Lyra Whisperbloom

A halfling florist of the Blooming Hearth who reads people as carefully as she reads her plants — and hears everything said across her counter.

Lyra keeps the flower stall at the Blooming Hearth, and she is very good at her trade: coaxing stubborn seeds, matching a bouquet to a grief nobody has said out loud, remembering which soldier bought lilies and who they were for. That makes her the most useful person in town for a party that needs to know something. She is not a spy and she will not be bought — she simply listens, and people talk while they choose flowers. Insight, Persuasion and Nature proficiency back that up when it matters. Statted as a CR 1/8 townsfolk NPC: AC 13, 18 hit points, darkvision 30 ft., halfling Lucky, Brave and Nimbleness, a dagger she has never drawn in anger, and a Flower Arrangement action for the scenes that call for one. Run her as a quest giver, a rumour source, a recurring friendly face — or as the person the villains lean on when they want the party's attention.