The Playwright's Prophecy
A local playwright's new drama depicts recent crimes with eerie accuracy—crimes no one but the perpetrators could know. Each performance reveals another secret. Suspects pack the audience, searching for themselves. The playwright claims pure inspiration. Determine if they're a witness, accomplice, or oracle, and decide whether the final act's murder is prediction or plan.
Suggested NPCs
Zara Ashworth
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Lighthouse keeper
Character
- Motivation
- Surviving the summer without another funeral
- Personality
- Deceptive and two-faced
- Background
- Traveling dentist feared more than bandits
Details
- Quirk
- Refuses to drink from metal cups
- Speaking style
- Rapid-fire questions
- Private fear
- Priests who remember their face
- Secret
- Hired the monsters to raise property values
- Signature item
- Whistle only dogs and spirits hear
Zara Stormwatch
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Amphitheater stage manager
Character
- Motivation
- Protecting trade routes
- Personality
- Cheerful mortician who hums at work
- Background
- Shipwright building vessels
Details
- Quirk
- Collects interesting pebbles
- Speaking style
- Ends statements with is that clear
- Private fear
- Mirrors that reflect too long
- Secret
- Cannot die until they finish one last apology
- Signature item
- Satchel of seeds that grow overnight
Yorick Shadowmere
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Wedding negotiator
Character
- Motivation
- Winning a bet they no longer remember making
- Personality
- Hot-tempered and volatile
- Background
- Scholar studying ancient ruins
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