Luigi Vampa is an outlaw who attacks caravans, even important ones, and the only head in the region with an official price: five thousand gold pieces for capture. Because of her, “not much comes this way”.
| Type | Character (outlaw) |
| Spanish entry | Luigi Vampa |
Description
Her face, age and voice are not described. She fights “with a rapier in one hand, a crossbow in the other”, and carries magic boots, magic mail (also called a breastplate), a magic sword and potions.
Role
She is reckoned the most dangerous raider of the area, working on two levels:
- Predator: caravans, abductions, kidnappings, killings. Against the Wordbreakers she tried to take their ring and ran Alifrit through; Mario Navarro is named in the same episode.
- Network node: she gives “tips” to other raiders («Yo a veces doy tips a distintos asaltantes en la zona», “I sometimes give tips to various raiders in the area”), had a deal with the road men who tried to murder the company, and an arrangement with unidentified people in the city.
Relationships
The state does not recognize her, yet prices her head. She was jailed at least once, with a weapon passed in from outside. When the company captured her unconscious, they released her; the two sides are “sort of neutral”. Garkhan had earlier dealings with her and later seeks her trail: “where I left Luigi Vampa”.
Direct experience contradicts her reputation: she “may not have been as terrible as they say”. A companion’s relative claimed “Luigibampa brought me” back, the only mention of such a capacity.
Conflicting accounts
- One version calls her a “possible ally” of the Wordbreakers; another says an outlaw cannot be one.
- Sources call her both male and female within the same account.
- She is also called “Bemba”, “Bamba”, “Wishiwampa” and “Vigivampa”; whether these are aliases or distortions is unknown.
Open questions
- What the ring is and why she wants it.
- Who her city partners are.
- Who pays the bounty, and whether it stands after her capture and release.
- Where her all-magic arsenal comes from.