NPCs
Bram
Innkeeper of the Anchor Inn
Bram runs the Anchor Inn, the only lodging in Carrow's Reach. Red-faced and hollow-eyed from two weeks of poor sleep, he rents rooms without haggling — he simply …
Brell Thorin-Pry
Proprietor of the Frost-and-Marrow
The slow, sweet, cunning Halfling proprietor of the Frost-and-Marrow, a scribe's tavern in lower Aurenhold where Inkward Custodians are unwelcome. He calls everyone 'duck' and knew Vessa Thrin's …
Bria "Lockjaw"
Smuggler Captain
A sardonic, scarred smuggler captain who runs a reef skiff and a sharp mouth in equal measure. Bria knows the coast's coded manifests and hidden landings better than …
Derik Ven
Taproot Innkeeper
The anxious, warm-hearted keeper of the Taproot Inn, where Uled's rumors change hands faster than coin. Derik wants nothing more than a quiet house and a full till, …
Fizzbunt Latchkey
Rival Inventor with a Conscience
An overworked half-gnome engineer, brilliant but perpetually flustered, Fizzbunt wants to help keep Brightcrawl from burning down without stepping on guild politics. She pushes her goggles up and …
Halja Voss-Aune
Vessa's Neighbor in the Quill District
The practical, warm-hearted neighbor who took in Vessa's cat when the archivist left town in a hurry. She has no time for nonsense and no idea how dangerous …
Hekri Boundtongue
Oathkeeper of the Prairie Menhirs
An Orc oathkeeper who patrols a stretch of the Forge Basin's obsidian treaty-menhirs. He knows which menhir Vessa Thrin stopped at, and how long she stayed, but he …
Index-Warden Pell Thrune
Station Chief of the Trill-Hollow Waystation
The quiet, half-broken station chief of the Trill-Hollow Archive Index, a frontier waystation on the Codex Fracture. He drinks too much and sleeps too little, worn down by …
Jory
Seraine's Brother
Seraine's brother and fellow pilgrim, caught dangling from a fraying rope when the bridge breaks. Quieter and more fatalistic than his sister, he needs rescuing early and remembers …
Maelis Thorn
The Iron Witness
Kaela's second, a hard and observant woman who holds that honor must be visible to be real. She guards the ritual's integrity as fiercely as Rhyden guards Aric's …
Molnek Fen
Reliquary Smith
A world-weary dwarf smith who works griefglass in the Reliquary Forge, his voice low and smoky, his pauses long. Molnek is proud of his craft and burdened by …
Mr. Greenmere
Keeper of Frostglen Rest
The overly-attentive keeper of Frostglen Rest, forever fussing at the hearth and urging guests to stay warm, stay inside, and let the storm pass. Polite to a fault, …
Pip Cob-Wheel-Crispin
Fugitive Halfling Courier
A Halfling courier on the run from Goblin patent enforcers, currently hiding out in Glassgear. He is carrying a prototype Clockspider Drone with a hidden message tucked inside …
Rhyden Vale
The Loyal Blade
Aric's second and childhood companion, broad-shouldered with a long braided crest in clan colors and worn but polished armor. Protective, watchful, and suspicious of outside interference, he plants …
Rulfen Marr
Former Timberway Engineer
A former engineer of the Old Gravenreach Timberway, found near a collapsed support tower where the rails re-emerge from the snow. He speaks in the precise language of …
Seer Jora Vael
Mirrorwell Temple Seer
An ethereal, fanatic elf seer of the Mirrorwell Temple whose visions rise from the griefglass and the well's distorted echoes. Jora speaks in wavering, breath-catching riddles about a …
Seraine
Young Pilgrim of the Caravan
A young pilgrim braving the Velkar Spires, panicked by the storm yet stubbornly hopeful. She keeps close to her brother Jory and clings to the belief that faith …
Stone-Voice Drun Hammerthrene
Senior Deep-Singer of Khalgur
A venerable Dwarf Stone-Voice of Khalgur Forgevault, a senior deep-singer whose every word is weight-tested through long silences. He has refused all audiences for thirty years and guards …
The Eldest Drollery
The oldest of the margin-saints
The Drolleries are the small inked creatures of the manuscript borders — decorative saints frozen in perpetual devotion, which doctrine holds to be mute and without volition. This …
The Witness
The prisoner who speaks without stopping
A prisoner held in the sub-cellar longer than anyone can precisely account for. She is not chained — she does not need to be. She sits and speaks …
Tidekeeper Quillik Marsh-Eye
Harbormaster of Sparkmire
The welcoming, theatrical Ribbet harbormaster of the water-laboratory city of Sparkmire. He shares canal-pilot duties for the price of a good story and keeps an ear on the …
Vassach
Drakona Pylon-Runner of Thunderhead Reach
A restless Drakona pylon-runner at the Skyforge Citadel who was hired by Vessa Thrin six weeks ago to ferry a sealed flask to Gravenreach. He never delivered it …
Yorel Quartz-Throat
Failed Stone-Voice Apprentice
An Underborne Drakona apprentice who has failed her Stone-Voice trial three years running and is convinced she simply cannot harmonize. She practices at the Harmonic Wells among Codex …
Young Attendant Lysa
The Emotional Amplifier
A teenager who carries ritual items between the sacred spaces of the Stormpath. She idolizes the duelists and believes the coming duel is a noble and honorable thing. …