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.
Faces in the wings
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