Ambrosia Dewpetal

In a tucked glade just beyond Sheernobb’s bustling Honey Haven Inn lies a dreamlike sanctuary of flowers, buzzing life, and tranquil harmony. It is here that Ambrosia Dewpetal lives and thrives—a gnome of gentle hands and wild devotion, both beekeeper and pollinator priestess. The villagers speak her name with quiet reverence and sunlit fondness, for her apiary does not merely produce honey—it nourishes the soul of Sheernobb itself.

Appearance

Ambrosia stands just over three feet tall, with earth-toned skin kissed by golden freckles and a gentle smile that rarely fades. Her hair flows like tangled vines, with strands that bloom into tiny blossoms that shift with the seasons—snowdrops in winter, daffodils in spring, sunflowers by midsummer. Her eyes are the color of amber caught in sunlight, and her robes are handwoven from leaves, bark fibers, and spider silk, embroidered with flower sigils and sacred spirals.

A twisted wooden staff crowned with a hollow honeycomb accompanies her always, humming faintly with druidic energy and sweet perfume. Bees crawl freely across her shoulders and braid themselves into her hair.

Ambrosia Dewpetal Flying by 3orcs

Personality

Quiet, perceptive, and wholly attuned to nature’s rhythms, Ambrosia is less interested in conversation than communion. She chooses her words as carefully as she tends her blossoms. Her compassion is vast but understated, like deep roots beneath soil. When threatened, she shows her strength not with wrath, but with overwhelming purpose—nature does not rage, it reclaims.

She is deeply introspective, finding divine meaning in the smallest moments: a single bee’s return, the blooming of a forgotten wildflower, the echo of birdsong before a storm.

Backstory

Unlike others who inherited their roles, Ambrosia was chosen. As a child she wandered into a glade thought lost, and emerged a day later trailing monarch butterflies and speaking in rhymes no one understood. Since then, pollinators have flocked to her instinctively. It was the druids of the Gnarley Forest who first noticed, guiding her training—but it was the bees who accepted her as kin.

She established her apiary with her own hands, shaping living hives from enchanted thistlewood. She shares her divine honey with her younger siblings Glennon and Mari Dewpetal, who operate the Honey Haven Inn nearby. Their mead has earned quiet fame among travelers—and they owe it all to her golden gift.

“Harmony is not stillness—it is movement with purpose.”

Role in Sheernobb

Ambrosia is no political player, yet her word carries weight. She advises Glennddarc Keeleene on matters of seasonal omens, weather patterns, and the health of local groves. Her rituals align with the Temple to the Priceless Gem beneath the Moot Hall, where she honors Baervan Wildwanderer in secret ceremonies. Among gnomes, pollinators are sacred, and Ambrosia is their chosen voice.

Though not a member of any formal circle, she is respected among the Gnarley Druids and has hosted more than one conclave under the blossom-thick canopy of her grove.

Worship and Spiritual Beliefs

Ambrosia worships Baervan Wildwanderer, yet through a uniquely floral lens. To her, the god is present in every pollinator’s flight, every nectar-sweet breeze. Her shrine lies beneath a sun-dappled elderflower tree at the heart of her apiary, where she makes monthly honey libations during full moons. Her sacred rites involve:

• The Dance of the Blossoms: a springtime festival celebrating pollinators and community abundance.
• Silent Flight Rituals: where Ambrosia spends sunrise in meditative communion with her bees, seeking omens in their motion.
• Moon Honey Offerings: divine honey poured at the roots of old forest trees beneath the stars.

Notable Relationships

• Glennon & Mari Dewpetal: Her younger siblings. She supplies them with honey and herbs. They share deep love and mutual pride.
• Eldrin Featherquill: A fellow scholar of natural lore. They meet monthly to exchange botanical and magical insights.
• Glennddarc Keeleene: Headgnome. Ambrosia respects him and supports his leadership, often subtly guiding his decisions with nature-based wisdom.
• High Priest Eldrin Glitterbrow: Though more aligned with urban faith, he respects Ambrosia’s path and has quietly defended her as a “natural prophet of the pantheon.”

DM Hooks and Adventure Seeds

• A cursed fog has driven away pollinators—Ambrosia believes an ancient, magical predator is nesting in the Gnarley Forest.
• A rival druid blames her divine honey for disrupting the natural balance and threatens her hives.
• One of her bees returns with pollen from a plant thought extinct—Ambrosia hires adventurers to follow the trail deep into wild lands.