Madam Kulp

Madam Kulp is an elderly gnome woman in Argentum who runs Madam Kulp's Silk at the far end of the Canal Markets, and breeds the tut-krogh caterpillars whose silk she sells.¹ She is a very respected member of the Canal Market Merchants Council.¹

Description

Appearance

An elderly gnome woman in bright blue, red and yellow silks, with big round glasses. Her caterpillars crawl on her shoulder, her head and one of her arms.¹ Her eyes, she says, are not what they used to be.¹

Personality

Madam Kulp is careful about what she repeats. She held back what she thought she had seen of Kasem Aroon, saying she was against spreading misinformation, and gave it up only after Rhysaene and Iva talked her round, insisting she had made it seem a bigger deal than it was.¹ She dotes on her caterpillars. When they fled from the party she frowned and muttered, and worried aloud that they should feel comfortable in her own tent.¹ She pays back kindness: her stock being too expensive to give away, she offered the party local gossip for calming them, and promised Luma a good word for her stall.¹

Biography

Background

Madam Kulp’s ancestor brought the tut-krogh caterpillars north in the immediate aftermath of the Starfall, and her family has bred them ever since, as long as it has lived in Argentum.¹

Session 19

Kasem Aroon brought the party to Madam Kulp’s tent on the evening of 9 Nightdeep, 1714 PSF.¹ Her caterpillars had lately grown anxious whenever she passed the Xungoon or Tyenmo stalls, and now they fled from the party in her own tent.¹ Hazel calmed them and handed them back to her, and she put each one on herself until she was covered.¹ She told the party that Lamai Tyenmo and Kusa Xungoon would never really hurt each other, since their parents’ feud had been far worse, and that whatever was going on was out of character for them.¹ Kasem’s giving a tour surprised her, and his brother, she thought, was the more charismatic of the two.¹ At last she said she had wondered whether Kasem’s new pet was what scared her caterpillars. She thought she had seen him feeding oranges to something behind his tent, but when she looked, nothing was there.¹

Quotations

“If I don’t know it’s true when I say it, is that really any different than a lie?” Madam Kulp to Luma.¹

Appearances and Mentions

Session 19

References

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