Novari

Novari Calboran - Shopkeeper, Matriarch of Many


‘Five hatchlings? Oh no, I have at least twelve. Possibly fifteen. There was a while there where I wasn’t keeping track.’

Novari runs Calboran’s Curiosities, a shop specialising in whatever happened to be available when she last restocked. Sometimes it’s enchanted jewellery. Sometimes it’s oddly specific magical artefacts of dubious origin. Sometimes it’s just rocks.

She loves magic. Not the grand, sweeping spells of her ancestors, but close-up magic, the kind performed with sleight of hand, minor illusions, and an absolute refusal to accept reality as it is presented to her. Unfortunately, there is not much call for birthday party entertainers in Dregsby, so she must also run the shop, which is difficult, as she has many, many children, each wilder than the last.

She is very involved in the local community, mostly by force. You need someone to run a town fundraiser? Novari. Someone to host the annual ‘Please Support Local Business’ market? Novari. Someone to help keep the hatchlings entertained? Also Novari.

She desperately wants to make her marriage work. Her husband, does not.

‘You’d think my children would be impressed by my magic tricks, but no. You vanish a coin, and suddenly it’s ‘do it again’ and ‘where’s my allowance?’