Eppy Flinder

Status Alive. Owner and barkeep of the Bastion Inn in Kormor Kirak; has fought the Necrotic Bulk beside Jack and Olivia and is making tea for Jack.

Eppy Flinder owns the Bastion Inn, a two-story hostel with a bar, a dance floor, monster paintings, and a ceiling of unfamiliar constellations. She is a free spirit in her thirties with an earthy aesthetic and sleek, elegantly pointed ears. She mixes her grandmother's honey cocktail, Dewrder Hylifol, and says the imperials live in the new world while her people live in the old. Her ancestors ruled the world so long ago that the world forgot; the few who remain stay alive in secret. She knows what Jack Winbow is.

Role: Owner of the Bastion Inn; host to Barron's party
Allegiance: The old world; her own people, who survive in secret
Age: Thirties in appearance
First seen: Pilot, p. 27 / behind the bar of the Bastion Inn
Home: The Bastion Inn, Kormor Kirak
Nature: Not entirely human; pointed ears; descendant of a forgotten ruling people

Also: Eppy · Miss Flinder · the mistress of the hostel

Painted tavern scene with human and vampire patrons toasting beside a fireplace and a sign reading The Neutral Coin — Eppy's Hearth and Cauldron: safe ground, hot food, and no weapons drawn.

Painted tavern interior with groups of patrons at wooden tables, a large cooking hearth, a bar and The Neutral Coin sign — The regulars at Eppy's, where a stranger's questions are answered with other questions.

What the sources establishEstablished

Eppy is in her thirties, a free spirit with an earthy aesthetic and uniquely shaped, sleek, pointed ears, and she owns the Bastion Inn. pilot p. 27
She serves 'liquid courage', Dewrder Hylifol in her grandmother's tongue, a sweet honey-tasting cocktail, and warns Olivia that too much sweet can end with a sour. pilot pp. 27-28
She says change has not come to Kormor Kirak since the comet fell from the sky, that the queen's favour can be bought, and that she cannot imagine the price for turning a blind eye to necromancy. pilot p. 28
She tells Olivia: 'You live in the new world. We live in the old. Never shall they meet.' pilot p. 29
She whispers something wicked in Jack's ear and dances with him in a fast mix of bluegrass clogging and Irish square dancing. pilot p. 32
Feeney placed an extra set of theater blueprints in her charge, which she pins up at the consulate after the fire. pilot pp. 28, 39
She loves the Hallaset Fields -- the breeze, the light, the spirits of the animals -- and says it is where she feels most at home. pilot pp. 44-45
She says her ancestors ruled the world so long ago that the world forgot they existed, and that this helps the few who remain to stay alive in secret. pilot p. 45
She tells Jack she knows what he is and that he need not hide when they are together. pilot p. 45
She fights the Necrotic Bulk with a blade beside Jack and Olivia and says, when Szeret becomes a leopard, 'The new world meets the old.' pilot pp. 48-51
She tells Barron that Rozito's post at the Kereskedo Market was an official royal appointment. pilot p. 51
When Jack says he does not love it here, she answers 'You will', pours two mugs of tea, and takes the chair he pushes out. pilot p. 53
Book Two says she knows necromancy as a practical craft learned from her grandmother, and that the Bastion's trompe-l'oeil ceiling maps a history nobody else remembers. Book Two, 'Character Profiles', Eppy Flinder

Said, believed, or contradicted between sourcesRumored or disputed

Book Two says the comet's fall was not chance and that her grandmother's death was connected to it; the pilot establishes neither. Book Two, 'Character Profiles', Eppy Flinder
Book Two speaks of her friendship with Jack 'spanning multiple incarnations'; the pilot gives only her 'Not yet'. Book Two, 'NPC Relationship Map', Eppy; pilot p. 45
The grounding sheet and later quests also call her inn the Hearth & Cauldron and say she hand-paints the red ward-ochre that keeps the Bastion neutral. EC_GROUNDING_SHEET.md, section 3; quest_board_desk/quests/Hold_Until_The_Bell.md

What no source settlesUnestablished

What Eppy's people are called, and what she herself is, is not established in any source; the pilot's monster paintings include elves but never name her.
How Eppy knows what Jack is, and whether they met before the pilot, is not established in any source.
Eppy's true age is not established in any source.

Reign of Blood, ICM first draft, 2022In the pilot

Bastion Inn bar: liquid courage; the comet; the queen's favour (pp. 27-29).
Bastion Inn: whispers to Jack and dances (p. 32).
Consulate: pins up the new theater plans (p. 39).
Hallaset funeral hub with Jack: her ancestors; 'I know what you are' (pp. 44-45).
The Necrotic Bulk fight and retreat (pp. 48-50).
Bastion Inn: Rozito's appointment; 'You will'; tea for two (pp. 51-53).

Who and what this record touchesConnections

Jack Winbowknows what he is; dances with him; makes him tea Olivia Farenserves her first drink and fights beside her Barron Whitehallowher guest, who asks her whether necromancy is still outlawed Princess Szeret Veresz'The new world meets the old'Rozito Vallikozoidentifies his royal appointment Devorlen Kossa customer at her card table The Comet Chamberdates the city's stasis to the comet's fall Kormor Kirakowns its Bastion Inn

Every story, issue and quest where the name appearsAppearances

BloodletterTHE LIVE SACKTERRA SOTTO
BloodletterTHE QUIET SISTERGRAND SQUARE
BloodletterTHE COUNTING OF WOUNDSHALLASET FIELDS
CourantTHE MARROW IS CLEAREDThe 15th of May, 1793
Quest BoardWHAT THE WALLS REMEMBERTHE DUNGEONS
Quest BoardWHAT THE CLOCKWORK HEARSGILLIKOI WOODS
Quest BoardHOLD UNTIL THE BELLTHE BASTION INN
Quest BoardCARRY HER NORTHHALLASET FIELDS
Quest BoardTHE OCHRE DOORALBION QUARTER

Canon, in priority orderSources

The pilot script: Reign of Blood, ICM first draft 2022, pp. 27-29, 32, 39, 44-45, 48-53
Book Two: The People of the Eternal Court, 'Character Profiles' (Eppy Flinder), 'NPC Relationship Map', 'NPC Knowledge Cheat Sheet'
Campaign World Guide, 'Kormor Kirak: City Overview', 'Part Six: Culture, Faith, and the Cost of War'
_publications/EC_GROUNDING_SHEET.md, section 3
quest_board_desk/quests/Hold_Until_The_Bell.md; The_Ochre_Door.md; bloodletter_desk/stories/The_Quiet_Sister.md (appearances)

Notes. The pilot never labels Eppy's species. The World Style & Tone Guide and Campaign World Guide place her among 'the Old World' peoples who predate human rule.