The Missing Merchant's Parcel
A local merchant has lost a valuable shipment somewhere between the town gates and the market square. The package contains rare alchemical ingredients that must be delivered before sunset. Investigate the route, question witnesses, and recover the parcel before it falls into the wrong hands.
Suggested NPCs
Sophia Shadowgate
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Seasonal tax assessor
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Warm host who treats everyone as family
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Sniffs food like a suspicious cat
- Speaking style
- Uses religious oaths sparingly but sharply
- Private fear
- Autumn arriving on the wrong calendar page
- Secret
- Is the reason the bell rings, not the victim
- Signature item
- Ring that buzzes when oaths break nearby
Sophia Emberheart
- 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
- Wears gloves even indoors
- Speaking style
- Uses harvest metaphors for violence
- Private fear
- Being replaced by a stranger
- Secret
- Their shadow is the real person
- Signature item
- Ledger written in lemon juice
Nathaniel Greenfield
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Meteor salvage appraiser
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Melancholy romantic who writes letters never sent
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Laughs when thunder is far away
- Speaking style
- Laughs before delivering bad news
- Private fear
- Losing the one person who believed in them
- Secret
- Is the reason the bell rings, not the victim
- Signature item
- Fan painted with a moving coastline