Sparky Elara

Role: Experimental Artificer
Description: Elara is a bundle of nervous energy, her hair perpetually singed and her hands covered in grease and Aether-burns. She lives and works in the basement of the Rusty Cog Tavern, surrounded by half-finished inventions, bubbling vials, and humming machinery. She is brilliant but easily distracted, often starting three new projects before finishing one. She has a particular fascination with "temporal mechanics," though she admits her experiments in that area tend to be... explosive.

The Hook: Elara is looking for a "vibration-stabilized" Aether crystal that can only be found in the deepest, most dangerous parts of the Dal-Dur mines. She's willing to trade one of her "highly reliable" (mostly) gadgets for anyone who can bring her one.