CLOCKWISE SPRINGFELLOW
GnomesMaster Clockmaker & Historian
"Time is not a river, as the poets claim. It is a vast mechanism, and we are but gears within it—sometimes meshing, sometimes grinding, always moving toward an end we cannot see.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Grand Chronometer, Gearhaven's central clock tower
- Civilization
- Gnomes
Appearance
• Physical: Clockwise is ancient even by gnomish standards, her face a roadmap of wrinkles that somehow suggest the intricate gears of a precision timepiece. Her white hair is woven into elaborate braids interlaced with actual clock springs that chime softly when she moves. Despite her age, her hands remain steady as a metronome. • Clothing: She wears robes of midnight blue velvet embroidered with silver constellations and golden gear patterns. Her spectacles have lenses that rotate through different magnifications, and she carries a walking staff that's actually a disguised precision toolkit. • Distinguishing Marks: Her eyes have been surgically enhanced with clockwork mechanisms that allow her to see microscopic details; a tattoo of the Gearhaven city seal on her wrist marks her as a Keeper of the Grand Chronometer.
Relationships
- Family - Last of her line, though she's training three apprentices to continue the tradition; distant cousins in other gnomish settlements
Personality
- Traits: Patient to a fault, speaks in precise measurements of time, deeply concerned with legacy and history, unexpectedly witty
- Mannerisms: Checks her pocket watch constantly (even though she can hear the city's master clock from anywhere), refers to events by their temporal distance rather than dates
- Voice: Measured and deliberate, with the gravitas of someone who has literally watched centuries pass
Daily Life
Her days follow the rhythm of the Grand Chronometer—winding ceremonies at dawn and dusk, maintenance inspections every three hours, and afternoon audiences with those seeking her wisdom. She sleeps in a chamber within the clock tower itself, lulled by the eternal ticking that most find maddening.
Secret
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Story Hooks
- 1 Clockwise needs adventurers to retrieve a component from a dangerous location to repair the Grand Chronometer's prediction mechanism before the foreseen catastrophe.