1. Lyria Fenwell (Human Art Student)
A 15-year-old human girl with ink-stained fingers and a sketchbook almost as
big as she is. Lyria sits cross-legged on the marble floor, diligently
sketching one of the museum’s most famous paintings. Her eyes are wide with
wonder, and she bites her lip when she makes mistakes. She eagerly talks about
her dream of becoming an artist, though her sketches are still a bit rough and
shaky.
2. Master Quindle Poprock (Gnome Artist)
A rotund gnome with a powdered wig and a voice that carries far too well in the
gallery. Quindle struts before a recently unveiled painting, lecturing a small
crowd (that keeps slipping away) about the inadequacies of “lesser minds.” “You
see, only those with proper refinement can truly grasp the depth of my vision!”
His haughty demeanor makes him both ridiculous and oddly entertaining.
3. Professor Aurelio Brightfeather (Aarakocra Historian)
An oriole-feathered aarakocra with dazzling orange-and-black plumage and
boundless energy. He flutters excitedly from artifact to artifact in the
nautical exhibit, explaining each barnacle-crusted relic from a recent
shipwreck with booming enthusiasm. “Look! A compass still aligned after a
hundred years underwater!” His enthusiasm draws a crowd, even if his
lecture goes on a bit too long.
4. Thalanor Mistbranch (Elf Gem Polisher)
A pale, stoic elf with long silver hair tied neatly back. He wears a plain
apron and sits at a small station, carefully polishing gemstones beneath a
bright lamp. He shushes anyone who speaks to him, never lifting his eyes from
the glittering stones. His silence and single-minded focus make him a
mysterious fixture in the museum, as though he were one of the exhibits
himself.
5. Mistress Clover Broadleaf (Firbolg Teacher)
A towering firbolg woman with a kind but exhausted expression, dressed in a
simple green gown. She herds a gaggle of noisy schoolchildren through the
museum’s halls, trying—and failing—to keep them in line. With each new
outburst, she looks closer to giving up and letting them run wild. Despite her
frazzled state, she occasionally manages to coax a moment of awe from her young
charges.