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April Bonal

Human • Chemist • Underground Dweller

Overview​

April Bonal is a human socialite from a wealthy chocolate trading family who went missing after attending a Doomfall concert. A talented chemist, she was captured and subjected to experiments before escaping to live in High Forge's underground sewer systems, where she continues her chemical research and provides sanctuary to others.

Background​

Family and Wealth​

  • Family Business: Chocolate trading empire
  • Social Status: Socialite with connections
  • Resources: Access to wealth and materials
  • Last Name Recognition: Bonal family known in High Forge

Disappearance​

  • Last Seen: Doomfall concert months before Session 32
  • Missing Persons Case: Investigated by Detective Chalk Rock
  • Connected Disappearances: Casey Bones, Bernardo, Montgomery Bell, Taylor Kyler Moore
  • Friends: Snickers and Kit Kat (looking for her)

Capture and Experiments​

Synthesis Laboratory​

  • Abduction: Taken from concert to experimental facility
  • Test Subject: Experimented on at synthesis lab
  • Connected Cases: Part of larger pattern of missing persons
  • Lab Location: Where party previously rescued test subjects
  • Escape: Successfully fled captivity

Effects of Experiments​

  • Unknown what experiments were conducted
  • Physical/mental impacts unclear
  • Developed enhanced or altered abilities (speculation)
  • Survived experience to continue chemistry work

Underground Life (Sessions 33-35)​

Sewer Encampment​

Location: Underground system beneath High Forge

Residents:

  • April Bonal - Running chemistry operations
  • Casey Bones - Fellow escapee/underground dweller
  • Bernardo - Tortle monk (Ohma's fellow monk)
  • Later: Taco Cat party members

Facilities:

  • Chemistry set for April's work
  • Living quarters
  • Kitchen/dining area
  • Hot tub (installed by Litu)
  • Street hockey practice area (Casey Bones)

Chemical Research​

Focus: Poison development and refinement

  • Trying to improve poison formulations
  • Testing on willing (?) subjects
  • Chemistry set always active
  • Continuous experimentation

The Bru Incident (Session 35):

  • Bru tested April's poison
  • Nearly died multiple times from toxin
  • April watched with "scientific curiosity"
  • Insisted poison "should have killed him by now"
  • Remarkable resistance surprised her
  • Continued arguing with Bru about poison afterward

Personality​

Scientific Mind​

  • Analytical: Approaches problems methodically
  • Curious: Tests with scientific interest
  • Persistent: Continues refining formulas
  • Detached: Scientific observation over emotion
  • Dedicated: Maintains research despite circumstances

Social Interactions​

  • Argumentative: Ongoing debates with Bru about poison
  • Hospitable: Provides safe haven for party
  • Practical: Accepts underground life pragmatically
  • Connected: Maintains relationships with other escapees

Survival Instinct​

  • Escaped dangerous captivity
  • Adapted to underground living
  • Continues valuable work despite hardship
  • Created community with other survivors

Skills and Capabilities​

Chemistry Expertise​

  • Poison Crafting: Advanced toxin development
  • Formula Refinement: Iterative improvement process
  • Analysis: Understanding of chemical reactions
  • Application: Practical use of chemical knowledge

Resources​

  • Equipment: Full chemistry set in sewers
  • Materials: Access to compounds and reagents
  • Knowledge: Extensive chemical education
  • Funding: Presumably family wealth accessible

Underground Skills​

  • Navigation: Knows sewer systems
  • Survival: Thriving in harsh environment
  • Community Building: Created safe haven
  • Adaptation: Adjusted to new circumstances

Relationships​

With Taco Cat​

Bru:

  • Ongoing argument about poison potency
  • Test subject for her toxins
  • "Bitter about nearly dying from testing her toxin"
  • Mutual antagonism with underlying respect

Party Generally:

  • Provided safe haven (Sessions 33-35)
  • Allowed use of encampment
  • Hosted party during preparations
  • Tolerated their chaos

Underground Community​

Casey Bones:

  • Fellow missing person
  • Practices street hockey in encampment
  • Shares underground living space

Bernardo:

  • Tortle monk running pizza operation
  • Ohma's fellow monk from same order
  • Follows leads about fallen moon goddess
  • Makes authentic pizza for community

Old Life​

Snickers and Kit Kat:

  • Friends searching for her
  • Encountered at The Little Hobble
  • Connection to above-ground life

Family:

  • Chocolate trading empire
  • Status unclear if they know she's alive
  • Resources potentially still accessible

The Investigation (Session 32-33)​

Chalk Rock's Case​

Missing Persons Investigation:

  • April listed as missing
  • Last seen at Doomfall concert
  • Friends reported disappearance
  • Connected to synthesis lab victims

Party's Discovery:

  • Led to Rattie's Pie Land
  • Footprints to sewer grate
  • Found April in underground encampment
  • Resolved missing persons case (partially)

Reunions​

  • Found alive in sewers
  • Living with other missing persons
  • Case "solved" but she remains underground
  • Chose not to return to surface life

Role in Story​

Safe Haven Provider (Sessions 33-35)​

Services to Party:

  • Shelter during planning phases
  • Chemistry expertise available
  • Safe location from Iron Claws
  • Community atmosphere

Calm Before Storm:

  • Session 35 specifically noted as rest location
  • Party prepared for Great Hall battle
  • Litu set up hot tub
  • Dinners and planning sessions

Comic Relief​

The Poison Debates:

  • Ongoing argument with Bru
  • Scientific curiosity about his resistance
  • Insistence her poison should be lethal
  • Bru's stubbornness vs. her formulations

Survivor Representative​

  • Escaped experimentation
  • Built new life from trauma
  • Represents missing persons victims
  • Shows resilience and adaptation

Current Status (Post-Session 36)​

Underground Life Continues​

  • Presumably still in sewer encampment
  • Chemistry work ongoing
  • Community with Casey Bones and Bernardo
  • Safe from Iron Claws (now weakened)

Potential Changes​

  • With Iron Claws defeated, could return to surface
  • May choose to remain underground
  • Chemistry skills valuable to new governance
  • Family reunion possible

Future Potential​

Storylines​

  • Reunion with family and old life
  • Chemistry expertise for party/resistance
  • Further development of poison work
  • Other missing persons investigation continuation

Skills Utilization​

  • Alchemical support for party
  • Poison crafting for specific needs
  • Chemical knowledge for puzzles/obstacles
  • Resource connection through family wealth

Character Development​

  • Processing trauma from experiments
  • Choosing between underground and surface life
  • Relationship with family
  • Purpose beyond survival

Significance​

To Missing Persons Plot​

  • Central figure in Chalk Rock's investigation
  • Connected to synthesis lab experiments
  • Represents victims of Iron Claws era
  • Shows aftermath of criminal experiments

To Party​

  • Provides safe haven during critical period
  • Comic relief through Bru interactions
  • Resource and potential ally
  • Connection to High Forge's hidden world

To Themes​

  • Survival: Thriving despite trauma
  • Science: Knowledge continues in any circumstance
  • Community: Found family underground
  • Resilience: Building new life from tragedy
  • Chalk Rock - Detective investigating her disappearance
  • Bru - Test subject and antagonist
  • Bernardo - Underground community member, Ohma's fellow monk
  • Casey Bones - Fellow missing person
  • Snickers and Kit Kat - Friends from above-ground life
  • Underground Encampment - Current home
  • Synthesis Laboratory - Site of experiments
  • The Little Hobble - Where friends searched for her
  • Rattie's Pie Land - Entry to underground system

Key Sessions​

  • Session 32: Missing persons case introduced
  • Session 33: Found in underground encampment, sewer exploration
  • Session 35: Provided safe haven, poison incident with Bru, chemistry ongoing

"My poison should have killed him by now. This is scientifically fascinating." - April Bonal, watching Bru's constitution saves (Session 35)