Ameiko Kaijitsu
Ameiko Kaijitsu is best known in the Varisian town of Sandpoint as the proprietor of the Rusty Dragon, the most popular tavern in town. She is also a member of the town's small aristocracy.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Ameiko was born in 4689 AR. Lonjiku closely supervised her, controlled whom he allowed to be her friends, and filled her days with lessons in music, diplomacy, magic, and academic subjects. Despite this, she still sneaked into town to play with friends and explore old buildings. Ameiko was the only person who visited Tsuto in the Turandarok Academy, as Lonjiku ostracised him due to his status as a half-elf (and open proof of Atsuii's infidelity).
Tsuto's influence on Ameiko was notable, despite his nearly total absence from her everyday life. When Ameiko tried to reconcile her father and brother, Tsuto struck her in a rage, prompting her abandonment of Sandpoint for a year of adventuring.
Ameiko returned to Sandpoint the following year for her mother's funeral and partook in another heated argument with her brother over his overstated opinion that Lonjiku had pushed Atsuii to her "accidental" death. After Tsuto left town, Ameiko decided to stay in Sandpoint to care for her father.
At 16, when living alone with her father and his servants grew unbearably depressing, Ameiko left home again, joined a group of adventurers, and became particularly good friends with Alder Vhiski, the group's handsome young Varisian priest of Shelyn. During one of their adventures, they were captured by a degenerate cannibal clan in the Fogscar Mountains. The cannibals picked off nearly everyone during their escape until only Ameiko, Alder, and Alder's brother Sandru survived. As they tried to flee on a rowboat, Ameiko was bitten twice by the snake companion of the druid who led the cannibals. Alder pulled her to safety but was himself bitten by the snake and eaten by the cannibals; Sandru eventually brought her back to Sandpoint.
Some months later, Ameiko got a snake tattoo as a memorial to Alder, and spent her income from adventuring to buy the Rusty Dragon. She began to run the Rusty Dragon as a tavern for adventurers and moved away from Kaijitsu Manor, leaving it to her father to live in with his servants.
Recently, Ameiko lost her father and half-brother during a series of goblin raids on Sandpoint. She inherited the Sandpoint Glassworks but closed it down, as she preferred to focus on the Rusty Dragon and was frustrated by the rumours that the Glassworks was haunted by the ghosts of the goblins' victims.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Ameiko has artfully dodged several advances from potential suitors, which is the genesis of a rumor that she has a secret lover. She is unafraid to use the magic she has around her establishment. She has been known to use spells like unseen servant, charm person, and cure light wounds to keep her place in tip-top shape.
Social
Family Ties
Ameiko is the only legitimate child of Lonjiku and Atsuii Kaijitsu, and half-sister of both Amaya (on her father's side) and Tsuto Kaijitsu (on her mother's side).
Current Location
Year of Birth
4689
36 Years old
Children
Current Residence
Rusty Dragon
Height
5'9
