Lore
Arcane ScribeBobi is a figure of curious persistence found in the lightless margins of the Underdark, a dwarf stripped of lineage and purpose. Some say he is the last of a clan that traded their names for an eternal reprieve from death; others claim he is a stubborn soul who simply forgot how to die. He wanders the cold stone halls as a silent observer, clutching rusted trinkets and broken tools that have long since lost their value to the living.
He is often found meticulously stacking stones into precarious cairns that map out paths to nowhere. Though he possesses the stout resilience of his kin, Bobi avoids conflict, slipping into the shadows of the rock with an unnatural fluidity. He does not speak, yet he hums a low, resonant note that mimics the shifting of tectonic plates. Miners consider his presence an omen of "The Great Stillness," a warning that the mountain has grown weary of the pick and the shovel.
Adventurers may find Bobi sitting at a subterranean crossroads, offering a single, perfectly smooth river stone to the weary. To accept the gift is to gain a silent guide through the dark, but Bobi will follow the recipient like a persistent, spectral shadow. He demands no gold, only that the travelers speak their names aloud, as if he is trying to piece together a mosaic of a history he lost centuries ago.
