Winona Castañeda/Lore

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Winona is a Cambion living on Heartsford. Unlike Bellona, Winny started her business by herself, acquiring more manpower as her gig grew to be more recognizable. Used to be quite the high roller: always getting themselves into stuff and making deals and bets with others. Though the frequency of such has diminished with the passing times (due to responsibilities regarding her job), she still misses that wild part of her younger self She meets Bellona in the former's previous life; stating early on that her goal was to start a liquor business, in the same vein as Bellona would do. Though hers focused on apple cider. Noticing the similarities in their objectives, the pair decides to shake on it, inciting some then minimal and friendly competition between the two.

Bel and Winny became fast friends around that time, with the latter often wanting to shake things up every once in a while; offering Bellona with a challenge or a bet or something along the line. In fact, one of the first things Winona told Bellona to do was to *fight her.* Because the two had identical aspects and Winny wanted to see which one "handled the heat" better than the other. "500 and a drink", to the winner: Bellona offered to the pot, and surprisingly managed to defend her wager on their first meet. Winona, intent on not letting her first lost wager against Bellona fester, warned her about her presumed "comeback", and the stakes would become higher than they previously were. But Winona didn't communicate to Bellona about the wager that would ensue that day, hesitant to keep it a secret.

With the impending rematch on their itineraries, Winona and Bellona settled on placing a shared portion of their earnings into a separate chest, ensuring that the money used for that future wager would accumulate over time. Even if it sounded like an exciting premise, both parties knew something big was on the line, so they started catching up to one another. There were days where Bel won most wagers, others where Winny would reign over instead. Eventually, tensions would rise from their incessant competition, of which the two were well aware of. Winona even doubted if the two were going too far at one point, but Bel very much insisted on continuing their charade. This entire game continued for several weeks, until the chest was full, amassing a large amount of gold-- 12k in "prize money".

One day, Bellona wakes up to no sight of the chest the two have shared, instead seeing a note laid out in a nearby table: "Early bird gets the worm, right? Unless you want to prove me wrong, night owl.", it said, with a map to an undiscovered area near Heartsford. This then unknown site would turn out to be an unused warehouse, where Winona would be waiting, welcoming her "with open arms". Surprisingly, the two shared a toast prior to the main event; and boy, would that be an event. A12,000 Gold, winner takes all 1:1 battle. The two fought each other to the best of their ability; flames would rage over the vacant warehouse, and whatever was in those boxes would eventually burn into a crisp. Good thing there was no one but them inside. After weeks of many wagers and a long bout, Winona wearily reigned over Bellona. And with it, the money that the two had saved up until now. Bellona was promptly jealous of the outcome, but this only humoured Winona even more.

2 months after the fact, Bellona would announce retiring her role as a bounty hunter, mentioning the Adventurers' Guild as the next part of her life; this also meant that she would be focusing more on the production of her own business. Winona was shocked at the revelation, but went on to support her future endeavours regardless. As a token of gratitude for the good times the two shared, she handed Bellona a single coin; a small keepsake for the road. Frankly, she would not see Bellona again for 2 years, and, during the time Salvia had gone away, Winny had admitted things had become dull without her presence.

However, this time of absence would give Winona more than enough time to start shaping up her business; having also dropped the previous job in exchange for pursuing her dream full-time. Using the 12k she had won from the last bet, she opened a liquor store in Heartsford Cliff, originally starting as a commission based, made-to-order business. It was fairly successful at first, even catching the eye of a few people willing to assist on the job. Winona would eventually acquire a few extra hands to help with the manufacture of cider, and the shop went from being commission-based to the more regular type of shopping. Winona's apple cider is well regarded among the folk of Heartsford, though it's somewhat gathered an underrated status among those outside of the cliff.

In current times, Winona meets Bellona again for the first time in 2 years, having found her in the middle of the Sundance festivities, and Bel begrudgingly welcomed her presence. There, Winny had shared an interest in joining the Guild and working for Trade, much to her friend's chagrin. The two girls continue to remain frineds, despite being at adds with each other. Their rivalry. though not as fervent as it was before, continues to be a big part of their camaraderie.