Quarter-Day Rent Spirits
On Michaelmas quarter-day, rent spirits knock collecting coin, favors, and firstborn apprenticeships. Landlords who skip payment lose rooms to the spirits' ledger. Pay, fight, or rewrite a lease so the spirits owe the tenants instead.
Faces in the wings
Orson Vale
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Ferris wheel oath notary
Character
- Motivation
- Gaining power and influence
- Personality
- Cheerful cider presser who remembers others' secrets
- Background
- Noble trying to prove their worth
Details
- Quirk
- Quotes proverbs that do not quite fit
- Speaking style
- Whispers recipes when nervous
- Private fear
- Debt collectors with honest faces
- Secret
- Poisoned the well to test the town's faith
- Signature item
- Corn husk doll that points toward unpaid debts
Sidony Briarbrook
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Seasonal tax assessor
Character
- Motivation
- Gaining power and influence
- Personality
- Insecure and seeking approval
- Background
- Noble trying to prove their worth
Details
- Quirk
- Whistles the same tune before bad news
- Speaking style
- Trailing off mid-thought
- Private fear
- Autumn arriving on the wrong calendar page
- Secret
- Is the last day of summer wearing a person
- Signature item
- Fan painted with a moving coastline