August Ends at the Gate
On the last night of August, a gate appears at every town border collecting memories of summer as toll—pay or forget why you came. Travelers queue with empty eyes; merchants price goods in nostalgia. Find the tollkeeper, smuggle someone through without paying, or decide which memory the party can afford to lose.
Faces in the wings
Octavia Ashworth
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Lammas loaf tenancy broker
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Bold and impulsive
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Hums tunelessly when nervous
- Speaking style
- Uses nautical ranks for family members
- Private fear
- The sound of their birth name
- Secret
- Poisoned the well to test the town's faith
- Signature item
- Watermelon blade that splits truth from rind
Nicholas Wildwood
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Meteor salvage appraiser
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Dependent and needy
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Whistles the same tune before bad news
- Speaking style
- Apologizes before asking favors
- Private fear
- Strawberries ripening on their skin
- Secret
- Bottles thunder and sells it as applause
- Signature item
- Ring that buzzes when oaths break nearby