Winter's Market Mix-Up
Two caravans arrived and each claims the other's goods. The merchants argue in the snow-choked market square, drawing a crowd. Sort the truth from the lies before tempers flare into blades.
Suggested NPCs
Thaddeus Highgate
- Human
- Male
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Solstice timekeeper
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Ambitious and driven
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Names every horse they meet
- Speaking style
- Talks faster when the sun is high
- Private fear
- Heights since a specific fall
- Secret
- Has never slept—only trances in daylight
- Signature item
- Knife that cuts only rope and promises
Seraphina Wildwood
- Human
- Non-binary
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Perfume sommelier
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Bluntly honest to a fault
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Only drinks beverages through a straw
- Speaking style
- Uses regional slang thickly
- Private fear
- Wedding vows they almost made
- Secret
- Runs the black market in summer memories
- Signature item
- Canteen that never empties on Tuesdays
Reginald Darkwater
- Human
- Male
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Curse removal broker
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Humble and selfless
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Keeps a tally of favors owed
- Speaking style
- Whispers recipes when nervous
- Private fear
- Someone reading their journal
- Secret
- Poisoned the well to test the town's faith
- Signature item
- Umbrella that points toward lies