John Harrison

• Well-fed, weathered, red-bearded dwarf
• Scholar
• Collector
• Historian
• Employer and expedition patron
• Most often found in Odin’s Eye in Myeve or at Harrison’s Manor
• Walks with a limp
• Uses a cane
• Wears a monocle
• Wears a wide-brimmed explorer’s hat
• Values knowledge more than coin
• Hires adventurers to investigate dangerous places, recover relics, and pursue old mysteries
• More interested in meaning, origin, and history than in treasure alone
• Knows Draconic 2022-02-02 Session 1
• Was excited at the chance to question an aboleth because such beings may hold near-infinite knowledge 2022-02-02 Session 1
• Long-time friend of Brottor Burrowfound
• Previously hired adventurers to search for Brottor in Skystone Castle
• Brottor has since been rescued and returned home
• Lives and works out of Harrison’s Manor in Myeve
• His manor has a cherry-oak door with gold filigree
• His manor has stained glass showing a dwarf holding a diamond
• Keeps unusual artifacts and curiosities in the manor
• Was polishing a fossilized egg when first encountered in the manor
• Maintains a large reconstructed golden orrery at Harrison’s Manor
• Uses recovered artifacts and relics to piece together the lost history of the land
• Has collected 32 unique numbered stone figurines out of a larger set of 64
• Believes the figurines are part of a larger mechanism still waiting to be found
• Notable objects associated with him or his manor include:
  • A broken metal tablet with Elvish writing
  • Writing concerning the Silver Age and Golden Age
  • A taxidermied Tabaxi head
  • A rhino head
  • A fossilized old egg
  • A large golden orrery reconstructed from temple finds
  • Thirty-two numbered stone figurines depicting animals and monsters
  • An old lacquered cane that looks natural rather than carved
• If asked about the cane, he says he got it from a one-eyed orc in a bog
• Sells Rings of Warmth for 400 gold