Rose Kirby
A smile as steady as a sunrise and an inn that feels like safety, whether you deserve it or not.
What People Know
Rose Kirby is the cheerful proprietor of the Newman Arms, one of the most welcoming inns in Strangeways. She greets regulars by name, remembers preferences without writing them down, and has an uncanny ability to make even the worst days feel survivable with a hot meal and a kind word.
If Strangeways has a heart, many believe it beats behind Rose’s bar.
Reputation
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Universally liked
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Trusted with stories people don’t tell elsewhere
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Known for keeping the peace without raising her voice
Guards relax here. Travelers linger. Locals linger longer.
The Newman Arms
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Clean rooms, solid locks, and fair prices
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Food that tastes like someone cared
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A common room that fills quickly and empties reluctantly
Rose insists the inn runs itself. No one believes her.
Personality
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Warm, optimistic, and sharp-eyed
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Laughs easily but misses very little
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Refuses to take sides—publicly
She believes most people are better than their worst moments.
Relationship with the Party
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Friendly from the first meeting
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Discreet about questions and conversations
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Will quietly step in if trouble starts
Rose doesn’t pry—but she notices who comes back bleeding.
Rumors
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Rose knows half the town’s secrets and keeps all of them
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She once talked someone out of a knife fight with tea
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She has thrown exactly one person out of the Newman Arms—and no one will say who
Player Notes
Rose Kirby is what Strangeways looks like when it’s trying to be kind.
The Newman Arms is a place where people feel human again.
If Rose ever locks the doors early,
something has gone very wrong.