Esmer Balenta

Esmer Balenta is a shopkeeper and explosives manufacturer in Bassuras. As an NPC, she is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Esmer is a tall, slim woman with black skin and white, chin-length hair with a center part, and is described as "gorgeous". When members of Bells Hells first visited her in Bassuras, she wore a sleeveless reddish-purple vest over a dirty white work shirt. She wore heavy boots with a steel toe and spikes.

Personality
Esmer is somewhat short-tempered, although this may have been due to Fresh Cut Grass's connections with Dancer and Esmer's irritation with Dancer. She does enjoy FCG's disposition, and is fairly self-aware regarding her relationship with Dancer.

Background
Esmer owns Finders Takers, and manufactures black powder, firearms, and bombs. She also does some leatherwork, possibly armor. Dancer had frequently sent FCG to Esmer's shop. Esmer had also been a sometimes hook-up of Dancer's, and had last seen her about a month prior to the events of.

Fresh Cut Grass went to see Esmer, accompanied by Dusk and Fearne. They were initially nervous about telling her the news of Dancer's death, but upon doing so, Esmer spat out her wine and told them they were lying, as she had last hooked up with Dancer a month ago. This confused and unsettled FCG, and he told Esmer he was just here with a different group to pick up supplies, and to potentially house someone on the run, which Esmer refused to do. Fearne and Dusk negotiated for several sticks of dynamite and some other explosives. Fearne then lingered behind and asked for more information about FCG, but Esmer did not know much.

Notable items
Finders Takers inventory:
 * Black powder
 * Pepperboxes - a "few hundred" gold each
 * Carbines
 * Pistols
 * Rifles
 * Dynamite sticks - 5 gold per stick
 * Small explosives

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3

Quotations
On whether she was sure her recent hookup was indeed Dancer: I'm sure, only one person does the...thing.

Trivia
Esmer shares her name with the Dreamscape Theater's play Esmer and the Child of Light.