Gossip can happen anywhere, especially within a semi-small city like Thornmouth. Any gossip or rumours other characters might have heard can go here and on the discord. Remember to state where the rumour/gossip might be heard!
Here's a guideline for basic layout:
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, town square, market, a shop, from the guards? etc.
Rumour/Gossip: What's the rumour/gossip and who/what is it about? keep it concise where possible.
Here's a guideline for basic layout:
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, town square, market, a shop, from the guards? etc.
Rumour/Gossip: What's the rumour/gossip and who/what is it about? keep it concise where possible.
Submitted by Emroidz
Place(s) Heard: Rufio’s winery (after one too many).
Rumour/Gossip: “That whore Zaffre is sleeping with my husband!”
Place(s) Heard: The local butcher shop.
Rumour/Gossip: Someone (or something) has stolen all the wooly calves from Roylen Culver’s farm! There was no trace of blood to be found...
Place(s) Heard: The local butcher shop (again. Wow, someone’s AWFULLY chatty behind the counter.)
Rumour/Gossip: “She said cows are sacred or some shit, and the big guy with just kept going on and on about some knighted fella named Sir Loin Steak...all I know is offered that woman WELL above the USUAL price I pay for beef.”
Place(s) Heard: Note hung on the Town Square bulletin board (in clearly adolescent handwriting).
Rumour/Gossip: Enfield smells like Sasquatch dinkleberries.
Place(s) Heard: Rufio’s winery (after one too many).
Rumour/Gossip: “That whore Zaffre is sleeping with my husband!”
Place(s) Heard: The local butcher shop.
Rumour/Gossip: Someone (or something) has stolen all the wooly calves from Roylen Culver’s farm! There was no trace of blood to be found...
Place(s) Heard: The local butcher shop (again. Wow, someone’s AWFULLY chatty behind the counter.)
Rumour/Gossip: “She said cows are sacred or some shit, and the big guy with just kept going on and on about some knighted fella named Sir Loin Steak...all I know is offered that woman WELL above the USUAL price I pay for beef.”
Place(s) Heard: Note hung on the Town Square bulletin board (in clearly adolescent handwriting).
Rumour/Gossip: Enfield smells like Sasquatch dinkleberries.
Submitted by Degu
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, Market.
Rumour/Gossip: There's a new wine in town and it's the best thing ever! DELGADO wine, and of course the Basilisk variety for the supes that need something stronger.
"Good wine or not I'm not drinking anything made by a supe-symp." - Heard from a guard.
"I heard it's made by a demon. Probably a reason it tastes so good...be wary." - Heard from a travelling priest from the more religious parts of Hy-Brazir to the far East.
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, Town Square.
Rumour/Gossip: "Some lady came into the tavern recently and asked about buyin' it off the old owner. Old Man Franklin seemed like he was thinking about it too."
Place(s) Heard: Streets.
Rumour/Gossip: "They'll let anyone into this city now. Did you see that big group that turned up a while back? Pretty sure some of them were damn demons, therians, a fucking troll and I hear they travelled with dragons of all things. I hate dragons, thinking they own everything, exerting themselves over everyone. Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't bring some blood sucking vampires or dark mages with them. Our way of life is being threatened by groups like this. They're becoming more common as the years go on." - A guard. Wait is that the same guard?
Place(s) Heard: Town Square Bulletin Board.
Rumour/Gossip: Virx is a pointy-eared, sentient fart. - There's also a drawing of a butt farting with pointy ears on the sides of it and an arrow pointing to it saying 'Virx'
Place(s) Heard: Tavern.
Rumour/Gossip: "You see that beast-man lookin' feller in here with his wife yesterday? He ate THREE of the big plate specials and eight pastries. She didn't even flinch! you think he's a werewolf?"
"No idiot didn't you see his feet? ...he's a werebat."
"...you sure?" - Two drunk brothers in the tavern.
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, Market.
Rumour/Gossip: There's a new wine in town and it's the best thing ever! DELGADO wine, and of course the Basilisk variety for the supes that need something stronger.
"Good wine or not I'm not drinking anything made by a supe-symp." - Heard from a guard.
"I heard it's made by a demon. Probably a reason it tastes so good...be wary." - Heard from a travelling priest from the more religious parts of Hy-Brazir to the far East.
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, Town Square.
Rumour/Gossip: "Some lady came into the tavern recently and asked about buyin' it off the old owner. Old Man Franklin seemed like he was thinking about it too."
Place(s) Heard: Streets.
Rumour/Gossip: "They'll let anyone into this city now. Did you see that big group that turned up a while back? Pretty sure some of them were damn demons, therians, a fucking troll and I hear they travelled with dragons of all things. I hate dragons, thinking they own everything, exerting themselves over everyone. Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't bring some blood sucking vampires or dark mages with them. Our way of life is being threatened by groups like this. They're becoming more common as the years go on." - A guard. Wait is that the same guard?
Place(s) Heard: Town Square Bulletin Board.
Rumour/Gossip: Virx is a pointy-eared, sentient fart. - There's also a drawing of a butt farting with pointy ears on the sides of it and an arrow pointing to it saying 'Virx'
Place(s) Heard: Tavern.
Rumour/Gossip: "You see that beast-man lookin' feller in here with his wife yesterday? He ate THREE of the big plate specials and eight pastries. She didn't even flinch! you think he's a werewolf?"
"No idiot didn't you see his feet? ...he's a werebat."
"...you sure?" - Two drunk brothers in the tavern.
Submitted by Yamashta
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "I can' believe a shite-show like that went down the other nigh'." ↴
"Eh? What happent?" ↴
"Some grea' idiot was flirtin' with this tall skinny lass, 'cept it weren't a lass! He got so upset he downed nearly the entire beer supply, then started a figh'!" ↴
"Cor! How'd tha' play out?" ↴
"Well, a bunch o' boys got arrested, the idiot included. That not-lass fellow nearly did but managed not t' and he actually got in on the figh' a li'l! ↴
"Is tha' why th' table o'er there's all smashed up?" ↴
"Aye it is, aye it is." ↲
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "I can' believe a shite-show like that went down the other nigh'." ↴
"Eh? What happent?" ↴
"Some grea' idiot was flirtin' with this tall skinny lass, 'cept it weren't a lass! He got so upset he downed nearly the entire beer supply, then started a figh'!" ↴
"Cor! How'd tha' play out?" ↴
"Well, a bunch o' boys got arrested, the idiot included. That not-lass fellow nearly did but managed not t' and he actually got in on the figh' a li'l! ↴
"Is tha' why th' table o'er there's all smashed up?" ↴
"Aye it is, aye it is." ↲
Submitted by Rook
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, one hunter to another.
Rumour/Gossip: "I swear! Something got a hold of a kirin near the cliffs, left a mess and went for the innards. The strangest thing is that whatever it was took its head with it! And a hoof, some scales. What? I'm not that drunk!"
Place(s) Heard: Marketplace
Rumour/Gossip: "Did you see? The pale butcher came back from wherever he and those other people went, but with only one arm - If you mention it, though, he acts a lot more surly than he usually does! Makes me wonder how well the cuts are going to be when he's workin'."
Place(s) Heard: Tavern, one hunter to another.
Rumour/Gossip: "I swear! Something got a hold of a kirin near the cliffs, left a mess and went for the innards. The strangest thing is that whatever it was took its head with it! And a hoof, some scales. What? I'm not that drunk!"
Place(s) Heard: Marketplace
Rumour/Gossip: "Did you see? The pale butcher came back from wherever he and those other people went, but with only one arm - If you mention it, though, he acts a lot more surly than he usually does! Makes me wonder how well the cuts are going to be when he's workin'."
Submitted by Degu
Place(s) Heard: Outside the Barracks
Rumour/Gossip: "He applied for Faewatch again."
"Who?"
"Who do you think?"
"The captain? you'd think he'd take the hint by now."
Shrug.
Place(s) Heard: Outside the Barracks
Rumour/Gossip: "He applied for Faewatch again."
"Who?"
"Who do you think?"
"The captain? you'd think he'd take the hint by now."
Shrug.
Submitted by Coltara
Place(s) Heard: The Winter Hunt, Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "Did you hear? That hairy man with the red fur and spectacles was seen talking to the deer spirit instead of hunting it! What a strange fella."
Place(s) Heard: The Winter Hunt, Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "Did you hear? That hairy man with the red fur and spectacles was seen talking to the deer spirit instead of hunting it! What a strange fella."
Submitted by Degu
Place(s) Heard: Most businesses in city center.
Rumour/Gossip: Rumors are going around about that one fae lord with the wings (Carneiros). Apparently he has been job hunting high and low this week but not to much success.
"Well I wouldn't want him in here scaring off all my guests or eating them! Luring them off to the forest over yonder and doing strange fae things to them! Bad for business." - Some cafe owner.
"He'd probably have cursed all my books, see. Bad for business if you ask me, and bad luck." - Bookshop owner.
"He came knockin' on my window until I came outside, told me he couldn't come in because of the horseshoe and asked me if i'd take it down. Not LIKELY! i said, then he had the audacity to try an' apply for the job we had goin'. Bad for business I said, get lost I said." - Upholstery store owner.
Place(s) Heard: Guards around the barracks and drunk in the tavern that night.
Rumour/Gossip:
Guard 1, snickering: Did you hear? Captain Eberhardt is in troubleeee
Guard 2: No way, did they finally sack the bastard?
Guard 1: Nono ... if only, might even be worse ... he got assigned a partner
Guard 2: You're fuckin' with me? He won't like that...
Guard 1: It gets better... I hear it's not even a mundie Captain.
Collective GASPING
Place(s) Heard: Most businesses in city center.
Rumour/Gossip: Rumors are going around about that one fae lord with the wings (Carneiros). Apparently he has been job hunting high and low this week but not to much success.
"Well I wouldn't want him in here scaring off all my guests or eating them! Luring them off to the forest over yonder and doing strange fae things to them! Bad for business." - Some cafe owner.
"He'd probably have cursed all my books, see. Bad for business if you ask me, and bad luck." - Bookshop owner.
"He came knockin' on my window until I came outside, told me he couldn't come in because of the horseshoe and asked me if i'd take it down. Not LIKELY! i said, then he had the audacity to try an' apply for the job we had goin'. Bad for business I said, get lost I said." - Upholstery store owner.
Place(s) Heard: Guards around the barracks and drunk in the tavern that night.
Rumour/Gossip:
Guard 1, snickering: Did you hear? Captain Eberhardt is in troubleeee
Guard 2: No way, did they finally sack the bastard?
Guard 1: Nono ... if only, might even be worse ... he got assigned a partner
Guard 2: You're fuckin' with me? He won't like that...
Guard 1: It gets better... I hear it's not even a mundie Captain.
Collective GASPING
Submitted by AJ
The gross, shambling bees are still about, although some are noticeably less mobile now than others. A few have taken some high vantage points and grown weird fungal stalks from their head--but are still moving about? That's not right. Hopefully not an infestation.
The gross, shambling bees are still about, although some are noticeably less mobile now than others. A few have taken some high vantage points and grown weird fungal stalks from their head--but are still moving about? That's not right. Hopefully not an infestation.
Submitted by Rook
Place(s) Heard: Town Square, a couple Guards
Rumour/Gossip: Small mentions spread of a rather disgruntled Grimani Patriarch (or even both, regarding the eldest of the children!) 'dealing' with the unwanted loitering of a new guard around two of the other children. And, at times, the three wandering off at random
Place(s) Heard: Town Square, a couple Guards
Rumour/Gossip: Small mentions spread of a rather disgruntled Grimani Patriarch (or even both, regarding the eldest of the children!) 'dealing' with the unwanted loitering of a new guard around two of the other children. And, at times, the three wandering off at random
Submitted by Yamashta
Place(s) Heard: About the city, in passing
Rumour/Gossip: A strange, ghostly individual donning a stained and tattered off-white kaftan with 'impossibly long' black hair and red 'serpent's eyes' has been spotted drifting about at odd hours of the night and morning. He wears no shoes, and a few have suggested he leaves 'bloody footprints', though whenever someone tries to prove it said foot prints have vanished. Curious!
Place(s) Heard: About the city, in passing
Rumour/Gossip: A strange, ghostly individual donning a stained and tattered off-white kaftan with 'impossibly long' black hair and red 'serpent's eyes' has been spotted drifting about at odd hours of the night and morning. He wears no shoes, and a few have suggested he leaves 'bloody footprints', though whenever someone tries to prove it said foot prints have vanished. Curious!
Submitted by Degu
Place(s) Heard: City center, taverns, mostly guards.
Rumour/Gossip: Word's getting around that Captain Eberhardt might have finally flipped. People are saying he started hearing voices.
Place(s) Heard: City center, taverns, mostly guards.
Rumour/Gossip: Word's getting around that Captain Eberhardt might have finally flipped. People are saying he started hearing voices.
Submitted by Rook
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: A certain pair were mentioned to be coming from the woods shortly before sunrise, though it's noted the blue-haired woman's eyes were stranger than before and the 'aura' about her cold and unwelcoming.
One of the tavern goers scoffs at this person's notion of 'auras', because 'how would YOU know'
Place(s) Heard: On the streets
Rumour/Gossip: Gossip around the noble Houses wasn't rare, because people were often interested in them and their affairs. The latest talk was of Tommaso's sudden absence after an event with his appointed Guard causing some disagreement with him and the Grimani's eldest Son.
Jack, too, seemed to take a sudden leave from work as well.
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "That dark-haired Butcher keeps bringing strange people and creatures around, the sort I've never seen before! The orange one said she was something that had to do with chips? I can't remember, I was drunk. She was very polite, though."
Place(s) Heard: Barracks
Rumour/Gossip: "Captain Harpur is actually taking a break? Did something happen? All he ever did was work! Which one of us is finishing his paperwork now?"
Place(s) Heard: On the streets
Rumour/Gossip: "That house the ex-guard left is noisy all sorts of hours through the night. I bet you someone's broken in and hiding out there, I noticed candle lights once!"
"I don't think so. It's quiet when I go by."
"Yeah, cause you're doing so during the day! At night, I said."
Place(s) Heard: Marketplace
Rumour/Gossip: "Someone keeps knocking at my door at night and leaving. I can barely sleep, and now I have to run this stall all day."
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: A certain pair were mentioned to be coming from the woods shortly before sunrise, though it's noted the blue-haired woman's eyes were stranger than before and the 'aura' about her cold and unwelcoming.
One of the tavern goers scoffs at this person's notion of 'auras', because 'how would YOU know'
Place(s) Heard: On the streets
Rumour/Gossip: Gossip around the noble Houses wasn't rare, because people were often interested in them and their affairs. The latest talk was of Tommaso's sudden absence after an event with his appointed Guard causing some disagreement with him and the Grimani's eldest Son.
Jack, too, seemed to take a sudden leave from work as well.
Place(s) Heard: Tavern
Rumour/Gossip: "That dark-haired Butcher keeps bringing strange people and creatures around, the sort I've never seen before! The orange one said she was something that had to do with chips? I can't remember, I was drunk. She was very polite, though."
Place(s) Heard: Barracks
Rumour/Gossip: "Captain Harpur is actually taking a break? Did something happen? All he ever did was work! Which one of us is finishing his paperwork now?"
Place(s) Heard: On the streets
Rumour/Gossip: "That house the ex-guard left is noisy all sorts of hours through the night. I bet you someone's broken in and hiding out there, I noticed candle lights once!"
"I don't think so. It's quiet when I go by."
"Yeah, cause you're doing so during the day! At night, I said."
Place(s) Heard: Marketplace
Rumour/Gossip: "Someone keeps knocking at my door at night and leaving. I can barely sleep, and now I have to run this stall all day."
