Name: Vexa Underbough
Race: Halfling
Class: Rogue (Assassin)
Age: 27
Title: The Velvet Dagger / The Midnight Baker

Vexa Underbough was born in a quiet halfling village where she was expected to inherit the family ovens and live a peaceful life surrounded by warm bread and familiar faces. Oddly enough, that part actually came true?just not in the way anyone imagined. Growing up, she became known not only for being quick-fingered and sharp-minded, but for being an exceptional cook. By her early teens she could turn simple ingredients into meals people traveled to taste, and she treated baking with almost obsessive precision.

When she left for the cities, she survived at first by working in kitchens and bakeries. Her natural charm, attention to detail, and ability to move unnoticed through crowded spaces made her equally talented at theft? and eventually caught the attention of a secret assassin?s guild. They taught her infiltration, poisons, disguises, and silent kills?but to Vexa, cooking and assassination strangely followed the same rules: patience, timing, preparation, and presentation.

Years later, Vexa lives a double life. By day?or whenever she wishes?she operates under changing names as a traveling baker and private chef, earning genuine praise for pastries, rich comfort foods, and elaborate feasts. Her food became famous enough that wealthy clients sometimes compete to hire her for exclusive dinners. Few realize the cheerful halfling serving honey-glazed rolls and delicate desserts is also gathering information with every smile and conversation.

By night, she becomes The Velvet Dagger?a master assassin who chooses her contracts carefully, often targeting those who exploit others. Her incredible cooking skills even aid her work: memorizing ingredients trained her memory, kitchen discipline sharpened her precision, and her knowledge of flavors makes her an expert at creating harmless culinary illusions and subtle distractions.

Those lucky enough to know her only as a chef call her warm, playful, and impossibly talented.

Those who know both sides of her say one thing?

If Vexa offers you dessert, be grateful. It means tonight, you?re a guest? not the assignment.