Monica

Monica was a quest-exclusive NPC who appeared in Escoffier's Story Quest, Dulciaria Structura Chapter: Act I - Treasured Above All.

Profile

Monica was a chef at Hotel Debord. She was a descendant of Modeste, one of Hotel Debord's founders. A diary page from Modeste that she found, which was passed down within her extended family, convinced her that Savelli, the other founder of Hotel Debord, murdered Modeste and removed the Treasure of Remuria, a secret ingredient used in the original iteration of the Gateau Debord, the famed cake served at the restaurant. In order to discover the location where the ingredient was being held, Monica acquired a batch of lumiline from the Fontaine Research Institute. She crippled Firmin by lacing his tea with the drug, which amplified his stress and prevented him from cooking, as well as Savanna, causing her to become increasingly agitated and frustrated over the failures of her employees' dishes. This enabled her to camouflage her motives behind Savanna's abuse while seeking out the original Codex Debord held by Escoffier, which contained the final pieces of information she needed to discover the ruins, hoping to sell the secret ingredients to powerful organizations such as the Fatui and Treasure Hoarders for money. At the same time, she anonymously blackmailed Savanna to gain her compliance in various tasks towards reaching this end.

During the cook-off between Escoffier and Savanna, she sabotaged Escoffier's Gateau Debord cakes to secure Savanna's victory, though in truth she had sabotaged the entire cook-off from the start by tuning the ovens half a degree from their true value. After the competition, she apologized to Escoffier, claiming that Savanna had blackmailed her into doing so. When Savanna confronted her the following day, Monica threatened her into heading into the ruins, bringing along large amounts of explosives to blast open the ruins. She also caught plot of her attempt to poison the water she brought along to kill them both in a suicide attempt, replacing it with normal water. Eventually, after discerning that Monica was the true mastermind behind the events, Escoffier and the Traveler confronted her in the ruins. She managed to get away by threatening to kill Savanna and blowing up part of the chamber to block off their pursuit. Eventually, Monica reached the end of the ruins and knocked Savanna out, where to her horror, the container holding the ingredient was empty: Savelli had emptied it in order to remove the last loose end. Out of frustration, she smashed the jar, causing two Praetorian Golems nearby to awaken and attack her, but the Praetorian Golems were destroyed by Escoffier and the Traveler.

Monica then held Escoffier at gunpoint, wanting to take down a "so-called genius" with her if she was unable to obtain her goals. However, Savanna regains consciousness and knocks Monica out; the remainder of the group escapes as the ruins collapse on itself due to Monica's liberal use of explosives. Monica was left behind in the ruins still unconscious, with the collapsing ruins most likely burying her alive.

Appearance

Monica was an adult woman with short brown hair and blue eyes.

She was shown in two different outfits on different occasions. For most of her appearance, she wore her professional chef uniform, which consisted of a white hat, white coat with red and golden accents, red skirt and apron, and black pants. Later on, she appeared wearing a dirty light orange-brown long-sleeved uniform with suspenders, along with a dark red-brown apron, gray leggings, and brown shoes.

Quests and Events

Story Quests

• Dulciaria Structura Chapter (Escoffier)
  • Act I: Treasured Above All
    • Shaped by Fame
    • Roasted by Flames
    • Ice-Frosted Endgame

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Shaped by Fame Quest Still Aether

Shaped by Fame Quest Still Lumine

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