The Lifeguard Necromancer
The new lake lifeguard revives drowning victims with a whistle and a whisper, but each rescue returns someone slightly wrong—wrong memories, wrong accent, wrong shadow. Parents love the survival rate; priests do not. Uncover what the lifeguard traded with the deep, limit the resurrections, or drown the secret before the beach fills with polite strangers.
Suggested NPCs
Quinn Darkwater
- Human
- Male
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Dockside factor
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Eccentric and unpredictable
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Knows everyone's birthday but pretends not to
- Speaking style
- Mutters tide tables under their breath
- Private fear
- Being replaced by a stranger
- Secret
- Hired the monsters to raise property values
- Signature item
- Pocket sundial that runs backward on fey days
Penelope Ironforge
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Picnic cartographer
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Absentminded genius
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Carries a parasol in dungeons
- Speaking style
- Says we when they mean I
- Private fear
- Snow on the last day of July
- Secret
- Is the reason the bell rings, not the victim
- Signature item
- Coin that always lands on its edge
Owen Goldenscale
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Honey broker
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Intuitive and perceptive
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Collects lost buttons
- Speaking style
- Talks about temperature instead of mood
- Private fear
- Priests who remember their face
- Secret
- Knows the king's true name and will not speak it
- Signature item
- Ledger written in lemon juice