Owlie (NPC)

**Owlie** is a character and NPC in Ardendale. Namely, he is your royal Family's advisor and guidance Owl.

## Appearance

Owlie is a medium-sized brown owl with large yellow eyes with black pupils. He briefly appears in physical form in the tutorial after the Player opens a chest where he was hidden.

## Personality

Owlie is loyal to the Player to a fault, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Ardendale and its workings. His role and goal is to keep the Player safe and help them achieve all they can be in life. He is very cautious and protective but can get swept up in the moment and break character before catching themselves and reverting to their more formal way of speaking. However, it is apparent that Owlie over time can be found to be very critical of the Player, meaning that he is not a "yes-man". He is sometimes slightly self-deprecating, interjecting with humorous or off-color quips.

Living in Ardendale for an unknown amount of time and spent part of it serving the player's Uncle, it is apparent that he knows many of the inhabitants and happenings in the realm, and has developed a couple of friendships and rivalries with certain individuals before the Player arrived to Ardendale for the first time. One notable example is that he has a strong dislike of Aggie The Crone.

## History

Owlie is known as a standalone character, and has an advisor relationship with the Player. He knows everyone in your family tree going back to when you first arrived in the realm. And, as a well-connected individual, he has knowledge of most of the other noble families as well as some of the realm's more colorful characters. As the Player’s advisor and "Guidance Owl," Owlie comes from a long line of owls that have served your family for generations. He's advised your uncle (whose kingdom you inherited) and knew you as a child. Owlie's first appearance is in the tutorial, where he flies out of the golden chest that the Player opens and startles them.

Owlie continues to follow the Player's journey in **Story Quests** after the tutorial and develops their character further, namely, the other past relationships he's had with certain denizens of the realm and reveals more of his dry humor and self-depreciating side as the Player encounters serious and awkward situations in their questing.

## Notable Quotes

### Tutorial

* *"Nice to meet you too! I’m Owlie, your family's guidance owl, you must be ...?"* **- Owlie when he first meets the Player.**

* *"We should check in on them later, a full producer is an idle producer!"* **- Owlie on production queues in your City.**

### Story Quests

* *"Your parents' said the same thing when they were crowned. No one ever is truly ready, but you learn as you go. Plus you’ll have me to help guide you."* **- Owlie when the Player receives the Lord Protector Crown.**
* Owlie: *"You think that's bad? Try being hidden in a colon."* **Owlie:** *"Nothing. It’s just that the chest where you found me wasn’t Duncan’s first hiding place."* **- Owlie to the Player when commenting about eating spoiled food.**

* *"Aggie, I’ve made it my life’s purpose to outlive you. And by the looks of things, not long to go."* **- Owlie to Aggie The Crone when the Player encounters her in Unsafe Harbor.**

## Trivia

* Owlie is described as middle aged, but his real age is unknown.