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Arjeta Berisha

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Tabaxi · Rogue · Level 6

Arjeta Berisha

Underground surveyor and route-finder
“I have not seen that passage yet.”
AC15
HP45/45
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

At the table

Voice

A smooth purr with a self-satisfied edge, produced with careful breath control from years of speaking over quarry noise. Her Albanian accent gives her consonants a distinct, measured shape. She sounds amused when doubtful, practical when focused, and hard-edged when a tunnel is in danger.

She speaks in a smooth, smug purr with an Albanian accent. Her consonants are clean and deliberate, shaped by years of giving measurements over the scrape and rumble of quarry work. She clips distances and directions into exact little units, then lets a dry, amused lilt curl around a claim she doubts. When the ground shifts, she projects plainly and firmly, with no wasted flourish.

Speech patterns

Asks where, when, and how a speaker learned something before accepting the claim.
Describes uncertainty as a measurement problem: "I have not seen that passage yet."
Uses dry, smug humor when someone boasts without evidence.
Names physical details precisely, including the direction of a draft or the shape of a crack.
When grief surfaces, she stops embellishing and speaks in short, concrete statements.

How to play them

She begins by asking what the group has actually seen, then compares their account against her own measurements. Bring a map, physical evidence, or a willingness to revisit a site and she becomes a useful, sardonic ally. Bluffing about tunnel conditions makes her withdraw cooperation. Earn trust by admitting what you do not know and letting her verify the rest.

Goal

Trace the altered survey marks to the sealed watercourse, establish who changed her maps, and determine whether the route can be opened without endangering the settlements above.

Motivation

She needs the truth about the altered maps, but more deeply wants to prove that careful observation can protect people from powerful lies.

Secret · GM only

Appearance

Arjeta is a slender, narrow-hipped tabaxi with a poised, self-possessed bearing. Her short, coarse fur is dirty yellow broken by irregular black bands, as if soot has been dragged through straw. Bright blue eyes travel constantly: not to faces first, but to doorframes, ceiling joints, floor seams, and the hands of whoever is speaking. Her ears make small, independent adjustments to every sound. She moves with a surveyor's care, placing each foot as though testing a bridge. Her unexpected detail is the fine, exact stitching of tiny geometric patterns into the inside hems of her work clothes, a private craft she practices with patient precision. People remember the impression that she has already measured the room and found it wanting.

Clothing

A close-fitted, weather-darkened leather coat over a practical shirt and trousers, reinforced at the knees and elbows. Her studded leather armor is scuffed rather than polished. A waxed canvas map tube rides across her back, and a soft scarf keeps dust from her whiskers. Tiny geometric stitches decorate the hidden hems.

Body language

Her gaze inventories architecture before it settles on a speaker. She angles one ear toward whoever is talking and the other toward the nearest passage. When suspicious, she stands where she can see both a person's hands and the nearest exit. She taps stone lightly with a knuckle, listens, and watches the other person's reaction more closely than the wall.

Height
5 feet 6 inches
Build
Slender and wiry, with a narrow frame conditioned by climbing, crouching, and long days on uneven ground.
Eyes
Bright blue
Hair
Dirty yellow and black fur; no separate head hair.
Skin
Dark paw pads, mostly hidden beneath her fur.
Age
Thirty-two years old, an adult by tabaxi standards.
Gender
Female
Size
Medium

Distinguishing features

Dirty yellow fur with irregular black bands and a rough, dust-matted texture.
Clear blue eyes that inspect architectural details and exits before faces.
Whiskers dusted with chalk from repeated close inspections of stone seams.
Fine geometric stitching concealed inside the hems of her work clothes.

Personality

13 traits and drives

Arjeta is exacting and suspicious, yet not cold: she distrusts easy assurances but quietly makes sure the least experienced person has a clear route out. In the field she is methodical and impatient with improvisation; over a meal she can be dryly playful, especially when someone confidently misnames a tool. When frightened, she becomes efficient and clipped rather than visibly panicked. When grieving, she avoids comfort and asks for practical help.

Alignment
Neutral

Quirks

She taps a glass twice before drinking, as if checking whether it is hollow.
She marks uncertain statements in her notes with a tiny question-shaped tunnel rather than a written question mark.
She silently mouths the number of steps between a doorway and the nearest change in floor level.
She keeps a smooth pebble from every tunnel where someone has been rescued, but insists the collection is only for testing stone.
When a person says "obviously," she rubs one ear between two fingers and asks them to demonstrate.

Habits

Tests the firmness of unfamiliar floors with the heel of her boot before crossing.
Counts doorways and visible exits under her breath, then starts over if interrupted.
When a claim sounds implausible, she asks for the exact location and date rather than arguing.
After a frightening discovery, she becomes brisk and task-focused, then later revisits every detail alone.
In trusted company, she relaxes enough to show off a new stitch pattern or admit she has been wrong.

Traits · 3

She measures every claim against what she has personally seen, but is willing to revise her judgment when new evidence is solid.
She looks smug when she catches a mistake, though she is privately embarrassed when someone catches hers.
She protects inexperienced travelers by explaining risks plainly, then resents being thanked as if she were sentimental.

Flaws · 3

Her suspicion can turn ordinary disagreement into an interrogation.
She delays decisions until she has checked details that may not matter in an emergency.
She sometimes hides uncertainty behind a smug certainty of her own.

Fears · 3

Certifying a passage as safe and causing another death.
Finding evidence that her brother's collapse was deliberately engineered.
Being trapped in a space where no sound returns clearly.

Wants and needs · 4

A chance to inspect the sealed watercourse before anyone opens it.
Reliable testimony about who had access to her original survey sheets.
A way to tell Besa the truth without tearing apart what remains of their family.
Companions who understand that an unverified route is not a safe route.

Combat

AC 15 · HP 45 · 30 ft.

Arjeta avoids fair fights. She scouts exits, takes cover, and uses Cunning Action to reposition or disappear. She focuses Sneak Attack on an exposed opponent, preferably one already engaged by an ally, then retreats behind stone or a heavy obstruction. She uses her crossbow in confined lanes and keeps a shortsword for when enemies close. If a tunnel is unstable, she warns allies before using the terrain; she will not deliberately trigger a collapse while rescuers or trapped workers may be inside.

Arjeta Berisha

Medium humanoid (tabaxi), neutral
Armor Class15
Hit Points45
Speed30 ft.
Level6
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
Saving ThrowsDexterityIntelligence
SkillsAcrobaticsInvestigationPerceptionStealthSurvivalThieves' tools
SensesDarkvision 60 ft.; Keen Smell grants advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks relying on smell.
Languages
Common,
Tabaxi
Feline Agility. When Arjeta moves on her turn in combat, she can double her speed until the end of the turn. Once used, she cannot use it again until she moves 0 feet on one of her turns.
Cat's Claws. She can use her claws for unarmed strikes, dealing slashing damage equal to + her Strength modifier.
Darkvision. She can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light, but cannot discern color in darkness.
Keen Smell. She has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Expertise. Arjeta doubles her proficiency bonus for Investigation and thieves' tools checks.
Sneak Attack. Once per turn, Arjeta deals an extra damage when she hits with a finesse or ranged weapon and has advantage on the attack roll, or when an ally is within 5 feet of her target and she does not have disadvantage.
Cunning Action. On each of her turns, Arjeta can use a bonus action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide.
Uncanny Dodge. When an attacker she can see hits her with an attack, Arjeta can use her reaction to halve the attack's damage.
Custom Surveyor's Eye. After spending 1 minute examining a constructed passage, Arjeta can identify its likely load-bearing surfaces, concealed seams, and signs of recent alteration. This grants advantage on one relevant Intelligence (Investigation) check, at the DM's discretion.

Actions

Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 () piercing damage. Once per turn, Arjeta can add 10 () Sneak Attack damage if she meets the feature's requirements.
Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 7 () piercing damage. Once per turn, Arjeta can add 10 () Sneak Attack damage if she meets the feature's requirements.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 () piercing damage. Once per turn, Arjeta can add 10 () Sneak Attack damage if she meets the feature's requirements.
Cunning Action. Arjeta uses Cunning Action to Dash, Disengage, or Hide as a bonus action.

Reactions

Uncanny Dodge. When an attacker she can see hits her with an attack, Arjeta halves the attack's damage.

Services they sell

Surveying tunnels, mines, sewers, and buried structures.
Finding concealed seams, likely passages, and signs of recent excavation.
Guiding a small group through underground routes she has verified.
Assessing structural risks, with the caveat that she will not call a passage safe without examining it.

Rewards they can give

A carefully annotated map of a safe route through the local underways.
A surveyor's chalk-and-cord kit, if she decides the party will use it responsibly.
A share of any legitimate payment for recovering her stolen original surveys.
Her trust, which can turn into reliable warnings about unstable passages and concealed approaches.

Equipment

  • Studded leather armor (armor)Worn studded leather armor fitted for movement through narrow passages.
  • Shortsword (weapon)A balanced blade kept in an easy-to-reach sheath.
  • Light crossbow and 20 bolts (weapon)A compact crossbow with a waxed string and a case of bolts.
  • Daggers (weapon)Two narrow utility blades, one worn at the belt and one tucked into her boot.
  • Surveyor's tools (tools)Chalk, plumb bob, measuring cord, wax tablets, charcoal, and folded survey sheets.
  • Field kit (adventuring gear)A small hammer, iron spikes, hooded lantern, and flask of oil for practical fieldwork.
  • Map tube (possession)A waxed canvas tube containing maps, including one she refuses to show without first checking the site.

Possessions

A map tube with field surveys and a concealed copy of an altered route.
A plumb bob inherited from her uncle.
A small sewing kit with bright thread for her hidden hem patterns.
A folded note from her mother that she has never answered.

Background

Arjeta learned to map tunnels for the quarry settlement of Ganjë, where her mother, Besa, kept the ventilation shafts clear and her uncle, Dritan, repaired braces. As a young adult she trusted a foreman's claim that a newly cut gallery was sound. During a shift change, a roof collapse trapped seven workers. Arjeta found a narrow air seam by listening to the stone and led the rescuers through it, but her younger brother Luan died before they reached him. Since then, she treats every confident assertion as a hypothesis to be tested against the walls. She left the quarry and became an independent surveyor, charting old roads, mines, drains, and forgotten underways. She still sends part of her earnings to Besa, who resents her departure but depends on her, and keeps up an awkward correspondence with Luan's widower, Jori. Now several maps she certified have been altered after delivery. The changes point toward a sealed underground watercourse, and someone is paying well to keep her from checking it.

Role in the story

A sharp-eyed guide, skeptical witness, and source of maps whose accuracy has become a dangerous question. She can lead the party through buried routes, uncover sabotage, or refuse to certify a path until they help her inspect it.

“As a young adult she trusted a foreman's claim that a newly cut gallery was sound.”
From their background
Faction
Independent surveyor. She maintains a wary, practical relationship with the quarry settlement of Ganjë but belongs to no formal organization.

Known connections

Besa, her mother, maintains the old quarry vents and sends terse notes asking when Arjeta will come home.
Jori, her brother Luan's widower, receives a portion of her pay and knows she still blames herself for the collapse.
Tavik, a former quarry foreman, hired her for early surveys and may know who has been altering her maps.
Medea, a human archivist at a regional waystation, preserves copies of Arjeta's field notes and challenges her assumptions.
Major secret · GM only
Minor secrets · GM only

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