Gnó Npcs and factions

Sathy Kalra.

Dwarf, female, taxi driver. Go between the two cities with a giant mantra ray (with an air-bubble spell). Knows all of the rumours about everyone. Main source of income is information dealing. "RAYSING the standard for transportation".

Captain Seascale

Ship Captain, trader, male, half-green, half-gold dragonborn. (Actually a full dragon but doesn't know it). A gymnast since age four. Has a golden patch of scales he has to be very careful to keep hidden, thankfully they are in a discreet location. His ship is the unofficial, official gentleman's club of the higher-ups of the city.

Missus Beck.

Sea hag with a big billowing yellow hat and coat with a face that looks like its craved out of wood. Has 3 apprentices (splitting her knowledge so they can't get rid of her). Planning to make a coven (keep 2, kill one). A gnome sold his memory of the workings of the machine to try help his people. And she kept her bargain (barely). "Without me this city dies". She wants to become the spirit of this city for the immense power she could gain from this. The true spirit of the city is hiding from her.

Sabre, Minister of Internal Management

Always wears a medal that no one recognises. Carries a sabre at all times, which is also the name he goes by: Sabre. Dwarf. Former Naval captain. Head of the Crabs (they'll pinch you). (The secret police). Mayor of Sionnach wants him dead for poaching his assistant. No one knows his true age or true name. In his office there is a glass case, which holds something from the future. He visited the Fae isles and came back in time, using his knowledge to gain prestige.

Agatha Truegrit

Newscaster. The Mouth, a columnist. Fictitious person. Several people write the column, female dwarf model turns up to events to shake hands and smile at people.

Tabatha Amantine.

Dwarven woman, barely out of school, skinny for a dwarf, ginger, works in maintenance as a caretaker for the Flotilla in a group called the Scrapers. Mostly works scraping off salt and barnacles.

Thrangrol Brewbranch

Young dwarven wizard who accidentally released a load of oozes into the city's pipes and desperately wants to fix it without the city government finding out.

Reeves Rubyfall.

Sorcerer for the government, a true patriot. Thinks that they are working for the greater good by finding out more of the desalination, but will be killed if they are found out. A bit of a hypocrite who would kill someone else for doing as he is doing, but believes that only he can handle the forbidden knowledge.

Honour Fireheart.

The Match Maker. Dwarven lady. Weddings are a BIG deal, and she is one of the most important people in the city. A bard.

Shimmer

Minor Spirit of good fortune. A star-nosed mole whose colour resembles a mystic topaz with purple and green. The most precious thing ever.

WHEE!

Minor Spirit. Spirit of small thrills. A flying squirrel with white and blue colouring, like the sky. Fun loving and thrill-seeking. Likes to be noticed, lets everyone see him. Doesn't belong in Gnó. Got down their by accident but loves it too much to leave. Loved by most residents and children, who will help him hide constantly.

The Marshal/ Reggis

Minor Spirit. A strict, dwarf-sized nutcracker. Pokes and prods people back into line. Hates WHEE!

Secret

The whisper spirit of the city. Is hiding from the hag. Is doing so very, very well.

Factions

Water Boys

Group of Smugglers (Mostly Female) that can run contraband via the water pipes, and Buoys that float from the bottom. Contraband is in danger from the slimes. Smuggling in gnomish texts (for someone trying to figure out the machine), newspapers from the outside world.

The Crabs

Local name for the secret police headed by Sabre.

Scrapers

Workers who do the least glamourous jobs of the city. Slow (and very, very carefully) trying to work towards unionising.