# [[Brelda Venkervale]] Brelda Venkervale is a long-time resident of [[Otari]] and the mother of [[Lazda Venkervale|Lazda]], owner of [[The Rowdy Rockfish]]. She welcomes the party at the Rockfish and was the one who reported her son leaving town with a hooded stranger, setting the party on the quest that eventually found Lazda tortured in [[The Gauntlight]]. She agreed to let [[Vayle]] counsel Lazda through his trauma. ## Recent Events ### Session 120 - Remembering Sythra - Brelda is old enough to have been alive back when Vayle and [[Graveknight Armor|Sythra]] were alive, making her one of the few townsfolk who could remember that far back. - When Vayle came asking, she **did remember the name Sythra**, and pointed the party toward [[Maret]], the reclusive washerwoman on the edge of town — the lead that revealed Maret as a ghast descended from Sythra's line. ### Session 124 - On Vayle's Side - Pledged her **support for Vayle** should the [[Pharasma|Pharasmins]] come after them, joining [[Captain Lardus Longsaddle]] as an ally. - Noted that before her son Lazda got sick, **he** would have been the one to convince — everyone talked to him.