rhythms - **Generous:** Often gives away honey to sick children or struggling families - **Believes in Bees' Wisdom:** She trusts her bees' behavior to predict weather, danger, and fortune - **Quietly Faithful:** Follows Laurel's teachings; sees bees as sacred creatures ### Market Stall A tidy stall draped in yellow cloth, displaying jars of honey, blocks of beeswax, and handmade candles. The stall smells divinely sweet. Petra often has samples available—she believes people should taste before buying. ### Goods **Honey:** - Common honey (jar): 5 sp - Quality honey (flavored by specific flowers): 1 gp - Medicinal honey (with healing herbs): 5 gp (heals 1d4 HP) - Royal jelly (rare): 25 gp (used in potions, provides temporary Constitution boost) **Beeswax Products:** - Beeswax (1 lb block): 1 gp - Candles (5): 1 sp - Quality candles (longer-burning): 5 sp each - Beeswax polish: 5 sp **Specialty Items:** - Honey candies: 1 cp each (children's favorite) - Healing salve (honey + herbs): 3 gp - Lip balm: 2 sp ### Special Knowledge Petra knows: - Which flowers are safe vs. corrupted (her bees won't visit corrupt blooms) - Weather prediction through bee behavior - Healing properties of different honeys - Where safe flower meadows exist - When the Glade's influence is spreading (bees become agitated, abandon certain areas) ### Personality Quirks - Hums while working (unconsciously mimicking bee sounds) - Refers to her bees as "my girls" and speaks of them like children - Gives honey candies to every child who visits her stall - Sometimes pauses conversations to "listen to the bees" (checking distant hive boxes she hears in her mind?) ### Quotes _"The bees know, dear. They always know. When the flowers near the Glade turned dark, my girls wouldn't go near them. Smarter than us, sometimes."_ _"Honey isn't just sweet—it's medicine, preservative, gift from nature. The bees work so hard for it. The least we can do is use it well."_ _"My girls have been agitated for weeks. Something's disturbing them. When bees are troubled, we should be too."_