Pollen and Politics
Yellow pollen drifts through open windows and makes everyone agree with the last speaker—briefly turning debates into unanimous disasters. Find the altered flowers, trace the cultivation to a lobbyist druid, and restore productive disagreement before the council votes away the city walls.
Suggested NPCs
Percival Stonewall
- Human
- Male
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Dockside factor
Character
- Motivation
- Establishing a new trade route through dangerous lands
- Personality
- Stoic and unemotional
- Background
- Bounty hunter tracking their own sibling
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
Octavia Silverleaf
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Seasonal tax assessor
Character
- Motivation
- Protecting a sacred site
- Personality
- Brooding romantic who believes in destiny
- Background
- Messenger with dangerous secrets
Details
- Quirk
- Writes notes on leaves instead of paper
- Speaking style
- Uses religious oaths sparingly but sharply
- Private fear
- Being forgotten after death
- Secret
- Is the reason the bell rings, not the victim
- Signature item
- Ring that buzzes when oaths break nearby