People/ NPCs Index SIDE A REC ● updated after Session 9
NPCs Index
People the crew has encountered in Wendell’s Landing and beyond.
| NPC | Role | First Appeared | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Stevenson | Childhood friend & mentor | Memories (Session 2) | Unknown — presumed dead after childhood battle. Spark believes she’s alive. |
| The Metronome | Towering gear-creature from childhood; older than the Grove | Memories (Session 2); named by Mr. Wendell (Session 4) | Defeated once; current status unknown |
| Mr. Wendell | Mysterious protector — lives in the house on the hill; gave us the artifacts | Session 4 | Active — last seen in his house on the hill. Each PC sees him as a different ancestry. |
| Proctor Jim | Grove enforcer | Session 1 | Active — bound, shot, put to sleep |
| Proctor Janet | Grove enforcer, recognized Spark’s rank; gave the “the bleeding is not inside” speech | Session 1 / Session 5 | Last seen tied up in Winnie at start of Session 5; left at the country post office? (TBD) |
| Director Vane | Grove leadership | Referenced | Unknown |
| Grove Staff Greeters | Grove hospitality/security | Session 1 | Active — one killed in combat |
| Pyro Turbo | Tarine’s Grove-appointed replacement; coerced phone-call ally | Referenced; appeared by phone Session 7 | Active — in a hotel/motel, scared, coerced. Tried to warn Tarine. |
| John | Foley’s student; saw the dojo fire | Session 3 | Active — believes Foley’s “candle” cover story |
| Marco | Hollow Creek gas-station kid, drummer, ~17 | Session 6 | Active but in danger — left in Hollow Creek with the not-his-uncle |
| Lyndon Gravelli | “Marco’s uncle” — wrong in ways nobody could name | Session 6 | Active — followed us to Arborolus. Cornered us at a café (S9): knew we’d been to the clinic, dangled Marco, threatened Cousin Edward, then left untouched. Drives an RV that’s a dead ringer for Winnie. |
| Deb | Owl’s Nest waitress, ogre-blood | Session 6 | Active — possibly complicit (kept saying Lyndon “comes in here all the time”) |
| Linda | Twin RV — V-8 turbo, Crosswind chassis (same as Winnie) | Session 6 (rumored); Session 7 (heard); Session 8 (seen, weigh-station ambush) | Active — drove off after ambush with Jamus’s puddle and surviving Proctors. Whereabouts unknown. |
| Proctor Jamus | Grove Proctor at the weigh-station ambush | Session 8 | Killed by Royvan’s crossbow. Collapsed into mycelium goo. |
| Proctor Jeremiah | Grove Proctor at the weigh-station ambush; spoke for the team | Session 8 | Active — Harmony Shadow-Bound him; Royvan released him as a “message.” Returned to Grove network. “Ten of you next time. Twenty the next.” |
| Proctor Julie | Grove Proctor at the weigh-station ambush | Session 8 | Active — retreated with Linda. |
| Greenlace | Verdant Mare waitress in Arborolus; has a Grove-issued mechanical index finger | Session 8 | Active — at the Verdant Mare. Asked us to help remove her finger. First Grove-marked person we’ve befriended. |
| Cynthia | GroveWell Clinic receptionist in Arborolus; aspiring actress; Go Go Gladiator fan | Session 8 | Active, at risk. Let us into GroveWell. Gave us her Mycom number. The Grove will notice. |
| Gravinali | Official owner of Linda; never present | Referenced — Session 8 | Off-screen. The Proctors say he “sends his regards.” |
| Edward McMillipede | Royvan‘s cousin — retired railroad baron, antiquarian, historian; runs Old Tracks / lives at Pell Manor | Session 9 | Active ally — our host. Gave us a home base, a node map, and real answers about the Antennas and the Black Wheel. Owns nothing Grove-made. |
| Arthur | The halfling butler/valet of Pell Manor | Session 9 | Active — warm, eager, runs the house. |
| Brother Aldred Pell | Ancient caretaker of the Heartwood Cathedral | Referenced — Session 9 | Not yet met. Edward’s name should get us an audience and access up the spire. |
Coming Soon (referenced but not yet on screen)
- Brother Aldred Pell — caretaker of the cathedral. Our next stop; Edward vouched for us.
- Vexa Pell — runs a community kitchen in Arborolus and reportedly keeps a notebook on Grove “wellness checks.” Not yet met.
- Mr. Wendell — still at his house on the hill, off-screen since Session 4.
Last Updated: Session 9