Penelope

"The name’s Penelope. I like to smoke."Penelope was a resident of Krezk during the Shine Thieves’ adventure in Barovia. She was the spouse of Gruff.

Encounters
Penelope was first encountered by the party during the night of Burgomaster Dimitri Krezkov’s 67th birthday party, when she was smoking outside the Community Centre.

Introduced to the party via her spouse, Gruff, she was initially described as “a d20 on the mule scale” by him, indicating her poor hygiene and unfortunate appearance.

Despite these slights on her character, Penelope seemed unphased by most things, taking Gruff’s digs in her stride, and even acting indifferently towards his demise at the hands of Tarfu.

At the end of the night, Penelope was escorted home by Sling, who was concerned for her well-being following the murder of her spouse. Penelope refused to thank the Aaracokra for his kind gesture though, going so far as to swear at him before shutting the door to her small Krezk abode in his face.

Death
In the wake of the Roc attack on Krezk in Chapter _, Penelope’s dead body was discovered by Sling when he was looting her demolished home. Whether her death was cause by the collapsing of her roof, the Roc itself, or simply by her horrendous chain smoking habit is unknown.