Worms in the Inkwell

Every scribe in the scriptorium woke to find pale worms threading through their ink, turning contracts into edible poetry. Signatures crawl off the page. Replace contaminated supplies, follow the worms to a buried scriptor-king's tomb, and choose whether written law should taste so sweet.

Suggested NPCs

Percival Silverleaf

  • Human
  • Male
  • Adult

Role

Occupation
Dockside factor

Character

Motivation
Tracking down a stolen heirloom across kingdoms
Personality
Stoic and unemotional
Background
Ghost whisperer who cannot ignore the dead

Details

Quirk
Refuses to split the bill evenly
Speaking style
Narrates their own footsteps
Private fear
Losing their hands
Secret
Is documenting the party for a future trial
Signature item
Pocket sundial that runs backward on fey days

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