Borrowed Thunder
Lightning has been falling silently—no thunder for miles—until stored in glass jars sold as souvenirs. The jars are selling out; storms are weakening; farmers panic. Recover the stolen noise, return thunder to the sky, and deal with the smuggler who bottled it.
Suggested NPCs
Cedric Thorn
- Human
- Non-binary
- Elderly
Role
- Occupation
- Griffin wrangler
Character
- Motivation
- Protecting family and loved ones
- Personality
- Bookish and socially awkward
- Background
- Farmer struggling to protect their land
Details
- Quirk
- Corrects people's pronunciation of their own name
- Speaking style
- Uses animal comparisons
- Private fear
- A lighthouse beam finding them anywhere
- Secret
- Already sold the quest hook to someone else
- Signature item
- Spectacles that show people's last meal
Aria Stonewall
- Human
- Male
- Elderly
Role
- Occupation
- Dockside factor
Character
- Motivation
- Protecting family and loved ones
- Personality
- Stoic and unemotional
- Background
- Farmer struggling to protect their land
Details
- Quirk
- Refuses to split the bill evenly
- Speaking style
- Narrates their own footsteps
- Private fear
- Losing their hands
- Secret
- Is documenting the party for a future trial
- Signature item
- Pocket sundial that runs backward on fey days