Fantasy Vixens — free supplement · D&D 5e · 18+
Three courtesans
of Velnaris
A glimpse of the House of Red Vows — three complete NPCs, ready for your table, before the full supplement.
Velnaris is not told — it is crossed, one door at a time. Behind each one waits a courtesan negotiating more than favours: information, loyalties, debts that are never quite repaid. This free teaser introduces three of them, drawn from the full supplement — three storms, not services, for any city of intrigue.
CR 2
The Listener · Courtesan I
Odile Rook
She does not sell her body; she rents the silence in which you confess.
Odile keeps the smallest room in the House and the largest ledger in the city. Merchant councilors have wept against her shoulder; assassins have told her their real names. She remembers everything — because every secret she is given is a coin she will one day spend.
Signature — Confessor's Ear — one minute of private conversation, one Wisdom save, and no lie survives the room.
CR 6
The Blade Between the Sheets · Courtesan II
Reza Morrow
The most dangerous thing in the room is also the most desirable, and she knows you cannot tell the two apart.
Reza came to the House of Red Vows from the duelling pits of the Warrens, and never quite left either behind. Patrons pay extravagantly for an evening because the thrill is genuine — she could end them between one heartbeat and the next. Cross her, and the first kiss and the first cut arrive in the same motion.
Signature — First Kiss, First Cut — step inside her reach uninvited and her riposte lands before your excuse does.
CR 9
The House's Favorite · Courtesan III
Esclarmonde Rougemont
Every room she enters becomes hers; the only question is how gracefully you agree to it.
They say Esclarmonde spent a season at a fey court and came back wearing its laughter like a second skin. She has reigned over the Parlor for thirty years and looks not a day past her prime. She gives you exactly the version of an evening you did not know you needed — and that is the trap of her: you will do almost anything to keep being seen the way she sees you.
Signature — Glamour of Favour — desire her favour and you may find yourself Charmed before the introductions end.
A map of the courtesans of Velnaris is a map of the city's real power.— Design note, House of Red Vows
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