Random Inara lore drop no one cares about but it came up when writing the Act 1 timeline for my WIP fic series and talking with her companions about her bg. While she work(ed) on her own for 85% of the time as a wandering Ranger/Monster Hunter in a "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" style, that when inara need(ed) support for a job (bc fighting liches on her own is the bitches, pun intended) she had it, due to being part of a monster hunter guild (Read: a witcher-esque group of 20-30 ish ppl of all ages, classes and races, loremaster and hunter alike) The guild's hq is in Comyr, because that is quite central to a whole lot of areas in Faerun, and large enough to have such a thing headcanoned into the place lol.
It is called the "Comyr Centipedes." One of the best guilds of its kind there is, highly reliable with jobs when hired, and has a very good reputation in the populace. Long period of initiation too newbies too that Inara also ran through some fifty years ago with her dragonborn paladin mentor Jalen, because they want to ensure whoever applies meet their high standards. and they are able to survive longer than a week.
The name, well, because stomp stomp on monsters (duh!) and because I needed a good lore reason for the tattoos on her cheeks that i randomly picked months back 😂 Thus i have now this one, lmao.
It's wasn't mandatory for members to have the guild tattoo on their cheeks, others have it on their torso or around the biceps etc, but Inara lost a bet back then, and also thought why not. Since it may keep her ambitious mother in Evereska from further introducing her to marriages candidates to tie her down, if she does look more like a war-hardened soldier or something 😆 Which didn't work as well as hoped, but that is a story for another day haha.




















