Bobbin
Bobbins are small courageous creatures who love food, drink, music, and community. Lineage is very important to them and most Bobbins can trace their roots all the way to the progenitor of their line. It is claimed by many that most cooking techniques were invented by the Bobbins, such as cheese making, fermentation, and canning.
Bobbins measure their life in 4 stages; Bippin, Baffin, Boffin and Boggan. Biffins are young Bobbins from the ages of 1-12. It is this time they spend learning to work on their parents farm or in a shop, and enjoying young life. Baffin-age is the time the Bobbins enter their apprenticeships and learn their trades, which happens at the ages of 12-25. Boffin-age is the time of exploration. During this time most Bobbins travel the world to gain stories and learn techniques from other cultures that will help them excel in their trade. It is a time to experience life away from home, and at around the age of 25-50 every Bobbin is hit with a wanderlust of some kind they feel they must fulfill. Sometimes this wanderlust can be unlocking their own potential within the community by experimenting with wild techniques of their trade, but for most Bobbins this is a thirst for adventure and far away lands. The last stage a Bobbin comes to is Boggan-age, it is around this time that most Bobbins get married, buy farms of their own, and settle down.
Bobbins pride themselves on their ability to work hard and play hard. They call this the timzy (the scale of happiness): be proud at what you do, become great at it and reap the profits, for what is the use of hard work if you cannot enjoy your earnings? Bobbins will often work all day and party for most of the night, even ones that grow up outside the Shire of Barleybuck, only getting a small bit of sleep. Over the years they have become accustomed to this lifestyle and Bobbins from the Shire have the Saturday of every week dedicated to relaxing as well as the whole month of December set aside for rest.
Bobbins love stories and gain prestige between one another on who has the best story to tell. These stories may not always be true, but if they are entertaining, that’s what counts. They call the act of telling a boastful tale a Hubble. During a Hubble it is custom for other Bobbins to try to mess up the tale by sighting facts or statements that would otherwise debunk this grand tale with an act called an “upset”; such as “I was traveling in the great river located in the south of Yomi last April”, another bobbin will retort, “No you weren’t I heard you were traveling to Draioch to trade leather!”
At this point it is up to the storyteller to defend his story; “I was on my way to Draioch, that is true, but while I was there I ran into a Djinn Friend on their way to Yomi who asked me if I would accompany them”. This act of recovery is called “upkeep”. If the story fails and the Bobbin is proven wrong or trips on their words the story is referred to a "Hubblebaloo", and everyone in the Inn points at them and yells "Hubblebaloo"! At this point they may buy the next round of drinks for everyone at the bar, or enact in a dare chosen by the one who “Upset” them. If they successfully finish a story then they will drink on the house for the remainder of the evening. If they are not at an inn they may choose to create a dare for each person who tried to upset them.
Lifespan: ~150 years
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Bobbin Bravery: Once per day, defend against a fear effect
