Pyrifera is an apothecary residing in Vaer Reef. She can be found foraging or hanging out with Clione in the local kelp garden close to where she lives and works, which is a poorer neighborhood with a high crime rate.
Background[]
Due to the poverty around her workplace, few are able to pay for her services in potatoes. She still treats them, often receiving food or other items instead. Because of her work, she is very knowledgeable in medicine and the local flora and fauna.
Personality[]
She is a pessimist with a gloomy attitude but enjoys sharing her knowledge.
Relationships[]
Pyrifera has a close friendship and a crush on Clione.
She is friends with Olievar and went to the same school as Wras.
Chance Machine[]
Some of the items that Pyrifera wears can be found in her Chance Machine, "Pyrifera's Apothecary," along with an assortment of other items.
One spin costs 600 
.
Here are full previews of Pyrifera's clothing sets:
Affection Milestones[]
Pyrifera will send you letters after reaching certain Affection milestones.
| Milestone | Rewards | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 300 Affection |
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Dear World-hopper, Business is slow at the shop today. It usually is, unless there’s been a horrible accident somewhere or there’s a plague going around. Usually I stare into space or reorganize my supplies. Today, I’m writing you a letter. In some ways, writing letters is easier than talking to people. I’m not on the spot anymore. I get to think about what I might want to say. And if I don’t like what I said, I can always erase it and try again. On the other hand, because I can always try again, it takes me longer to decide on words that I’m not completely ashamed of. Writing this much took me three weeks. I’d feel worse if I kept you waiting even longer because of my own indecisiveness, so I’m just sending it. Sorry if the letter’s bad. I’m always going to be a little ashamed of anything I say, so I don’t think it gets very much better than this. Sincerely, Pyrifera |
| 500 Affection |
Dear World-hopper, I don’t usually enjoy asking for help, but today I must sacrifice my pride for pragmatism. The wave reports of the last few days predict danger for Vaer Reef, and I can’t help but worry for my neighborhood. Nothing’s certain yet, but I’d rather be overprepared than devastated by an unexpected catastrophe. You’ve helped so much since I met you. Would you be able to come visit soon? We’ll need everything we can get if disaster comes to pass. Sincerely, Pyrifera | |
| 800 Affection |
Dear World-hopper, I write this in the quiet midnight hours after my shop has closed. I'm tired, but I can't sleep. It isn't physical exhaustion that has me. As much as my bones want to sink down into my bed, there's a restlessness in my body that won't let me drift away. There's an irony in this. I can't rest unless I sleep, but I can't sleep unless I feel rested. Another one of the universe's cruelest jokes. Do you ever feel like you're only barely managing to get through the day? Like it takes effort to force yourself through all the mundane tasks of work and food and chores? I do all I can, but then the next day I'll have to do it all again. Clione says I'm burnt out. I've seen it before, in my patients. The mind is like a muscle. It strains when overused. I suppose I should take the advice I give my customers, and let myself rest before it gets worse. Maybe when she visits me tomorrow I'll let her drag me to one of her rehearsals again. Writing this letter seems to have unwound the unbearable pressure preventing me from going to bed. Something about letting my worries out makes them easier to bear. Even if you never read this letter, just writing my problems down makes them feel smaller. Further away. I hope you're doing well, and that you're getting more sleep than I have tonight. If you ever feel like I do, exhausted down to your core, I hope you write to somebody, too. Sincerely, Pyrifera | |
| 1,100 Affection |
Dear World-hopper, I thought of you today. One of my customers is a habitual traveler. She hitches rides by clinging to the barnacles beneath your surfacer ships, and letting them carry her through the ocean. Seeing her made me wonder if one of those ships might have been yours. The two of you would’ve been clinging to the same boat, separated only by the division between air and water. I’m not usually very curious about the surface. There’s enough going on in Vaer Reefs without my having to borrow trouble worrying about other places. It’s only after meeting you that I’ve begun to wonder what life might be like up there. Olie doesn’t like to talk about it much, but I know that living on the surface feels completely different from anything underwater. I don’t understand anything about what it’s really like, and I wonder if I ever could. Then again, I often feel as if it’s impossible to ever completely understand anyone, no matter how similar. Even the family who lives next door is sometimes a mystery to me. I can’t see their thoughts. I don’t know what it’s like in their head. They probably have circumstances that they don’t share with anyone, problems that they wouldn’t even know how to explain to another person. Even when we try to translate the tangle of thoughts in our minds to words, there’s always going to be something lost in translation. Clione would say that I’m being philosophical again. I can’t really help it. That’s just the direction my thoughts drift in when no one’s around. When I get a little too cynical, she’ll click her tongue and ask me why I still try, if it really is so bad. Every time, I’m forced to admit that my pessimism only goes so far. I don’t think we can ever fully know each other, but knowing someone even a little can be enough. I’d like to try to understand you, world-hopper. Even if my efforts only ever skim the surface, I think you’re worth the trouble. Sincerely, Pyrifera | |
| 1,500 Affection |
|
Dear World-hopper, I’m usually not one for gifts. I don’t have many valuable items, and it feels wasteful to spend money on frivolities when I could be putting it towards the shop instead. The amount it would take to buy a nice meal or a new accessory could pay for two families’ medicine, or go into my savings just in case… Even though I can afford the occasional indulgence, it’s difficult to justify spending to myself. That’s why I was so glad when I found this while I was out foraging. It’s much nicer than the usual herbs or shabby weeds I find when I’m searching the wilderness. I even asked around to make sure it wasn’t someone else’s lost or stolen goods. Now I finally have a gift that I won’t be embarrassed about giving to you, in thanks for everything you’ve given me. Aside from spending time with Clione, Olievar and you, most of my interactions every day are transactional. My customers barter and haggle, and I have to make sure I’m thinking about my store’s survival, too. I’m always worried about whether I’ve made enough equitable trades. If I can afford my moments of compassion, or if my leniency will lead to my doom. A gift is the opposite of that kind of miserly accounting. When I send this to you, I’m not thinking about the bottom line, or if I’ll ever get anything in return. I just want you to have it, in the hopes that it might make you happier than before. Your friend, Pyri |
| Player Birthday (300 Affection) |
Dear world-hopper, We don’t usually have much to celebrate with on my side of Vaer Reefs, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to celebrate. You’ve survived another year. You’ve taken everything the world has thrown at you in the past year and managed to stay alive. That’s an accomplishment, in my eyes. You’ve fought well, world-hopper. I hope you keep fighting and keep living in the years to come. Pyrifera |
| Milestone | Rewards | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| -400 Affection |
Dear World-hopper, I’d say that I don’t understand why you’re behaving so badly, but I have too much experience with cruelty and ignorance to claim otherwise. You’ve been mean. Rude. Petty. Every action is a choice. And you have chosen to hurt other people, over and over again. Maybe you’re hurting inside, and you feel some kind of vicious, twisted joy in making other people feel what you do inside. Maybe it makes you feel powerful. Maybe you’re just careless and selfish, and you don’t care how your actions affect other people… Maybe you’ve been spending too much time around Wras. I don’t think I can make you change. And I shouldn’t waste my time trying. I can’t make you want to be better, world-hopper. I can’t even make you stay away from Clione, as much as I want to protect her. Maybe after reading this letter you’ll choose to be a better person, but you probably won’t. Pyrifera | |
| -900 Affection |
World-hopper, So you’ve decided to keep being terrible. I expected that. I don’t usually have high hopes for the behavior of other people. In my experience, people are petty and cruel. They put others down to distract themselves from their own emptiness, and only pretend to care when it’s convenient to them. You have proven all my suspicions right. There was a time when I thought you might be different. I thought that being an outsider might have granted you some perspective. That perhaps we could be friends. However, even though I tried not to hope for anything more than basic courtesy, you somehow still managed to disappoint me. Congratulations, world-hopper. Pyrifera | |
| -1,500 Affection |
World-hopper, I’m sick and tired of seeing your face. The mere sight of you repulses me. I’ve never felt such contempt for anyone before. It’s a completely new sensation. I hate it. Usually, I try to be aware that everyone has their own story. My own personal moral compass was shaped by my upbringing and influences, and others might not agree with my values. It’s always been easy for me to remember that I don’t know the circumstances that have shaped a particular person, or the reasoning behind their behavior. Though I still pass judgment, I’ve never thought anyone was completely irredeemable. That was before you. Just seeing you makes me feel the entirely alien sensation of pure, unmitigated fury. No tragic backstory or secret rationale could make me sympathetic to you. Nothing excuses the harm you have done to me and the community I care for. You’ve wronged me, world-hopper, and you will not be forgiven. Pyrifera |
Chit Chat[]
Chit-chatting with a NPC will give you a maximum of +1 
per day. They will repeat the same sentences over and over but it’s a nice way of getting to know a bit more about Dappervolk and its inhabitants.
Low Affection:
- "Ah. World-hopper. I didn’t realize you’d be visiting… I’m not sure why you’d want to. There isn’t anything very interesting in my part of town."
- "Oh! Cli… World-hopper. Sorry. I thought you were someone else."
- "It’s important to look where you’re going. My last patient broke three bones accidentally swimming into a wall."
- "My customers today couldn’t afford much in potatoes, but I did get their lunch and a few sets of hand-me-down clothing."
High Affection:
- "World-hopper. Welcome. I don’t have anything prepared for you… I wish I could offer you some better snacks. Sorry."
- "I hope you’re doing well, world-hopper. Please remember to take care of your health."
Gallery[]
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| NPCs by Town | |
|---|---|
| Louise Hill | |
| Three's Forest | |
| The Red Tower | |
| Silvie's Mine | |
| Aviar Cove | |
| Vaer Reef | |
| Peddler's Port | |
| The Frog Pond | |
| Event Towns | |