Utea is tall and powerfully built, her fur streaked with white and grey — signs of age she wears proudly. Her thick fur coat is unmistakable: a patchwork of the pelts of three male Aslan, which she jokingly calls her “former husbands” when asked. The coat is a symbol of both dark humor and quiet defiance — a practical reminder to any who think they can take advantage of an outcast female that she’s survived far worse. Her eyes are bright amber, shrewd and calculating, and her claws — though dulled by age — are kept sharp enough to remind any fool that she still has teeth.

Utea of No Clan

Species: Aslan (Female)
Age: 50 standard years
Status: Clanless outcast, elderly survivor
Role: Master of the Kteiroa Starport and supplier to the massive ihatei camp nearby

Bio:
Once, Utea was a mated Aslan female of minor status, content to manage her household’s trade and keep her mate’s ambitions on course. But her first husband’s reckless grab for land and status ended in disgrace and exile — and Aslan custom cast out the entire household with him. Stripped of clan, home, and name, Utea found herself on the frozen neutral world of Kteiroa with nothing but her cunning and claws.

She clawed her way up by trading with anyone who would pay: pirates, smugglers, outcasts, Imperium agents, and now the vast ihatei warbands. One by one, the mates who followed her into this harsh frontier proved too weak or too proud to survive. Their pelts line her thick fur coat, trophies she wears with dark humor: “My warmest husbands,” she calls them when asked.

Now an elderly but shrewd figure, Utea controls Kteiroa’s starport — a vital lifeline for thousands of ihatei warriors who rely on her for fuel, weapons, and supplies. Clanless and beholden to no pride, she’ll cut a deal with anyone if it means another winter survived — for in her eyes, credits buy warmth, but pride just buys a grave.

Personality

• Pragmatic: She’ll deal with anyone — Human, Vargr, or Aslan, so long as she makes enough credits to keep herself warm, fed, and free.
  


• Wry Humor: She tells rough, biting jokes, usually about the incompetence of males, the stupidity of nobles, or the gullibility of traders.
  


• No Loyalty to Pride: She cares nothing for Aslan honor codes or clan hierarchy — she’s been cast out and learned survival comes first.
  


• Shrewd Negotiator: Her price is always high, but her reliability makes her indispensable to the ihatei camp and any smugglers who pass through Kteiroa.
  


• Cold-Weather Queen: The biting wind of Kteiroa’s surface bothers her not at all, and she wears her stitched fur coat as both armor and statement.
  

Role in the Ihatei Camp

• She runs the entire starport’s docking permissions, manifests, and resupply contracts.
  


• She orders the fuel, spare parts, prefab shelters, rations, weapons, and even black market luxuries needed by the thousands of ihatei warriors.
  


• Despite being clanless, the ihatei leaders tolerate and respect her because her contacts keep their ships fueled and their warriors fed.
  


• She often brokers hush-hush side deals for pirates, Drinaxian freebooters, or shady Imperium merchants looking to move contraband under the noses of local patrols.
  

Stats (Mongoose Traveller 2E)

UPP	555A76
Str	5
Dex	5
End	5
Int	A (10)
Edu	7
Soc	6 (No clan status but she’s respected for her cunning and value)

Key Skills:

• Broker 2 (Knows how to squeeze profit from any deal)
  


• Admin 2 (Manages supply manifests, docking fees, cargo taxes)
  


• Streetwise 2 (Knows who to bribe and who to rob blind)
  


• Deception 1 (She can lie with a smile, especially to authority)
  


• Persuade 1 (Knows how to bend stubborn traders)
  


• Melee (Claws) 0 (Old but can still lash out if cornered)
  

Date of Birth

246-1056 3I

Eyes

Her golden eyes burn with the wisdom of centuries, gleaming like molten metal

Hair

soft silver, cascading down her back in long, elaborate braids intertwined with thin strands of mithril wire

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Her fur is a sun-kissed bronze, marked by faint, ancient scars from battles fought long ago.

Height

7'2"

Weight

225