Val is an elderly Imperial who runs the Fallen Anchor tavern in Broken Oar Grotto. She has known Captain Hargar Blackblood since he was a boy and has always kept an eye on him and his crew. She was a prominent pirate captain in her own right in her hayday but she has since retired due to old age, giving Hargar the idea to turn the old grotto into a pirate fortress. Now she runs her small corner of the grotto just as ferociously as she once ran her ship. She is a well respected figure by the Blackblood Marauders, who despite sparring wits with her, always understand that in her tavern, her word is law.   Quotes:
"Welcome to the Fallen Anchor. Keep your blades to yourselves while you're here. Else the lads'll bash you till I tell 'em to stop. If I tell 'em to stop."
"Blackblood Marauder's. Ha! Sounds scary for a pack of louts daft enough to catch scurvy on dry land."
"You got anything festering you go see the Druid, he'll patch you up. Don't mind the fur."
"Name's Val. It's me who keeps these vagabonds from starving to death or murder'n each other over spilled ale."
"You want a room? Too bad! Best I can give you is a hammock and a warning to sleep with one eye open."
"If you're 'ere to make trouble go make it elsewhere. If not what'a'ya drinking?"   In Conversation:
Blackblood Marauder: "I'd give up on the beard mate. Think old lady Val is growing a better one than that."
Val: "Less of the old talk! You're going about getting spit in your mead you keep on with that."
Blackblood Marauder: "Doubt there's enough moisture left in you for that old bird."
Val: "Ha! You know what. You're right, better just use the poison instead."
Blackblood Marauder: "..probably make the swill you serve taste better.."
Val: "What was that!?"
Blackblood Marauder: "Nothing Val. Sorry."
Val: "You blumin will be sorry soon."