Beauregard Lionett

Beauregard is a human monk of The Cobalt Soul. She is played by Marisha Ray.

Appearance
Beau wears baggy clothes and monk vestments in shades of blue and gray. She has a blue sash around her belt, that has embroidered script from the Cobalt Soul written on the interior in the backside. Her hair is shaved into an undercut. She also customized her coat so she can turn it inside out, having it cobalt blue on one side and a normal brown on the other.

Personality
Beau is a simple girl with simple needs. She is not an egomaniac, and she demands that credit be given to the group as a whole. She regards those she doesn't know with suspicion and continues to press for straight answers whenever someone tries to deflect a question she's asked. Beau's attitude towards other people can be summed up as "do whatever you want, but if it forks with my shit we're going to have issues."

Beau has been shown to have few concerns when it comes to violence, shown to have a willingness and occasionally an eagerness to harm others if it serves her interests. This aggressive attitude is one of the reasons she was so at odds with mentors within the Cobalt Soul, as well as her general dislike of authority figures. This attitude has extended to other party members who tried to commandeer a situation.



Beau is particularly bad at interacting with people in a positive manner, frequently coming off as insulting when she tries to give compliments or straining credulity when she attempts to be polite. In order to improve her lacking social skills, Fjord suggested that she smile more. However, due to Beau's normally hostile personality, her smiles tend to come off as either unsettling or extremely disingenuous. However, Beau is also deceptively shrewd and good at keeping secrets. She has strategically chosen to reveal her allegiance to The Cobalt Soul when it benefits her or helps the Mighty Nein out of a difficult situation. She has proven to be a good negotiator when she makes the effort to be.

Beau has gained the meta nickname "The Disaster Lesbian" due to her often flirty demeanor towards women but infrequent success. Notably, she called Expositor Dairon "very attractive" as soon as she saw the elf without her concealing cloak, and she makes near constant advances on Yasha. Beauregard's hiring of a female courtesan at The Landlocked Lady in and her sleeping with Keg in  showcase her attraction to the same-sex.

Background
Beauregard's parents were in the wine-making business in Kamordah. Beau was made to manage the bookkeeping. As the winery's most frequent customers were halflings, Beau learned the Halfling language as a result.

She mentioned to Bo "The Breaker" that her name was Beauregard because her parents wanted a son.

Beau thought little of her father as she grew up, and possibly out of a need for revenge, began to steal and resell his wine at cost. This lead to her committing other crimes, including extortion and trafficking. While playing a game of chance with Molly, Beau revealed the the best lie she ever told was when, not liking a politician and his wife in the town she grew up in, she worked as a house hand for them as a means to dig up dirt on them. She found out that they were each cheating on each other, causing them to break up when she exposed the information.

One day her father found out about her bootlegging and criminal activity and hired a group of monks from the Cobalt Reserve to "abduct" Beau, believing that they would reform her. It is implied that Beau's father thought that the monks were strictly librarians, however they were also martial artists and attempted to teach Beau the discipline her father wanted while also training her in hand-to-hand combat. As seen throughout the campaign, only one of these lessons stuck.

Beau left the monastary in Zadash after her parents sent her a letter saying they now had a son. Beau took the letter to mean her parents no longer wanted any contact with her. She assumed they were no longer going to pay the Cobalt Soul to train her and thought she would be doing the monks a favor by leaving.

Pre-Stream
Traveling along the Amber Road, Beau met Jester and Fjord already traveling together and joined them. On their way to study magic at the Soltryce Academy in Rexxentrum, the trio saved the daughter of Rinaldo (a fisherman in Trostenwald) from a giant snake.

Beau accepted the Way of the Cobalt Soul as her monastic tradition during a single-player RP session during. Specifically, under the guidance of Expositor Dairon, she came to see the appeal of becoming a member of "The Expositors" a secret order within the Cobalt Soul tasked with "...pursuing the secrets and evils of the world and exposing them to the light." The next morning, Fjord questioned Beau about the bruises she sustained from the training session. Beau told the Mighty Nein she had been accepted to a secret order of monks the morning after her first meeting with Dairon. However she spoke in a sarcastic manner, and the party did not appear to take her seriously.

Beau trained with Dairon in Zadash, reporting some of her adventures between Trostenwald and Zadash. She also specifically described the group's encounter with the Xhorhasian spy and his description of the dodecahedron, though she omitted the fact that the Nein had stolen the dodecahedron.

Chapter 11
While on watch with Molly, Beau stated that she hated his tarot cards. After his death, when the Mighty Nein revisited his grave site along the Glory Run Road, she chose to keep Molly's fortune-telling cards as a memento of him. She also claimed his Periapt of Wound Closure, the Summer's Dance blade, and his gold, with the intention of using it for his resurrection. The party buried Molly along the side of the road. Beau poured out a drink for Molly, and the party toasted: "Long may he reign." During the Mighty Nein's stay in Nicodranas on the Menagerie Coast, Beauregard adopted a flirtatious false persona that she named "Tracy" to attempt to get information out of a Zelezo guard named Merpal. She claimed to be the daughter of a rich family in Zadash on vacation to Nicodranas. Beau's reaction to Tracy's appearance was one of confusion and fear.

Chapter 12
Beauregard, along with the rest of the Mighty Nein, joined the crew of the Squall-Eater under Captain Avantika. She gave the alias "Tracy" to Avantika when asked for her name. "Tracy" took on the role of the apprentice cooper during their time aboard the Squall-Eater. She has expressed interest in and desire for Captain Avantika.

When the Squall-Eater arrived at Darktow Isle, Beauregard was automatically initiated as a member of the Revelry. After she was introduced to Plank King Wyatt Marinos, he pulled her aside from the rest of the party and asked her to give him information on Avantika. Her immediate reaction was to ask "how much?"

During the fight on the deck of the Squall Eater, Jester grabbed Beau and cast Dimension Door to get them off from the ship with Avantika's journal. Beau took the journal and rushed towards the Throne Roost to negotiate with the Plank King. She piqued his interest by telling him she has proof of Avantika planning a coup to overthrow him. Once the fight was over, the Mighty Nein and Avantika were brought to the Plank King for a trial. During the trial, Beau revealed herself to be a member of the Expositors, the first time any of the Mighty Nein have heard that name. Previously only Nott and Caleb knew Beau had a connection to the Cobalt Soul. Beau claimed her allegiance was solely to the Cobalt Soul and separate from the rest of the Mighty Nein. The Plank King seemed to be fooled by this deception, but Caleb read it to be a partial truth. Beau's connection to the Cobalt Soul seemed to win her some more trust with the Plank King. Fjord persuaded him to allow Beau to use the Extract Truth ability on Avantika. When Beau was able to successfully prevent her from telling a lie, Avantika refused to speak at all. The Plank King took her silence as proof she did in fact plan to overthrow him.

Archivist Xenoth
Beauregard's father paid him to take her in, teach and train her in the disciplines and lifestyle of Cobalt Soul monkhood and the ways of the Knowing Mistress. Beau does not seem to have respected him or his authority during the time he was her teacher.

Caduceus Clay
Beau is impressed by Caduceus's calming presence and ability to remain calm under pressure.

Caleb Widogast
Caleb was very impressed with Beau and her physical fitness. He credited the success of Jester, Beau, and Fjord against the giant snake to her "guns". Seeing his desire to enter the Archive of the Cobalt Soul, she confided in him that she was a member of the library, showing him the script she had hidden within her belt denoting her membership. On the condition that he tell her about his past and why he was afraid of fire, she promised to take him to the library. She later kept to her promise and accompanied him to the Archive. Beau and Caleb continue to have profound personal growth. Possessing something of a sibling-like relationship, Beau will usually go to Caleb first if she has a problem. Likewise, Beau is one of only two people that Caleb has shared his past with.

Beau is the one of the few members of the Mighty Nein that Caleb has allowed to command Frumpkin. After she lost her pet owl, he changed Frumpkin into an owl and loaned him to her to try and make her feel better.

Despite their inherent difficulty in communicating their feelings and emotions to each other, in the aftermath of discovering the burnt apothecary of a halfling alchemist named Veza Brenatto, it was Beau who gave Caleb support when he was panicked about having to reveal his story, prompting her to tell him with such sincerity and earnest concern, "Don't run."

Expositor Dairon
The expositor was specially called in by Archivist Xenoth to help find Beauregard, whereupon Dairon released Archivist Xenoth from any responsibility concerning Beau's teaching. Dairon then trained Beauregard in the monk tradition of the Way of the Cobalt Soul late at night within a warehouse belonging to the Baumbauch Family Brewery.

Beau seems to admire Dairon's skills and showed concern for her when the party found out how far into the Empire the war had moved while they were at sea. When the Mighty Nein first encountered the dodecahedron, Beau suggested turning it into the Cobalt Soul, believing them to be more trustworthy than the Dwendalian Empire. Between finding the artifact and her next conversation with Dairon, she changed her mind for unknown reasons.

Fjord
Beau met Fjord, along with Jester, about a day before the rest of the party. The trio fought a snake together before the events of the first episode. Beau and Fjord seemed to have already established some trust and rapport as both are laid back, though Fjord tends towards being charming (if, at times, disingenuous) while Beau, in contrast, is blunt and outspoken. They seem to be the "go-getters" of the group when it comes to making contacts and steering the direction of The Mighty Nein. Fjord coaches Beau in improving her social skills. She often asks him for notes and suggestions for improvement after negotiating with someone.

Beau catches on to Fjord misleading the party about his dreams and possibly his accent, but it doesn't seem to bother her that he might be keeping secrets.

Fjord and Beau further bond over managing the Ball-Eater after Beau becomes First Mate in "The Stowaway".

Jester Lavorre
Jester is one of Beau's closest friends. Beau met her and Fjord about a day before the rest of the party. The trio fought a snake together before the events of the first episode.

They have been roommates at almost every place the group has stayed so far, and Jester is one of the few people Beau has shown open kindness to. In, during the middle of a stormy night, Beau showed a much more vulnerable side of her and opened up to Jester about her lonely childhood. She voiced how grateful she was for their friendship, a sentiment Jester reciprocated with a hug from behind. This honest gesture of affection allowed Beau to say "Love you, Jess", and Jester replied in kind, strengthening the bond between them even further.

Keg
Beau frequently impressed Keg with her skills, leading to frequent comments of "Keg is aroused." As part of the ongoing joke, Beau flips the comment and admits to being aroused by Keg in. After they slay Lorenzo, she asks Keg to spend the night with her, an offer which she accepts.

Mollymauk Tealeaf
Beau and Molly had an interesting relationship. Beau's natural suspiciousness of people combined with Molly's flamboyant lies and deflection caused friction at first, but after Molly's backstory reveal Beau admitted to liking him better. The two got high together off the skein they bought in Trostenwald, and their relationship had become less antagonistic. At the Harvest Close Festival, Beau used the two wooden swords Nott won to impersonate Molly, and after Beau drank numerous half-empty mugs of leftover alcohol from a bar, Molly called her a "trash person", but paradoxically not in an insulting manner.

After Molly's death, Beau displayed a new tenderness towards her fallen companion, speaking in particular about how she doubted his "leave things better than you find them" attitude at first, but eventually grew to understand it. She also later had Jester give her a tattoo of an eye, matching one that Molly had.

Nott
Beau and Nott have been warming up to one another, largely due to their mutual friendship with Caleb. Nott seems impressed by Beau's Cobalt Soul status, thinking she is a cool secret agent. The three of them share the bond of having family in the Dwendalian Empire.

Beau is impressed with Nott's bravery and resilience facing her fear of water, especially after learning Nott had been drowned in her previous life.

Yasha
Beau's interactions with Yasha have largely been in an effort to sleep with her, beginning with Yasha asking Beau to relinquish her staff at the carnival. Later, she asked Yasha to "hold [her] through the show", though Yasha refused without proper payment. A few days later Beau attempted to get a "good look" at Yasha's nude body in the bathhouse in Zadash by delaying her own departure, an effort which was successful. Beau comforting Yasha when she learned of Molly's death highlighted their growth as friends rather than as a one-sided romantic interest, though Beau continues to flirt with her whenever possible.

Notable Items

 * Quarterstaff (her "Bo" staff)
 * Second healer's kit
 * Brewer's Kit
 * Goggles of Night
 * A sleeveless reversible cloak (one side is brown, the other is blue)
 * Courting of the Crick (smutty historical/romance novel. Banned in the Empire)
 * Boots of the Vigilant (taken from Xhorhasian assassin in sewer) (add a d8 to initiative rolls once per day)
 * A set of throwing stars (function as darts)
 * Molly's marked "fortune-telling" deck. (looted from Molly's corpse)
 * "The Silver Dragon"
 * "The Anvil"
 * "The Serpent"
 * "The Eye"
 * "The Moon" (left at Molly's gravesite)
 * "The Shadow"
 * "The Chariot"
 * A red feather from Nila's necklace
 * Bracers of Defense
 * Thank You note from Keg
 * Cipher to Avantika's code

Former Items

 * Healer's kit (given to Jester)
 * Thieves Tools (given to Nott)
 * Jade Bracelet, that had beads with small gold etching inside of them (traded to Nott for wooden swords)
 * Broken hilts of two wooden swords received from Nott.
 * Periapt of Wound Closure (looted from Molly's corpse and given to Caleb)
 * Summer's Dance Scimitar (a +1 scimitar that can cast Misty Step)  (looted from Molly's corpse and given to Fjord)
 * Fire Elemental Gem (expended and destroyed)

Feats

 * Prodigy
 * One bonus skill proficiency (Investigation)
 * One bonus tool proficiency (Jeweler's Tools)
 * One extra language (Elvish)
 * Expertise in one skill you're proficient in (Athletics)
 * Sentinel

Variant Human Abilities

 * Bonus feat (Prodigy)
 * Bonus skill proficiency

Criminal Background

 * Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
 * Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' tools, one type of gaming set

Monk Abilities

 * Deflect Missiles
 * Evasion
 * Extra Attack
 * Ki (8 points)
 * Flurry of Blows
 * Patient Defense
 * Step of the Wind
 * Ki-Empowered Strikes
 * Martial Arts (1d6)
 * Monastic Tradition: Way of the Cobalt Soul
 * Extort Truth
 * Extract Aspects
 * Mind of Mercury
 * Mystical Erudition
 * One extra language
 * Slow Fall
 * Stillness of Mind
 * Stunning Strike
 * Unarmored Defense
 * Unarmored Movement

Quotations
Beauregard: [flatly] "Sorry." Jester: "Sorry for what, Beau?" Beauregard: "Really, Jester?" Jester: "Really." Mollymauk: "No, I want to hear this too." Beauregard: "Sorry for choking you with my stick." Beauregard: "I consider being curious a pretty high skill set, but since you're asking beyond that. I'm pretty good with this here bo. Pretty good fighter. Named Beau. It's a little redundant, to be totally honest." Ulog: "That's a little strange, not going to lie." Beauregard: "It's kind of obnoxious. Sometimes it irritates me." Ulog: "A curse upon ye who made that decision for you." Beauregard: "Can't pick 'em." (properly introducing herself to Ulog of the Knights of Requital.) Beau: "Thanks. That's not the first time I've heard that." Plank King: "And if you survive, I'm sure it won't be the last." (after Beau claims to have evidence of Avantika planning a coup against the Plank King}
 * "Jails are not my favored terrain."
 * "I still say that some of the best information that you can get is in the information that you don't find."
 * Fjord: "It might do for you to apologize [to Toya]."
 * "Edubation!" (Mixing Education and Masturbation, while Caleb is in the Chastity Nook)
 * Ulog: "[...] What's your skill sets, if I might ask, beyond just being curious?"
 * "I hate the color yellow."
 * "Did you just put a hooker on layaway?"
 * "Long may he reign." (Beau's last words to Molly)
 * "Who the fuck is Traci?!" (to Fjord after flirting with a Zelezo guard)
 * "I feel bad. I've treated people like shit my whole life. And . . . I don't know. Having one transformative moment doesn't mean that you're immediately going to be a different person overnight and being better is something you have to work at, I guess."
 * "I've driven most people in my life away from me. Hearing him talk like that, it's not the first time I've heard those things, and I don't want to drive you guys away. I don't want us to drive each other away."(after hearing Caduceus consider leaving the Mighty Nein)
 * Plank King: "I have to say, for someone so small, you've got some serious balls."
 * "You have sixty seconds, but I have more knuckles." (after using Extort Truth on Avantika)
 * "Sorry I found your cuteness alarming." (Parting apology to Twiggy)
 * "Don't run. You can say you don’t believe in anything, and that’s fine… Believe in us just a little bit?" (spoken to Caleb in a softer and more earnest tone than normal to convince him to open up to the party)

Trivia

 * "Beauregard" means "beautiful gaze" when translated from French.
 * As revealed by Marisha at MCM London, the primary inspiration for Beau was Jessica Jones.
 * Beau is unofficially the party's treasurer.
 * Marisha detailed that Beau's fighting style is based on a Russian martial art called "systema."
 * Beauregard got the first "How do you want to do this?" of the campaign.
 * Beau has a seemingly endless supply of "pocket bacon".
 * Liam once referred to Beau as "Ms. Lionett". Her surname had previously been the subject of speculation out of game, but in game it has not been mentioned except for this one instance. Liam later called this a "slip-up" and noted Caleb doesn't know Beau's last name, implying that it not might be accurate information.