Sailcloth Races at High Tide

Annual sailcloth skiff races begin when the tide is highest, and this year someone has sewn storm wards into the leading team's sheets—winds obey their flag, rivals capsize. Sabotage the cheats, win fairly for a desperate patron, or steal the enchanted cloth before a warlord notices the design.

Suggested NPCs

Seraphina Thornfield

  • Human
  • Non-binary
  • Adult

Role

Occupation
Griffin wrangler

Character

Motivation
Escaping a troubled past
Personality
Mysterious and secretive
Background
Thief trying to go straight

Details

Quirk
Offers everyone sunscreen unsolicited
Speaking style
Rhymes when excited
Private fear
Ice that will not melt in their hands
Secret
Runs the lemonade cartel from a lemonade stand
Signature item
Spectacles that show people's last meal

Reginald Ironwood

  • Human
  • Male
  • Adult

Role

Occupation
Heat lightning harvester

Character

Motivation
Uniting warring clans under one banner
Personality
Mysterious and secretive
Background
Thief trying to go straight

Details

Quirk
Names every horse they meet
Speaking style
Uses nautical ranks for family members
Private fear
Magic they cannot see
Secret
Poisoned the well to test the town's faith
Signature item
Ticket stub from a fair that never happened

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