The Mud Road Bandits
The main trade road has turned into a muddy quagmire, slowing caravans to a crawl—and providing perfect hunting grounds for a new bandit crew on swamp-shoes. They slip across the muck, strike quickly, and vanish back into the mire with their loot. Track their hidden camp, survive the sucking mud, and decide the fate of bandits who claim they only rob cruel merchants.
Suggested NPCs
Xara Ironforge
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Treaty notary
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Nervous and fidgety
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Insists on walking the high side of the street
- Speaking style
- Trailing off mid-thought
- Private fear
- Happy endings they do not deserve
- Secret
- Knows the king's true name and will not speak it
- Signature item
- Gloves that stain when shaking guilty hands
Wesley Ironwill
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Picnic cartographer
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Bold and impulsive
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Keeps a pet insect in a pocket
- Speaking style
- Uses book titles instead of swearing
- Private fear
- Birds gathering silently
- Secret
- Feeding information to two rival churches
- Signature item
- Coin that always lands on its edge
Wesley Starweaver
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Rooftop gardener
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Dependent and needy
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Says goodbye twice
- Speaking style
- Uses military time and ranks
- Private fear
- A bell they cannot unhear
- Secret
- Is three children in a long coat
- Signature item
- Gloves that stain when shaking guilty hands