NPC Codex

Scholar Pellin Marsh

Archivist · Gnome

A gnome archivist who has spent decades in the great underground library and knows where every dangerous book is shelved. Will trade rare knowledge for rarer snacks.

Marek Solt

Fishmonger · Human

A human fishmonger whose stall anchors the wet market and whose voice carries to the docks. Knows the tides, the gossip, and exactly which catch to undersell.

Della Crane

Clockwright · Gnome

A gnome clockmaker whose intricate timepieces and music boxes are prized by nobles. Tinkers past midnight and forgets to eat.

Roop Tanner

Teamster · Half-Orc

A half-orc teamster who hauls freight across the city and treats his mules better than most treat their kin. Reliable, immovable, and quietly literate in three tongues.

Aldous Penn

Apothecary · Human

A human apothecary who fills the gap between the temple healers and the hedge-witches. Stocks tinctures, antidotes, and very particular opinions.

Greta Hollowman

Master smith · Dwarf

A dwarf smith whose blades and tools outlast their owners. Takes few apprentices and fewer fools, but never an unfair price.

Pim Quickfellow

Pastry vendor · Halfling

A halfling baker whose cart on the market steps is the unofficial town crier. Knows who’s courting, who’s feuding, and who hasn’t paid their tab.

Corvin Latch

Dockmaster · Human

The human dockmaster who assigns moorings, settles dock brawls, and skims just enough to be human about it. Forgets nothing and no one.

Honce Bellweather

Shepherd and weather-reader · Human

An old shepherd whose flock and joints predict the weather better than any almanac. Sells wool, cheese, and uncannily accurate forecasts.

Threnody Vale

Wandering bard · Tiefling

A tiefling minstrel who trades songs for supper and carries news faster than any courier. Knows a verse for every grief and a rumor for every door.

Old Fennick

Beekeeper · Gnome

A gnome beekeeper whose mead and honey are famous three valleys over. Talks to his hives and swears they answer.

Kessa Dunmar

Caravan scout · Human

A scout who rides a half-day ahead of the trade caravans, reading dust and tracks for bandits and worse. Sleeps light, talks little, never misses a meal.

Bram Tully

Road tinker · Halfling

A halfling tinker whose painted wagon carries pots, charms, and gossip between a dozen villages. Mends anything for a fair price and a fair story.

Sael Morrow

Druid of the grove · Elf

An elven druid who tends an old standing-stone grove and arbitrates disputes between farmers and the wild things that raid their fields. Older than the village she protects.

Doral Vane

Prospector · Dwarf

A dwarf prospector who has struck it rich twice and lost it all three times. Sells claims, maps, and tall tales to anyone fool enough to buy.

Mother Tansy

Herbalist hermit · Human

A weathered hedge-witch who lives alone past the marsh and sells salves no town apothecary can match. Charges in favors as often as coin.

Wren Ashdown

Forest ranger · Half-Elf

A half-elf ranger who patrols the wood’s edge and keeps the boundary between farmland and wild. Trades in pelts, rumors, and the occasional rescued fool.

Garrik Stoneknee

Mountain guide · Goliath

A towering goliath who leads travelers over the snowbound passes and has buried more clients than he likes to count. Knows every cornice and crevasse by name.

Old Hessa

Village herbalist · Human

The herbalist and unofficial healer of a small village who has delivered half its children and buried a few of its secrets. Sees more than she says.