Ophelia Mortensen

The only child of Camille & Isiah Mortenson, and sole remaining member of her family, Ophelia Mortenson is the owner and proprietor of The Queens Arms Lodging house in Port Rigo, a duty she takes seriously following the death of Isiah Mortensen 3 years ago.

A woman of constant habit and strong work ethic, Miss Ophelia swears her success to the three essentials championed by her father and his father before him, 'Clean cups, hot food and a loaded musket.' Since inheriting the lodging house Ophelia quickly built a reputation as a kind, friendly, but firm proprietor. Hardened by long years in a unforgiving town, she is quick to offer aid and friendship to strangers, but not a great sufferer of wastrels or fools.

Any new-comers to Port Rigo invariably find themselves obliged to visit The Queens Arms for information, lodging, trade or rest, and when they do they're sure to find welcome with Miss Ophelia, so long as they keep a civil tongue and a ready purse.

The young lady represents one of the few reputable, honest citizens still living and working in the Port, and as such enjoys an amicable relationship with The Governor and James Edrington, the Captain of The Guard. Some regulars speculate that, as childless widower himself, Governer Peasholme fancies himself a distant but fatherly figure to Miss Ophelia. Rumours that are given credence by the governor's apparent tolerance for the known rogue, Bartholomew 'Redbeard' Drayton, whose presence at The Queens Arms keeps the worst of the trouble from her halls. Some of the bolder patrons of The 'Arms even venture to whisper that it is Governer Peasholme that pays for the old sailors keep at the Lodging House.

One thing is certain, without Redbeard's patronage Miss Ophelia would find little defence behind clean cups or meat pies, and have far more frequent need of her fathers musket.