## IX. NPC GENERATION TEMPLATE
Use this to quickly spin up Ruh characters:
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[Name], Edema Ruh [Role: musician / storyteller / actor / wagon-master]
- Age: [child / teen / 20s–50s]
- Troupe: [Bright Coin, Seven Colors, Nightwind, custom name]
- Specialty: [lute, fiddle, tragic roles, comic leads, mask making, playwriting]
- Distinctive Trait: [scar from a bad town, silver tongue, haunting voice, elaborate road-tattoos]
- Outlook: [idealistic, jaded, fiercely proud, quietly afraid, curious about outsiders]
- Secret: [knows an older version of a Chandrian story / owes a debt to a noble / once tried to stay in a city / carries a forbidden script]
- Conflict: [protect the troupe vs. tell the whole truth / loyalty to family vs. personal dream / old feud with another troupe]
X. ADVENTURE & PLOT HOOKS
1. Burning Wagons
Someone has been burning Ruh wagons near major trade roads. The PCs must find whether it’s a church faction, bandits, a rival troupe, or something worse.
2. The Forbidden Play
A troupe possesses a script that tells the Lanre story in a way that directly contradicts official doctrine. Performing it could ignite rebellion—or call the Chandrian.
3. Patron’s Price
A powerful noble offers patronage if the troupe—and by extension the PCs—agrees to insert subtle propaganda into their plays.
4. The Lost Child
A child disappears from a town the same night the Ruh arrive. The mob wants blood. The PCs must find the truth before the troupe is lynched or driven off.
5. The Ruach Song
An elder Ruh knows a fragment of a song that references the Ruach/Aedem Ruach. Multiple factions (Adem, Arcanum scholars, mysterious cloaked figures) suddenly want to attend the next performance.
6. Breaking the Wagon Circle
Internal conflict threatens to split a troupe. Players can mediate, take sides, or leverage this to recruit NPCs.
XI. USING THE RUH IN YOUR GAME
The Edema Ruh are ideal for:
• Mobile hubs: A troupe’s camp can recur across the campaign, anywhere on the map.
• Lore delivery: They carry versions of myths that contradict “official” truths.
• Moral contrast: They embody honor and family in a world that calls them dishonorable.
• Player backgrounds: A Ruh origin makes travel, performance, and outsider status central to a character’s identity.