Heat Lightning Auction
Storm chasers auction bottled heat lightning on the ridge; buyers bid with years of sleep or the memory of their first kiss. A drought lord buys the lot. Outbid the lord without going insomniac, free sleepers from their contracts, or ride a jar's contents into the next front.
Faces in the wings
Aldric Goldleaf
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Solstice timekeeper
Character
- Motivation
- Gaining power and influence
- Personality
- Thrill-seeking and easily bored
- Background
- Noble trying to prove their worth
Details
- Quirk
- Carries a parasol in dungeons
- Speaking style
- Draws out vowels when thinking
- Private fear
- Forgetting every summer at the August gate
- Secret
- Collects summer memories to pay August's gate toll
- Signature item
- Scarf knitted from a single endless thread
Aldric Winterborn
- Human
- Male
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Magic shop liquidation appraiser
Character
- Motivation
- Gaining power and influence
- Personality
- Naive and trusting
- Background
- Noble trying to prove their worth
Details
- Quirk
- Wears gloves even indoors
- Speaking style
- Talks about temperature instead of mood
- Private fear
- The first frost each year
- Secret
- Is three children in a long coat
- Signature item
- Pocket sundial that runs backward on fey days