Boval
Location Summary
District / Neighborhood: Boston — below Pierre's apartment
Type: French bakery
Era: 1986
Status: Active / mundane
Description
A small neighborhood bakery on the ground floor of the building where Pierre rents his flat. Run by a patron and his daughter, Marceline. Known in the neighborhood for fresh croissants and the kind of quiet loyalty that only family businesses develop.
When Pierre was pronounced dead in the harbor the night of the Convergence, the patron and his daughter grieved. When he walked back in ten days later, they refused to charge him for anything, which is how this campaign discovered that Pierre has two people in Boston who actually like him.
Key Features
- Street-level bakery, apartment stairs just adjacent
- Phone number reaches Marceline — "Hello, you have reached Boval. This is Marceline speaking. How may I help you? Would you like to place an order?"
- Fresh croissants
- Sugary pastries (Pierre's preferred haul)
- A daughter who is not anyone's maid for free
Key NPCs
(Plain text only — no wikilinks per graph hierarchy rules)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Gerard Bova | Bakery owner; landlord to the flats upstairs (Pierre, Jacques) |
| Marceline | Gerard's daughter; runs the counter and the phone |
In the Campaign
Session 02 - Telephone
- Pierre returned during Day 9 of the 10-day downtime to buy treats
- Patron and Marceline refused to let him pay
- Pierre tipped Marceline $5 and left his key with her
- Marceline initially refused to clean his apartment; relented at $10 total
- Chandler called the bakery trying to reach Pierre and was passed through to Marceline — briefly thought he had the wrong number