Obudiah

Being the elephant in the room. ..
. . .literally speaking, is the most difficult thing when you’re Obudiah. She’s purebred High Serpentine, meaning she’s covered in scales, bulky-bodied, and stands a height of 18’ - an average height for her species.

But, oh, how hilarious reality can be! Looks are certainly deceiving - she isn’t as fierce, loud, or as monstrous as her appearance may suggest. Ironically, she’s rather shy and quiet. Solitude is her home and she finds, most of the time, that she is her own best company. Within such a life, she’s come to understand herself more completely than what most High Serpentine discover within their lifetimes - which, on average, spans a century and a half. As such, she’s unraveled that her talents lie mostly in architectural and fashion pursuits. She’ll admit she’s not the best builder, a skill she’s eager to improve, but, in tailorship, she’s unmatched. Clients such Madeline Ashenveil-Cosmi of Raventhorn, Lason von Zornstein, and other nobility have pursued her as their personal stylist.

Obudiah de Pork
Wait! How the hell did a high serpentine build familial ties to a family of boarmen? Simple story: Johnathan G. Pork was a successful butcher and the creator of his own town - Porktunne. Obudiah, seeking refuge while on one of her travels, was warmly invited by Mr. Pork to settle a few days in town -  albeit, the town was incredibly underdeveloped, only the small butchery and a couple of row houses were built at this point. The high serpentiness, in a zeal of severe gratitude, insisted that she help Johnathan build his town.

Permission was granted, and her contribution was so great - she built so quickly and skillfully - that Mr. Pork, impressed beyond belief, felt a deep sense of gratitude well up within him. In privacy, he offered a prayer of thanks to both her and towards fate, which he believed  made possible this wildly convenient circumstance.

He therefore felt compelled to fairly compensate her for her efforts, but, currently, all of his accounts were dry and his resources were few. Eventually, he decided to just repay her in knowledge. Johnathan would teach Obudiah all he knew about the business of butchering. She was engaged in his lessons, but it took her a while to understand the more tricky aspects of the trade - that being entrepreneurship and handling finances. Obudiah was grateful for this, so she chose to partner in his business. Together, they built the most profitable pork butchery in all of Abexilas.

Johnathan, grateful once again, rewarded Obudiah a second time. He gave her a few dozen acres to establish a town. To create a settlement on her own had been Obudiah’s lifelong ambition. This is the origin of Booker T. W. City. Overjoyed and grateful once again, she rewarded him by pitching her town within a few miles of Porktunne and collaborated with Johnathan to transform their humble villages into towns and, then, into cities.

Ever grateful for her, Johnathan, however, struggled to find what more he could give her. At last, in a final act of generosity, he rewarded Obudiah with his last name. A  high serpentine would be made an honorary member of house Pork.