Characters
A growing repository of homebrew characters and NPCs ready to drop into your campaigns.
Nib Glasswick - Glassblower of Lyreleaf
No potion or salve leaves Lyreleaf without passing through Nib Glasswick's kiln first -- the gnome glassblower whose vials and bottles quietly keep the village's famous alchemy intact all the way to market.
Fennig Barkhollow - Tanner of Lyreleaf
Every satchel, boot, and saddle in Lyreleaf passes through Fennig Barkhollow's tannery -- the gnome craftsman whose patient, oak-bark leather has outlasted three decades of travelers on the Saltspray Swamp road.
Wendell Longbarrow - Village Elder of Lyreleaf
No throne, no garrison, no seal of its own -- just a halfling elder named Wendell Longbarrow, who has kept Lyreleaf self-governed and safely beneath Brightcrown's notice for six careful years.
Garland Ninebells - Festival Steward of Lyreleaf
Whenever a rare bloom opens or an alchemist perfects a new potion, Lyreleaf celebrates within a day -- because gnome shopkeeper Garland Ninebells already has the lanterns, ribbon, and favors ready to go.
Tilly Marrowgate - Road Warden of Lyreleaf
At the edge of Lyreleaf where the road turns to mist and swamp, halfling warden Tilly Marrowgate has spent eleven years making sure every cart bound for Saltspray Swamp is exactly what it claims to be.
Poppy Windle - Shrine-Keeper of Haltcross Hamlet
At Haltcross Hamlet's corner shrine, halfling caretaker Poppy Windle tends icons of Thraia, Verda, and a wayward tide-goddess alike -- treating every traveler's faith with exactly the same quiet respect.
Aldren Vaile - Guard Captain of Haltcross Hamlet
Haltcross Hamlet's safety rests on a patchwork volunteer watch -- and Aldren Vaile, a former Brightcrown soldier turned guard captain, is the steady hand that actually holds it together.
Bram Hollowdrum - Town Crier of Haltcross Hamlet
Every morning at Haltcross Hamlet begins with Bram Hollowdrum's handbell -- the dwarf town crier who turns dry grain prices and bandit warnings into the one performance the whole crossroads shows up for.
Ottoline Quicktally - Reeve of Haltcross Hamlet
Haltcross Hamlet's five peoples keep an uneasy, functioning peace -- and Reeve Ottoline Quicktally, tallying every grievance as carefully as every coin, is the patient gnome who makes sure it holds.
Marta Stonewell - Innkeeper of the Boar and Blossom
At Haltcross Hamlet's crossroads inn, Marta Stonewell enforces the one rule that keeps a cosmopolitan trade hub from boiling over: leave your grudge at the door.
Nella Lightfoot — Message-Runner of Edgewood Garrison
Small, fast, and stubbornly reliable, Nella Lightfoot carries Edgewood Garrison's dispatches to Greenbranch and Brightcrown and back -- and knows shortcuts through the Weald she's never told the garrison about.
Knight-Sergeant Bastian Grier — Drillmaster of Edgewood Garrison
The steady discipline underneath Edgewood Garrison's calm, Knight-Sergeant Bastian Grier drills every rotating warden until a raised alarm becomes instinct instead of panic -- and privately carries every name he's ever trained.