The Broken Bridge Fair
A traveling fair has arrived at a crucial river crossing just as the old stone bridge collapses into the rushing meltwater. Merchants are stranded on both banks, tempers flare over lost profits, and the fair's ringmaster offers dangerous magical shortcuts for a price. Help rebuild the crossing, expose the ringmaster's risky schemes, and keep the fair from turning into a riot.
Suggested NPCs
Helena Darkwater
- Human
- Female
- Elderly
Role
- Occupation
- Wedding negotiator
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Hot-tempered and volatile
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Mispronounces one common word on purpose
- Speaking style
- Speaks in formal third person
- Private fear
- Their reflection disagreeing
- Secret
- Hired the monsters to raise property values
- Signature item
- Whistle only dogs and spirits hear
Gideon Blackwood
- Human
- Other
- Elderly
Role
- Occupation
- Icehouse curator
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Dry wit that emerges only during crises
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Laughs a beat too late at jokes
- Speaking style
- Uses weather as small talk always
- Private fear
- Being laughed at by children
- Secret
- Swapped places with their twin years ago
- Signature item
- Satchel of seeds that grow overnight
Fiona Goldenscale
- Human
- Female
- Elderly
Role
- Occupation
- Beast veterinarian
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Cold and distant
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Leaves bread crumbs for birds
- Speaking style
- Uses cooking analogies for everything
- Private fear
- Promises they cannot keep
- Secret
- Knows the king's true name and will not speak it
- Signature item
- Brass key that warms near hidden doors