Candy That Remembers
Halloween sweets whisper the secrets of whoever handed them out—and refuse to melt until the secret is spent. Children become blackmail brokers; parents panic. Audit a candy trail, silence a talkative caramel, or trade one true confession for a bag that forgets.
Faces in the wings
Alden Cicadale
- Human
- Non-binary
- Young
Role
- Occupation
- Lemonade syndicate accountant
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Rule-obsessed and officious
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Checks the light like a pocket watch
- Speaking style
- Says we when they mean I
- Private fear
- Being named in a fog auction
- Secret
- Stuck the calendar so October never ends
- Signature item
- Porch light bulb that rewrites neighborhood borders
Willa Swiftwind
- Human
- Male
- Young
Role
- Occupation
- Candy-corn colossus wrangler
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Serious and focused
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Collects lost buttons
- Speaking style
- Splits opinions into day-side and night-side
- Private fear
- Growing too comfortable with violence
- Secret
- Bottles thunder and sells it as applause
- Signature item
- Calendar page that sticks at Halloween midnight
Bramble Maskwright
- Human
- Non-binary
- Young
Role
- Occupation
- Mosquito diplomatic envoy
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Sunburned optimist who refuses shade
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Collects cicada shells in labeled envelopes
- Speaking style
- Ends statements with is that clear
- Private fear
- The Michaelmas goose saying their true name
- Secret
- Serves candy that remembers every secret
- Signature item
- Bonfire log that replays regrets in blue flame