Madame Odius is the Left Wing of
the Crows and head of their gambling division. Nearly every substantial gambling opportunity from the city's casinos to backroom card games can be traced back to her either directly or indirectly. Though she appears to be a young human woman, rumors would indicate that she's been running with
the Crows for longer than her apparent age. More substantiated talk on the street indicates that the only gambling debts that exist in
Haven City are the short-term variety; people unable to pay back quickly enough tend to disappear before their debts could be considered long term.
Madame Odius was first mentioned when
Elycia Mirais was interrogating a group of street thugs while claiming she was looking for a casino worker friend who had disappeared. The thug knew that any casino worker would fall under Odius' domain and figured whatever his attacker was going to try would get her killed. He gave her the information she wanted and sincerely wished her luck if she was planning to make a move against Madame Odius.
Welcome to Haven City Arc
Week Three
After one of
the Crows safehouses was raided by
an unknown group of adventurers, Madame Odius attention was piqued when the debriefing from
Eldingar Toreros mentioned a
rabbit-eared woman. Odius recalled seeing such a woman perform at her lesser casinos before, but didn't recall any particular details about the woman. Fishing for information, she had notices sent out that they were looking for extra performers are casinos throughout Midtown to try and flush the woman out. This plan worked when
Elycia Mirais arrived at the
Silver Court Casino one evening to work.
Madame Odius was informed of
Elycia and her rabbit ears shortly after the bard's arrival, making her way directly to the
Silver Court Casino. She caught the latter half of
Elycia's performance before stopping the young woman to speak with her. Odius did not introduce herself in any way, yet her manner of speaking and choice of words made it clear she was a dangerous individual. She inquired about where
Elycia was from and caught on that
Elycia was lying when she claimed there were lots of rabbit-eared people where she came from. She didn't believe
Elycia's lie about being ignorant towards the robbery
the Crows were angry about either.
At the same time, Madame Odius laced her words with subtext that hinted she was aware of things that
Elycia and her comrades believed
the Crows did not know. Despite these attempts to cause
Elycia to trip up, the bard managed to keep her composure until it was time for Madame Odius to put on the main show after
Elycia's opening act. They performed a song titled
Now That the Chip are Down within earshot of
Elycia, who pondered whether it was picked since they were performing in a casino or if there was more to it than that. It was the latter, of course. Later, Madame Odius informed
Marchioness Eve she'd likely identified one of the people they were looking for.
Week Five
Madame Odius was briefly seen during the adventurers flight from
Haven City, running along the rooftops while
Olympius flew through the air near her. The adventurers managed to notice the two
Crow leaders before being noticed themselves, going around them when the pair stopped so Odius could chastise some of their street patrols for taking a break. Shortly thereafter, the adventurers learned
the Crows had grown wise to the party's habit of hiding on shadowy rooftops and assumed Madame Odius had been up there searching for them.
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