Lootables

Acolyte's Morning Bowl

Common · creature

Every novice in the order receives an Acolyte's Morning Bowl on their first day and loses it by the third.

Adventurer's Travel Crate

Common · creature

Quartermasters issue the Adventurer's Travel Crate to anyone who can hold a sword without dropping it.

Amethyst Geode Heart

Common · creature

Miners who unearth an Amethyst Geode Heart leave the shaft on the same shift and never return without company.

Amulet-Bearer of the Pit

Common · creature

Inquisitors burn any pact found bearing the mark of the Amulet-Bearer of the Pit, then burn the table.

Aquatic Slimekin

Common · creature

Maritime guilds posted a bounty on the Aquatic Slimekin and then quietly rescinded it after the second corpse.

Archmage Quackalon

Common · creature

Two universities still feud over which lecture hall rightfully owns Archmage Quackalon's last familiar.

Ashen Prowler

Common · creature

Hedge-witches keep an Ashen Prowler on retainer for matters too small for a court mage.

Ashenpaw the Dreamer

Common · creature

Children in the lowland hamlets believe Ashenpaw the Dreamer naps inside any cushion if you don't look directly at it.

Bathhouse Fortune Drake

Common · creature

Public baths in the river-towns keep a Bathhouse Fortune Drake on the rim for visiting merchants to rub.

Bellowsong Croaker

Common · creature

The Bellowsong Croaker can be heard across two valleys on still nights, which is two valleys too many for some farmers.

Bloodfeather Stalker

Common · creature

Royal falconers refuse to mews-train any chick rumored to descend from the Bloodfeather Stalker.

Bluecup Mystic

Common · creature

Hedge-mystics keep the Bluecup Mystic in a saucer of pond water and consult it for matters under five coppers.

Bogfellow

Common · creature

Marshland villagers describe the Bogfellow as the kind of neighbor who borrows your boots and returns them full of frogs.

Bonewitch's Mark

Common · creature

Carters paint the Bonewitch's Mark on the back of their wagons because road-spirits, by tradition, look elsewhere.

Bowlbound Familiar

Common · creature

The Bowlbound Familiar will not leave the dish it was raised in, which is excellent news for crockery merchants.

Boxbound Trickster

Common · creature

Merchants who open their crates to find the Boxbound Trickster inside generally close them again and pretend.

Brimhopper the Wandering Sage

Common · creature

Three universities have offered Brimhopper the Wandering Sage tenure, and all three were politely hopped past.

Buttercrumb Loafling

Common · creature

The Buttercrumb Loafling shows up on bake-day and shows up again, conveniently, on the day after.

Captain Bramblebeak

Common · creature

Riverboat crews still toast Captain Bramblebeak whenever a fog bank rolls in unexpectedly.

Catlord of the Velvet Throne

Common · creature

No standing court remembers crowning the Catlord of the Velvet Throne, yet the velvet was woven for it precisely.

Cauldron-Brewed Hopper

Common · creature

A coven in the western fens raised the Cauldron-Brewed Hopper from soup that refused to settle for being soup.

Cellar Skulker

Common · creature

Tavern keepers tolerate the Cellar Skulker because it eats the rats that eat the cheese.

Chairfast Croaker

Common · creature

No reasonable tavern dispute is settled until the Chairfast Croaker has weighed in from its favorite armrest.

Cinnamon Loafkin

Common · creature

Spice merchants find that a Cinnamon Loafkin in the storeroom keeps the moths away and the apprentices honest.

Cobalt Hatchling

Common · creature

The Cobalt Hatchling cracks free of its shell only on nights when no moon rises over the salt cliffs.

Constellation Squire

Common · creature

Court astronomers won't name the order that ennobled the Constellation Squire, because it does not exist on paper.

Crescent of Selune

Common · creature

Acolytes carry the Crescent of Selune through their first night vigil and rarely a second.

Crimsonquill the Bold

Common · creature

A duchy outlawed harboring Crimsonquill the Bold after he started signing duels in mid-flight.

Croaker's Offering Bowl

Common · creature

Travelers leave a coin in the Croaker's Offering Bowl and find their boots dry the next morning, mostly.

Dozing Hearthbutter

Common · creature

Three southern dairies trace their best butter to the warm patch of floor where the Dozing Hearthbutter sleeps.

Drowned Sailor's Sigil

Common · creature

Sailors who carve the Drowned Sailor's Sigil into the mast tend to come home damp, but they tend to come home.

Drowsy Sandcat

Common · creature

Caravan masters along the southern dunes hire the Drowsy Sandcat to nap atop their grain sacks.

Elixir of Energy

Common · creature

Stable lads and field hands keep a flask of Elixir of Energy for the long stretch between dawn and second breakfast.

Embercheek Hopper

Common · creature

An old roadside shrine still bears the scorch print of the Embercheek Hopper from the night it chose to rest there.

Embermaw the Ashen Wyrm

Common · creature

The old border treaty still names Embermaw the Ashen Wyrm as the third signatory, beside two long-dead kings.

Farmer's Humble Tuber

Common · creature

Three meals a week in any decent village come from a Farmer's Humble Tuber and not much else.

Frostshard of Auril

Common · creature

Northern shrines press a Frostshard of Auril into the doorpost to keep winter out and pilgrims welcome.

Glacierfoot Squire

Common · creature

Every alpine keep retains a Glacierfoot Squire to test the ice on the moat before the lord crosses it.

Glee of the Lilypad

Common · creature

Country wisdom holds the Glee of the Lilypad as the surest sign a pond is healthy, drinkable, and somewhat opinionated.

Gleeful Tidespawn

Common · creature

Fisher children gather the Gleeful Tidespawn from rockpools and return them grumpily before supper.

Golden Trickfruit

Common · creature

Orchardmen swear the Golden Trickfruit looks ripe for a week and tastes of nothing for a month after.

Goldhoarder Goblin

Common · creature

Three treasuries on the south coast were emptied in one night, and the Goldhoarder Goblin sent each a thank-you.

Granary Nibbler

Common · creature

Country wisdom holds that a Granary Nibbler in the rafters is luckier than a cat at the door.

Greenwing Mallard

Common · creature

Hunters along the river bend pass over the Greenwing Mallard because eating one is considered bad form.

Grinning Bogfellow

Common · creature

Visiting magistrates often note that the Grinning Bogfellow is unsettlingly polite for a thing that lives in mud.

Grinning Tarsworn

Common · creature

A treaty signed in pitch and ash bound Grinning Tarsworn to the swamp-courts for a thousand turning seasons.

Harlequin Hearthmoggie

Common · creature

Traveling players accumulate the Harlequin Hearthmoggie around the third town and find it refuses to leave any stage unattended.

Hearthbread Familiar

Common · creature

Mill-village cats are said to apprentice under the Hearthbread Familiar before earning their loaves.

Hearthfire Tabby

Common · creature

The Hearthfire Tabby keeps inn-cellars free of mice and gossip in equal measure.

Hearthloaf Vagrant

Common · creature

In one winter the Hearthloaf Vagrant walked seven kingdoms and left, in each, a bakery that is now famous.

Hearthwarden's Dream

Common · creature

Old grandmothers tuck a small carving of the Hearthwarden's Dream under the cradle to keep babies asleep.

Heliotrope Slimekin

Common · creature

Court alchemists pursued the Heliotrope Slimekin for a decade and recovered only a single, smiling smear.

Heraldwing of the Tundra

Common · creature

When the Heraldwing of the Tundra arrives at a frontier hall, the lord steps outside to read the news himself.

Hexgrape Pudding

Common · creature

Vineyard wardens fence off any patch where Hexgrape Pudding has been spotted blooming under the vines.

Honeygold Lattice

Common · creature

Village bakers braid the Honeygold Lattice into festival loaves to bring guests safely back from long roads.

Indigo Pudding

Common · creature

An Indigo Pudding stains the floorboards a little wherever it sits, which is part of its charm and part of its rent.

Innkeep's Loafing Tomcat

Common · creature

Every inn worth sleeping in has an Innkeep's Loafing Tomcat staking claim to the best chair by the fire.

Lich-King of the Ooze

Common · creature

A duchy banned naming the Lich-King of the Ooze in writing after three clerks went home with damp ledgers.

Lilacblob the Sleepy

Common · creature

Lilacblob the Sleepy spends most of its life on someone's windowsill and is occasionally watered by mistake.

Linenfoot Companion

Common · creature

Laundresses keep the Linenfoot Companion underfoot for luck and for the warmth of damp paws on cold flagstones.

Loafkin the Idle

Common · creature

Apprentice bakers swear Loafkin the Idle blesses any hearth where bread is left to rise overnight.

Lullsong Drakeling

Common · creature

Nursemaids in the river duchies leave the Lullsong Drakeling near the cradle when colic refuses to be reasoned with.

Maelstrom Wyrmling

Common · creature

An entire trade fleet rerouted around an inlet for a generation after the Maelstrom Wyrmling chose to hatch there.

Marmalade Sphereling

Common · creature

Children spot the Marmalade Sphereling rolling along garden paths in autumn, pretending to be fallen fruit for as long as it can.

Marshlord's Steward

Common · creature

Borderland weddings expect the Marshlord's Steward to arrive uninvited and leave the bride a perfectly impractical gift.

Marshpiper

Common · creature

Travelers at dusk follow the Marshpiper's call only if they want to be in a different marsh by morning.

Midnight Familiar

Common · creature

Only one inquisitor in a generation has the cold heart required to bind a Midnight Familiar.

Mireborn Watcher

Common · creature

Fen guides watch for the Mireborn Watcher's gleam because anything it stares at is best left unstepped.

Mirthhopper

Common · creature

Witnesses report the Mirthhopper laughs at three small things, then at one much larger thing, which it sees and you do not.

Mistwhisker

Common · creature

Mistwhisker is spoken of in three valleys that share neither road nor river but the same lullaby.

Mooncreek Drake

Common · creature

Fishermen on the Mooncreek Drake's namesake river leave milk by the reeds and pretend not to notice it vanish.

Mossback Hopper

Common · creature

Country gardeners count the Mossback Hopper as good luck on any garden wall, provided it doesn't bring three friends.

Mosswick Pudding

Common · creature

Foresters carry a Mosswick Pudding in a lidded jar to fill in the cracks of a damp lean-to overnight.

Mourning Petal Ooze

Common · creature

Florists who tend the Mourning Petal Ooze report that their cut roses last twice as long and their dreams half as well.

Nightclad Hexdrake

Common · creature

Witches' covens contract the Nightclad Hexdrake for one task only, and never twice from the same coven.

Pale Revenant of the Marsh

Common · creature

No cartographer has marked the marsh on the same map twice since the Pale Revenant of the Marsh first rose.

Patchcoat Sentry

Common · creature

You will find the Patchcoat Sentry at the door of any village too small for a militia and too proud for none.

Plated Marshfoot

Common · creature

Bog-villagers describe the Plated Marshfoot as the second-best armored thing in any bog, and very pleased to mention it.

Plated Underling

Common · creature

Goblin warbands send a Plated Underling first because the spell traps go off on it and not on the chief.

Pondseat Magister

Common · creature

The Pondseat Magister presided over a dispute between two river-kings using only a lily-pad and the occasional croak.

Prismatic Wanderling

Common · creature

Court records note the Prismatic Wanderling cast a rainbow across the throne room of a deposed king and was promptly outlawed.

Pumpkin Pudding

Common · creature

Harvest night traditions leave the Pumpkin Pudding on the porch, and by morning it is, somehow, no smaller.

Pyreling of the Cinder Pit

Common · creature

Any forge-blessing the smithwright is foolish enough to advertise will draw the Pyreling of the Cinder Pit by nightfall.

Reaver's Black Standard

Common · creature

Coastal villages know the Reaver's Black Standard on the horizon means the docks will be empty by suppertime.

Reedstrider Duckling

Common · creature

Fenmen know the Reedstrider Duckling marks the safe path through marshland that swallows lesser birds whole.

Riverforge Drake

Common · creature

Smiths along the southern fords claim the Riverforge Drake quenches their best blades when nobody is watching.

Rose Ooze

Common · creature

Guests at the spring banquet mistake the Rose Ooze for a courtly cake until it begins, politely, to dissolve the silverware.

Rosewhirl Drakeling

Common · creature

Court gardeners breed the Rosewhirl Drakeling specifically to napping in the petals of the queen's favorite varietal.

Royalplume Pondling

Common · creature

The Royalplume Pondling outranks several minor barons by ancient charter, though it cannot, of course, sign for it.

Runed Inscriber's Plinth

Common · creature

A sealed library in the cliff-monasteries still keeps the Runed Inscriber's Plinth wrapped in linen and oath.

Saffron Loafkin

Common · creature

Spice-route caravans favor the Saffron Loafkin as ballast because it costs less to feed than a real cat would.

Sapphire Pondling

Common · creature

Children fish for the Sapphire Pondling in summer ponds and almost never catch one twice.

Sapphire Slime Sovereign

Common · creature

The Sapphire Slime Sovereign holds court in a flooded undercroft beneath a baron who has stopped asking questions.

Scribe's Clattering Slab

Common · creature

Every guildhall keeps a Scribe's Clattering Slab for apprentices who haven't earned a real lectern.

Selune's Tidal Conch

Common · creature

Fishwives press an ear to the Selune's Tidal Conch on quiet evenings to hear what the tide hasn't said yet.

Silken Brookling

Common · creature

Surveyors note the Silken Brookling lives only in streams that have not yet been named on any map worth the parchment.

Skitterwing Imp

Common · creature

The royal seal of the eastern crown was stolen by a Skitterwing Imp and recovered, allegedly, in trade for a song.

Skyborn Cloudfeline

Common · creature

Mountain monasteries write to one another whenever the Skyborn Cloudfeline pauses on a particular peak.

Smug Marshfellow

Common · creature

No reed-cutter has ever bested the Smug Marshfellow in an argument about which path is shorter.

Smuggler's Open Coffer

Common · creature

Quayside markets see the Smuggler's Open Coffer turn up regularly, perfectly legal, perfectly empty, perfectly ready.

Snowfoot Acolyte

Common · creature

Mountain orders raise the Snowfoot Acolyte from a kit, teaching it to ring the matins bell with one paw.

Sourdough Familiar

Common · creature

Every village bakery passes the Sourdough Familiar from master to apprentice along with the starter culture.

Starborn Pondling

Common · creature

A handful of meteorites land each century in still water, and from one of them rose the Starborn Pondling.

Starvenom of the Outer Dark

Common · creature

Court histories blame the Starvenom of the Outer Dark for a famine no granary could explain.

Steeped Sapphire Slime

Common · creature

A wandering tea-master claims the Steeped Sapphire Slime was the first failed batch of a kingdom's royal blend.

Stormgray Loafling

Common · creature

Hill-villagers take a Stormgray Loafling on the windowsill as proof no storm will break before evening.

Stormwake Drakeling

Common · creature

Fishermen on the eastern coast use a Stormwake Drakeling's mood as a barometer that argues back.

Sullen Emberblob

Common · creature

Coalhouses sometimes turn up a Sullen Emberblob in the ash bucket, glowering at being woken.

Sullen Reedling

Common · creature

Marshmen call the Sullen Reedling the village clerk of the bog: present, unhappy about it, technically helpful.

Sunbutter Loafkin

Common · creature

Dairymaids leave the Sunbutter Loafkin a saucer of cream and find the churn three turns easier the next day.

Sunscape Wanderer

Common · creature

Shepherds at high pasture pet the Sunscape Wanderer for luck and feed it crusts they meant to eat themselves.

Tavernkeeper's Seat

Common · creature

No sober patron has sat in the Tavernkeeper's Seat since the keep retired, and the chair seems content to wait.

Tavernmaster's Hot Pot

Common · creature

The Tavernmaster's Hot Pot has fed three generations of regulars on the same stew, reportedly never emptied.

Teacup Oracle

Common · creature

Hedge-mages consult the Teacup Oracle for futures read from saucer leaves, and its predictions land true roughly one time in three.

Tideforged Sentinel

Common · creature

A retired admiralty mage left the Tideforged Sentinel locked in a sea-cave, key drowned with its maker.

Tidepool Jelly

Common · creature

Coastal cooks know to lift a Tidepool Jelly with a wooden spoon, because metal makes it sulk for a fortnight.

Tidewatcher of the Deep Below

Common · creature

Coastal songs warn against waving at the Tidewatcher of the Deep Below, because it sometimes politely waves back.

Tinkergaze Bogwart

Common · creature

From a single stump the Tinkergaze Bogwart watched a duchy's entire census and corrected the clerk on every page.

Toastling

Common · creature

A market stall in any decent town will sell you a charm shaped like the Toastling for two coppers.

Tricolor Hearthwatcher

Common · creature

The Tricolor Hearthwatcher sits exactly between the kettle and the door, watching for tinkers and weather.

Twilight Astralis

Common · creature

Stargazers note the Twilight Astralis appears in the same patch of sky the constellations forgot to claim.

Twilight Snowwarden

Common · creature

Border-pass cantons rely on the Twilight Snowwarden to patrol routes three duchies claim and none can afford to garrison.

Umbral Pudding

Common · creature

An Umbral Pudding settles in the corners of unlit pantries and may, with patience, learn its master's name.

Verdant Slimekin

Common · creature

Druids keep a Verdant Slimekin in the hollow of a sacred oak and consult it on matters of root and rot.

Voidlit Wanderer

Common · creature

Caravans glimpse the Voidlit Wanderer drifting at night, glowing faintly enough to be useful and not enough to be trusted.

Voidstalker Cat

Common · creature

Astrologers note that the Voidstalker Cat appears in the margins of star-charts a fortnight before any eclipse.

Wanderer of the Long Road

Common · creature

Five inn registers between the capital and the salt coast list the Wanderer of the Long Road as a guest.

Warden of the Mire Gate

Common · creature

Travelers approaching the bog crossing pay the Warden of the Mire Gate in salt or in stories, never in coin.

Watchstone Visage

Common · creature

Border villages set a Watchstone Visage at the crossroads to glare at travelers with unclear business.

Weeping Amethyst Ooze

Common · creature

A traveling collector keeps the Weeping Amethyst Ooze in a glass jar and refuses to say where it cries from.

Wisp of the Drowned Tide

Common · creature

Coastal sailors who follow the Wisp of the Drowned Tide swear it leads either home or somewhere very nearly.

Wizard Cat

Common · creature

Apprentice wizards practice their first cantrip on a Wizard Cat because it will simply nap through any failure.

Alchemist's Throwing Phial

Uncommon · creature

A village mob is unimpressed until somebody finally throws an Alchemist's Throwing Phial and lights the right shed.

Archivist Hootsworth

Uncommon · creature

Three kingdoms' lost histories sleep in a hollow oak under the wing of Archivist Hootsworth, who hates being interrupted.

Astral Visitor with Chick

Uncommon · creature

An Astral Visitor with Chick descends to remote temples in years the calendar mages cannot agree on the date.

Aurora Wyrmling

Uncommon · creature

Polar children chase the Aurora Wyrmling across the snow and almost always catch a cold instead.

Bogwart Underling

Uncommon · creature

Swamp councils send the Bogwart Underling whenever nobody more senior wants to deliver bad news in person.

Bramblescout of the Old Forest

Uncommon · creature

Ranger captains send the Bramblescout of the Old Forest into thickets that have already swallowed one expedition.

Burrowfellow

Uncommon · creature

Field-hands consult the Burrowfellow before planting and find that any patch it disapproves of yields nothing worth eating.

Cinderpaw Impling

Uncommon · creature

Smithies tolerate the Cinderpaw Impling because it keeps the forge embers alive through the night for free.

Cluckward the Vigilant

Uncommon · creature

Cluckward the Vigilant has held the henhouse post for nine seasons without losing a single egg to a single fox.

Cragwing Skirmisher

Uncommon · creature

For seven seasons the Cragwing Skirmisher harassed a mountain crossing until two duchies finally agreed to repair the road.

Crest of the Pale Courser

Uncommon · creature

A retired knight bequeaths the Crest of the Pale Courser to whichever squire kept their mouth shut the longest.

Crimsonquill Conjurer

Uncommon · creature

The Crimsonquill Conjurer signs spells in midair with a single feather and leaves the contract enforceable for a year.

Crusthold Spriteling

Uncommon · creature

Behind the moat-stones of any keep over a century old lives the Crusthold Spriteling, demanding one polite greeting a year.

Crystalwarren Leveret

Uncommon · creature

You spot the Crystalwarren Leveret in hedgerows where the soil glitters faintly after rain.

Crystalwing Paladin

Uncommon · creature

On the last battle of the northern wars the Crystalwing Paladin descended, and ended it by simply standing where the line had been.

Druidcap Drake

Uncommon · creature

Circles of druids consult the Druidcap Drake on matters of fungus, weather, and which traveler to mistrust.

Ebonblob of the Polar Court

Uncommon · creature

The Ebonblob of the Polar Court attends midwinter parley with three glaciers and rarely contributes more than a glower.

Eggling of the Polar Vow

Uncommon · creature

A pact between three winter courts hangs on the safe hatching of the Eggling of the Polar Vow.

Eucalyptus Spirit

Uncommon · creature

Healers from three island kingdoms walked a year to ask the Eucalyptus Spirit for one breath of clean air.

Eyebearer of the Hollow

Uncommon · creature

Frontier wardens give the Eyebearer of the Hollow a wide berth because it remembers, in detail, who has lied to it.

Festival Wisp

Uncommon · creature

Children chase the Festival Wisp through the lantern parades and the Festival Wisp, charitably, lets itself be caught.

Forestcloak Drake

Uncommon · creature

Ranger lodges in the old woods leave a saucer of milk for the Forestcloak Drake and never ask why.

Frostfang Wyrmling

Uncommon · creature

Mountain shepherds wait until the Frostfang Wyrmling has finished basking on the path before driving the flock home.

Frostmage Caroller

Uncommon · creature

Village choirs invite the Frostmage Caroller to sing one verse and one verse only, on pain of frost on the rafters.

Frostmask of the Snowcat

Uncommon · creature

Northern villagers gift the Frostmask of the Snowcat to children on their first winter walk alone.

Gemcrest Wanderling

Uncommon · creature

Jewelers who admit to having sketched a Gemcrest Wanderling tend to retire abruptly and well-funded.

Gildedreach Drake

Uncommon · creature

Goldsmiths in the river-cities keep a Gildedreach Drake on the shelf because it polishes the coins for free.

Glassmote Wanderling

Uncommon · creature

Alchemists blame the Glassmote Wanderling for drifting through their windows and rearranging the bottle labels overnight.

Greenmark Pathfinder

Uncommon · creature

No surveyor has charted the southern fens without first being grudgingly escorted by the Greenmark Pathfinder.

Hagspawn Drakeling

Uncommon · creature

Once in a generation the Hagspawn Drakeling is delivered to a midwife, wrapped in a note she does not want to read.

Hallow's Eve Beacon

Uncommon · creature

A war ended early the year a Hallow's Eve Beacon was lit in the wrong tower and read by the wrong general.

Harvestmoon Lantern

Uncommon · creature

Threshing floors hang the Harvestmoon Lantern overhead and, by tradition, never blow it out until the granary is full.

Hatchling in Shellward

Uncommon · creature

Stable hands say the Hatchling in Shellward sits in its borrowed casing for three seasons before stepping outside.

Hatchling of the Cryptward

Uncommon · creature

Sextons in the western necropolises welcome the Hatchling of the Cryptward because it scares grave-robbers off for them.

Hatchling of the Frozen Vow

Uncommon · creature

A northern oath-keeper raises the Hatchling of the Frozen Vow until it can hold a promise without breaking it.

Hearthcheek Companion

Uncommon · creature

River-canton families present the Hearthcheek Companion at hearth-warmings and expect it to outlive the marriage.

Hearthsmith's Bread Forge

Uncommon · creature

A baker in the central duchy lost three apprentices to the Hearthsmith's Bread Forge before learning to ask permission.

Heatherveil Drake

Uncommon · creature

Highland walkers mistake the Heatherveil Drake for a clump of heather until the heather opens one eye and judges them.

Heliotrope Wisp

Uncommon · creature

Lavender farmers welcome the Heliotrope Wisp, which follows the harvest up the valley because it likes the smell more than the work.

Hexbelly the Wandering

Uncommon · creature

A duchy collapsed its border tariffs because Hexbelly the Wandering refused to be searched at any of them.

Hexcap of the Apprentice

Uncommon · creature

Apprentice mages wear the Hexcap of the Apprentice because it muffles their first three spells, which is a mercy.

Hexcourt Schemer

Uncommon · creature

A baron lost his seal, his coffers, and his second cousin in the same week the Hexcourt Schemer attended his ball.

Hexwarden of the Deep Den

Uncommon · creature

Local goblins post the Hexwarden of the Deep Den at the door whenever the chieftain is taking a serious nap.

Hexweaver Impling

Uncommon · creature

Weavers in the river quarter say a Hexweaver Impling at the loom will turn any tangle into a perfectly square knot.

Hexwraith of the Tower

Uncommon · creature

The Hexwraith of the Tower has counted the same staircase wrong for two hundred years and is determined to finish.

Hoarfrost Drakeling

Uncommon · creature

Farmers read the Hoarfrost Drakeling on the eaves of a barn as a sign the winter will be sharp but, on balance, fair.

Honeyrune Wafer

Uncommon · creature

A traveling baker once paid a year's lodging with one Honeyrune Wafer, and the innkeeper retired the next spring.

Honkbringer of the White Marsh

Uncommon · creature

Marshmen welcome the Honkbringer of the White Marsh because it scares off every wading bird that isn't supposed to be there.

Hootmage of the Whispering Wood

Uncommon · creature

A young witch's first apprenticeship is usually carrying messages for the Hootmage of the Whispering Wood.

Hornsworn of the High Crags

Uncommon · creature

Caravan drivers know the Hornsworn of the High Crags by one blast at the pass and one demand for tribute.

Lanternsoul Wisp

Uncommon · creature

Harvest-night lanterns occasionally house the Lanternsoul Wisp, which refuses, politely, to be blown out.

Marshpriest Snikgar

Uncommon · creature

The hedge-village near the bog rents Marshpriest Snikgar for weddings, funerals, and disputes about goats.

Mask of the Silent Owl

Uncommon · creature

Apprentice judges wear the Mask of the Silent Owl during their first verdict, which is generally a confession.

Mask of the Velvet Tomcat

Uncommon · creature

The Mask of the Velvet Tomcat is worn at midwinter balls by whichever guest has the worst-kept secret to hide.

Mirthful Soulmote

Uncommon · creature

Country hearths say the Mirthful Soulmote attaches itself to a sad child and stays exactly as long as the child needs it.

Orb of Distant Worlds

Uncommon · creature

Apprentice scryers polish the Orb of Distant Worlds nightly and almost always see only their own reflection, eventually.

Pikeman of the Greenwarrens

Uncommon · creature

Every dusk finds the Pikeman of the Greenwarrens patrolling the same ditch, which it considers a posting of singular honor.

Plaguebound Husk

Uncommon · creature

Inquisitors keep the Plaguebound Husk in a sealed chamber and consult it only when no living witness will speak.

Reefjewel Swimmer

Uncommon · creature

The Reefjewel Swimmer was paraded through a coastal court once, in a basin, and the court abdicated within the month.

Ribboned Festivalbeak

Uncommon · creature

Carnival masters stitch ribbons into the Ribboned Festivalbeak's wings every year, and every year the same ribbons turn up.

River Knave

Uncommon · creature

Toll-keepers complain that the River Knave has cheated the same bridge seven times by walking under it and waving up.

Sanguine Herald

Uncommon · creature

No campaign on the eastern marches began without the Sanguine Herald appearing at the gate the night before.

Sapphire Pilgrimsnail

Uncommon · creature

The Sapphire Pilgrimsnail completed a circuit of three holy mountains in its lifetime, which is no small thing for a snail.

Saurfang of the Verdant Vale

Uncommon · creature

Every spring fair the Saurfang of the Verdant Vale eats half the prize cabbage and is, somehow, invited back the next year.

Scarab of the Sunken Tomb

Uncommon · creature

Pearl-divers leave the Scarab of the Sunken Tomb where they found it and tell the dockmaster they found nothing.

Scarletcrest Drake

Uncommon · creature

Heralds use the Scarletcrest Drake as the model for any banner that needs to look properly threatening at a parley.

Seerstone

Uncommon · creature

Travelers pay a copper to peer into the Seerstone and almost always leave saying it told them exactly what they expected.

Shadeflick of the Glacier

Uncommon · creature

Glacier-guides have stopped trying to name the routes Shadeflick of the Glacier prefers, because the routes change.

Snowsage of the Ice Tower

Uncommon · creature

Each winter the Snowsage of the Ice Tower answers exactly two questions and refuses to be told which two until afterward.

Soulwing Heraldfoot

Uncommon · creature

A funeral procession in the high cantons will not depart until the Soulwing Heraldfoot has signed for the soul.

Specter of the Drowned Tide

Uncommon · creature

Coastal shrines list the Specter of the Drowned Tide as a minor saint of patient widows and impatient sailors.

Stardapple Drakeling

Uncommon · creature

Orchardmen welcome the Stardapple Drakeling because the apples beneath its branch always seem to ripen first.

Swanqueen of the White Lake

Uncommon · creature

Border treaties name the Swanqueen of the White Lake as the lake's sole authority, including over the surveyors.

Tidepincer Skitter

Uncommon · creature

Two harbor masters share a standing bet on which of them the Tidepincer Skitter will pinch first this season.

Tidewatcher of the Polar Court

Uncommon · creature

The Tidewatcher of the Polar Court keeps three glaciers from arguing over which one calves first each spring.

Tidewyrm of the Coral Reef

Uncommon · creature

Reef fishermen mark the Tidewyrm of the Coral Reef on their charts as a hopeful arrow rather than a serious destination.

Trophy of the Bearlord

Uncommon · creature

Hunting lodges hang the Trophy of the Bearlord on the wall whenever the owner once met a bear and would like you to know.

Twilight Bloodwing

Uncommon · creature

Every evening at dusk the Twilight Bloodwing circles the same tower, and has done so since the tower was new.

Voidweave Drakeling

Uncommon · creature

Scholars present the Voidweave Drakeling to their children as a tutor, on the theory that they will outwit it eventually.

Warchief of the Greenwarrens

Uncommon · creature

The Warchief of the Greenwarrens commands an army of twelve goblins and one extremely tired drum.

Wayfarer's Saucer

Uncommon · creature

Country cottages leave the Wayfarer's Saucer on the windowsill in hopes of hosting a stranger before the next snowfall.

Weeping Lilac Mote

Uncommon · creature

Garden chapels keep a Weeping Lilac Mote near the bench where mourners come to sit and not, strictly speaking, mourn.

Whimperfang Pup

Uncommon · creature

Once a generation the Whimperfang Pup attaches itself to one knight, who is generally too embarrassed to refuse it.

Wineblood Drakeling

Uncommon · creature

Vintners on the southern hills insist the Wineblood Drakeling improves a barrel simply by sleeping near it.

Witchbread Familiar

Uncommon · creature

Cottage witches keep a Witchbread Familiar in the bread crock to spoil the loaf for any thief reaching in.

Wraith of Cobalt Hollow

Uncommon · creature

On solstice nights the Wraith of Cobalt Hollow drifts the abandoned mine, politely trying to interest visitors in a survey.

Wyrmkin of the Cinder Lake

Uncommon · creature

Geographers wager over which season the Wyrmkin of the Cinder Lake will emerge, and most of them lose.

Ashcowl Conjurer

Rare · creature

An Ashcowl Conjurer arrives at any tavern offering one prophecy for one drink and tends to leave with the drink and the tavern.

Auguror of the Hexmoor

Rare · creature

Border witches consult the Auguror of the Hexmoor only after the third nightmare in a row, and never about the weather.

Belfryborn Hexcat

Rare · creature

Temple bell-towers harbor the Belfryborn Hexcat in their rafters, and it is the only thing the bell-ringer fears.

Bloated Hexbearer

Rare · creature

You recognize the Bloated Hexbearer at every market by a queue of three nervous farmers carrying small parcels.

Bogwart Helm

Rare · creature

Goblin honor-guards pass the Bogwart Helm down from coward to coward, and it has never once been dented in real combat.

Brookwhisker Knave

Rare · creature

Across any stream between two duchies' tax collectors the Brookwhisker Knave can be heard arguing with itself.

Cinderbat of the Stone Belfry

Rare · creature

Any chapel whose bell has not been rung for a generation soon hosts the Cinderbat of the Stone Belfry.

Cloaked Herald of the Gallows

Rare · creature

Any execution that should have been a pardon draws the Cloaked Herald of the Gallows, and the gallows-master pays attention.

Cobalt Cogborn Sentinel

Rare · creature

Guildhalls in the river capital station a Cobalt Cogborn Sentinel at the door and have stopped asking how it sleeps.

Cub of the Bramble Glade

Rare · creature

Foresters who find a Cub of the Bramble Glade leave it exactly where it is, because the mother is, inevitably, nearby.

Drakeknight of the Cobalt Pact

Rare · creature

At the winter tourney the Drakeknight of the Cobalt Pact unhorsed three champions and rode off without naming itself.

Frostshade Wisp

Rare · creature

Pine-cottages in the upper passes host the Frostshade Wisp, which politely refuses to be warmed by any fire.

Gearsworn Tinker

Rare · creature

In any village the Gearsworn Tinker passes through it repairs three things, two of which weren't broken.

Glacierheart Pudding

Rare · creature

The Glacierheart Pudding froze a duchy's standing army for a winter by sitting in the wrong river upstream of the camp.

Glee-Bringer of the Warrens

Rare · creature

In one solstice the Glee-Bringer of the Warrens emptied three baronial wine cellars and remembered none of it.

Greatcroak the Marshlord

Rare · creature

A surveying expedition annexed the wrong bog and Greatcroak the Marshlord, with one croak, sent it home in pieces.

Hexcap of the Conclave

Rare · creature

At each gathering the Hexcap of the Conclave is passed to whichever member most recently failed to keep a small secret.

Hierarch of the Sapphire Conclave

Rare · creature

The Hierarch of the Sapphire Conclave has not addressed an outsider in a decade and is unlikely to start now.

Hornward Skull

Rare · creature

Hunters hang the Hornward Skull above the door to warn what lives inside is meaner than what walks past.

Hunter's Moon

Rare · creature

Above any hunting lodge that has, ceremonially, never missed a kill hangs the Hunter's Moon, and ceremonially it never will.

Idol of the Verdant Pact

Rare · creature

A treaty between three forest realms hangs on the Idol of the Verdant Pact sitting where it was placed and not moving.

Inkfiend of the Deep

Rare · creature

Quayside scriveners trade signatures for ink from the Inkfiend of the Deep, which never quite dries on the page.

Lavender Granary Skulker

Rare · creature

Barn-owners welcome the Lavender Granary Skulker because the mice clear out the day after it moves in.

Leviathan of the Cobalt Trench

Rare · creature

Coastal admirals refuse to chart the trench because the Leviathan of the Cobalt Trench resurfaces the soundings overnight.

Lion-Hooded Burrowfellow

Rare · creature

Festival-goers crown a Lion-Hooded Burrowfellow at the spring fair and pretend not to notice it slip back into the warren.

Mossleaf Hatchling

Rare · creature

Druid initiates raise a Mossleaf Hatchling for a year and a day, which is how long it takes to learn its name.

Nightfang Dracorat

Rare · creature

In one night the Nightfang Dracorat raided a duchy's entire grain reserve and left a single, formal apology in the doorway.

Omen of the Black Tower

Rare · creature

Provincial wardens take the Omen of the Black Tower as the order to drop everything and prepare for nothing in particular.

Orchardchirp Sprite

Rare · creature

Apple-pickers leave the last fruit on the highest branch for the Orchardchirp Sprite, who tallies the crop by ear.

Phialspawn Slime

Rare · creature

A court alchemist lost his license over the Phialspawn Slime and his hand over the second attempt.

Pilgrim's Cauldron

Rare · creature

From monastery to monastery the Pilgrim's Cauldron travels on its own four legs and arrives, inconveniently, full.

Pilgrim's Spiral Shell

Rare · creature

Travelers carry the Pilgrim's Spiral Shell home from coastal shrines and hang it above the door for safe roads.

Plumebrood Matron

Rare · creature

Since the barn was built the Plumebrood Matron has hatched a clutch of seven there each season and refuses to relocate.

Pyretail of the Autumn Vale

Rare · creature

Three orchards burned in one season because of the Pyretail of the Autumn Vale and thanked it afterward for the clearing.

Roseflit of the Hollow

Rare · creature

Gardens whose hedges have grown taller than the gardener attract the Roseflit of the Hollow at twilight.

Sapling Bogwart

Rare · creature

Bog-villages raise the Sapling Bogwart from a sprout, teach it to grunt, and present it at its first feast at three.

Shadewyrm of the Sunken Tomb

Rare · creature

Around the tomb of its long-dead king the Shadewyrm of the Sunken Tomb still circles, and considers the kingdom in good order.

Soulwhisper of the Frozen Mere

Rare · creature

Travelers crossing the high ice take one step out of their way to leave a coin for the Soulwhisper of the Frozen Mere.

Spawn of the Hollow Reef

Rare · creature

A coastal kingdom rerouted its entire pearl fleet the year the Spawn of the Hollow Reef hatched in their lagoon.

Steadfast Burrowfellow

Rare · creature

Eight harvests running, the Steadfast Burrowfellow has guarded the same root cellar and refuses to acknowledge the new lord.

Tuskward of the Iron Steppes

Rare · creature

Three steppe-clans share the borderlands patrolled by the Tuskward of the Iron Steppes, who is, by treaty, paid by all three.

Twilight Wingmote

Rare · creature

Through the high windows of any keep where someone is still reading after midnight drifts the Twilight Wingmote.

Ursine Champion

Rare · creature

Three years running, the Ursine Champion has held the title at the autumn games without throwing a single punch.

Visage of Sneerblood

Rare · creature

Travelers hang the Visage of Sneerblood over the door of any tavern that has stopped pretending to be welcoming.

Visage of the Belfry King

Rare · creature

For two centuries the Visage of the Belfry King has stared down at the same square without blinking.

Witchstew of the Old Hag

Rare · creature

A village stopped having harvest festivals after sampling the Witchstew of the Old Hag and forgetting to harvest.

Wyrm of the Onyx Hoard

Rare · creature

For so long has the Wyrm of the Onyx Hoard politely accumulated tribute that the cave it sleeps in is now considered a vault.

Archmage of the Polar Court

Epic · creature

The Archmage of the Polar Court froze a war in place for a winter and let the spring decide who had been right.

Ashling of the Eternal Pyre

Epic · creature

An Ashling of the Eternal Pyre nests in any chimney whose fire has not been allowed to go out in living memory.

Bloodfang Nightwing

Epic · creature

Earliest war-songs name the Bloodfang Nightwing and no chronicle since, as if the chroniclers agreed not to.

Brigand of the Hexreach

Epic · creature

Two duchies have wanted the Brigand of the Hexreach so long that the warrants now hang framed in their archives.

Coilbeast of the Hexreach

Epic · creature

For two generations the Coilbeast of the Hexreach kept the borders of a witch-duchy honest by sleeping precisely along them.

Conch of the Crystal Reef

Epic · creature

Coastal kings press a Conch of the Crystal Reef to their ear once a year and adjust the harbor tolls accordingly.

Crystalfiend of the Hexreach

Epic · creature

Border markets host the Crystalfiend of the Hexreach hawking fortunes, and it is reasonably honest, by border standards.

Frostking on the Glacial Throne

Epic · creature

By his own quiet account, the Frostking on the Glacial Throne has reigned since long before the throne was glacial.

Hexconjurer Drake

Epic · creature

Country fairs feature the Hexconjurer Drake, which once turned the mayor's hat into a small, deeply offended pigeon.

Hexlord of the Sunken Atlas

Epic · creature

The Hexlord of the Sunken Atlas rewrote a continent's coastline overnight and the cartographers have been catching up since.

Inkspawn of the Hexlord

Epic · creature

A clerk who scribed for the Inkspawn of the Hexlord lost three years of memory and one entire ledger of correspondence.

Lord of the Sundered Lily

Epic · creature

The Lord of the Sundered Lily reigns over a pond that, in three known scrolls, existed before water did.

Mage of the Velvet Coven

Epic · creature

Three rival courts each insist the Mage of the Velvet Coven attended their last coronation in the back row, uninvited.

Mask of the Drowned Tide

Epic · creature

Three coastal kingdoms were founded under the Mask of the Drowned Tide, and none of them remember by whom it was worn.

Owlmarshal of the Iron Bough

Epic · creature

The Owlmarshal of the Iron Bough holds rank in a forest court that has not formally convened in five hundred years.

Pathfinder of the Forgotten Atlas

Epic · creature

A retired cartographer set out with the Pathfinder of the Forgotten Atlas and returned with a map of a country nobody else recognized.

Quill-Brigand of the Marsh Road

Epic · creature

Travelers report that the Quill-Brigand of the Marsh Road robs them of receipts, not coin, and produces forged ones in their place.

Relic of the Petrified Patriarch

Epic · creature

A monastery purchased the Relic of the Petrified Patriarch and now hosts a small line of pilgrims who refuse to leave.

Sovereign of the Polar Court

Epic · creature

The Sovereign of the Polar Court signs treaties in breath alone and has never had one disputed for long.

Stargazer of the Northern Vow

Epic · creature

From the top of a single tower the Stargazer of the Northern Vow reads the sky and refuses, on principle, ever to descend.

Umbral Tomcat of the Veil

Epic · creature

Twice a night the Umbral Tomcat of the Veil walks through the wall between worlds and, on busy nights, three times.

Verdant Throne-Cat

Epic · creature

Between reigns of the forest king the Verdant Throne-Cat sat upon the seat and held the realm together by sheer force of nap.

Visage of the Stoneveil Wart

Epic · creature

So long has the Visage of the Stoneveil Wart glared at the same bog-path that the path now politely curves around it.

Wraithwing of the Bone Vault

Epic · creature

In the catacombs of the eastern necropolis the Wraithwing of the Bone Vault patrols, and is, technically, the senior clerk.

Cowlcaptain of the Black Brine

Legendary · creature

In a stolen frigate the Cowlcaptain of the Black Brine sailed to a port that wasn't there and back to one that no longer was.

Dawnmist Mallard

Legendary · creature

Folk songs claim the Dawnmist Mallard will lead any king honestly to the throne, and, less reliably, back home from it.

Hexbearer of the Quiet Court

Legendary · creature

The Hexbearer of the Quiet Court once attended a treaty signing in silence, and the treaty, by signing day's end, was rewritten.

Hooded Quill-Bandit

Legendary · creature

For one full year the Hooded Quill-Bandit forged the signature of a king who, on review, decided to keep the new signature.

Howlmane of the Hollow

Legendary · creature

Two passes of bandits and one pass of priests have been cleared by the Howlmane of the Hollow, who is invited back to neither.

Mournstride of the Hexcourt

Legendary · creature

Funerals that should never have happened are visited by the Mournstride of the Hexcourt, which reads the unread will aloud.

Orb of the Outer Dark

Legendary · creature

Scryers approach the Orb of the Outer Dark in pairs, because anyone left alone with it tends to forget which pair they came in.

Prismatic Slime Hierarchy

Legendary · creature

The Prismatic Slime Hierarchy convened once, beneath a mountain that no longer exists, to decide a question nobody now remembers.

Pudding of the First Bog

Legendary · creature

Older than its own bog, the Pudding of the First Bog predates the water that names it, and the bog merely caught up.

Skull of the Onyx Wyrm

Legendary · creature

The Skull of the Onyx Wyrm has hung above three royal tables and outlasted all three of the royal lines underneath.

Sovereign of the Lilypad Throne

Legendary · creature

The Sovereign of the Lilypad Throne holds dominion over one pond, three streams, and any treaty unwise enough to mention it.

Statue of the Hollow Owl

Legendary · creature

Before the roads existed the Statue of the Hollow Owl stood at a crossroads, and the roads, in the end, came to it.

Trophy of the Golden Hound

Legendary · creature

Only one tournament ever awarded the Trophy of the Golden Hound, and that tournament has not been held since.

Visage of the Velvet Hexcat

Legendary · creature

In the parlor of any noble house with a secret old enough to need watching hangs the Visage of the Velvet Hexcat.

Void-Forged Lodestar

Legendary · creature

Before any nation existed to name a sky-road, the Void-Forged Lodestar guided three migrations across them.

Wolfshade of the Iron Pact

Legendary · creature

Any hunter who can name all three of its mothers correctly will summon the Wolfshade of the Iron Pact on the next moonless night.

Wyrmling of the First Spring

Legendary · creature

When the first thaw cracked the first ice the Wyrmling of the First Spring uncoiled, and every season since has deferred to it.

Cookie of Eternity

Mythic · creature

Pilgrims in the southern monasteries pass around the Cookie of Eternity, which nobody has yet had the heart to break.

Patchwork Wanderer

Mythic · creature

Three village seamstresses claim to have sewn the Patchwork Wanderer, and their stories don't quite overlap.

Pyre of the Phoenix

Mythic · creature

Two empires fell in the year the Pyre of the Phoenix last lit, and one came back wearing a new name.