Teppo the Gnome
Race: Gnome Role: Scholar / journal-keeper / aspiring college founder / bard (revealed session 016 — casts Bardic Inspiration; carries a lyre) Affiliation: Apparent emissary of Candlekeep Status (latest): Travelling with the party post–session 016; writs recovered; honor-trade with Ubys still active for the Runs with Bitches cremation First Appearance: Session 014
Description
A stinky gnome (per the goblin escort's commentary). A scholar and journal-keeper carrying — until they were stolen — the Writs of Establishment for the Candlekeep of the North, an officially sanctioned college land-grant from Candlekeep to the Lord of Neverwinter. Currently teaching Bree druidic tradition focused on the legendary Druid Lynx.
Teppo's Journal
Per Ubys's thumb-through in session 015:
- Written in Gnim (a Gnomish language with simple structure but high variability)
- He's inventing a new calendar based on old heroes of the realm
- Notes on Alondriel the Empty King — "a vanished tyrant"
- Goldenfelds poured into the Dessarin Valley — flooding the market with masterwork weapons made of Mithril? Adamantium?
- Kryptgarden — Blight and the Children of Vlokgar — too dangerous
- College plans: grand plans, education, buildings — the Candlekeep of the North
- Steel Beast notes: key figures, route stretches, etc.
What the Party Knows
- He was traveling with Bree and Ben toward Neverwinter when ambushed at the Carnath Roadhouse.
- His writs were stolen by scouts riding Wargs — Cragmaw goblins, presumably. Recovered session 016.
- He smokes prodigiously. Calls it tobacco; calls his stress Gnomish anxiety.
- He intends to journal the events of his rescue.
- (Session 016) — He's a bard. Cast Bardic Inspiration three times during the throne-chamber fight (to KeYs, Lessie, and AC). Recited stanzas about the War of the Lance while inspiring Lessie. Carries a lyre.