Flip Krongovsko
Flip Krongovsko (a.k.a. Innkeeper)
'Always remember- this is the life people run away to!’
Thus spoke Bink Krongovsko, patriarch of the Flying Krongovsko family, and it always made Flip, his middle child, feel like the luckiest gnome alive. To be born into a life of distilled excitement, and as part of circus royalty to boot?
Who could be luckier?
Young Flip would spend the wagon rides between shows leafing through the battered scrapbooks that chronicled the Krongovsko rise to fame: centuries of shows in the most exotic, thrilling, and sometimes dangerous places in the world. Their grandfather, father and mother had performed for kings, beggars, and everyone in between. Flip loved to pester their father with questions: which was the better show?
The one for Xarath the Mighty, the Black Dragonborn Lord? Or the one for Lady Del’eaneth of the fey, where both the performers and audience were blindfolded the entire time? Bink would scratch at his chin, changing his answer every time, and Flip would drink in every moment.
With the circus as your family, and the whole world as your friend, life is a narcotic blend of color, laughter and the kind of magic that even the most powerful wizards could never harness. That pendulum-swing pause, where an entire crowd holds its breath before erupting into applause, and all for you? That’s a moment that religion doesn’t get close to. For the longest time, Flip couldn’t dream of anything different.
When it eventually happened, Flip’s surprising departure from the circus began with the tiniest, simplest idea: ‘what if the circus wasn’t everything?’ The thought in itself wasn’t earth-shattering but, looking around the campfire that night, Flip suddenly realized that there wasn’t a single person they could share it with. They couldn’t share it with the Krongovsko, or the other acts; they were all in love with the life. They couldn’t share it with any of that night’s audience no matter how friendly they were being- because they had no idea what the life was like. Thus, a seed of doubt was planted: ‘if there’s no one to share your worries with, is that real family? If you’re never alone, does that mean you always are?’
Despite the realization, it took Flip a long time to pluck up the courage to leave, and only then after several leaps of faith. Flip eventually shared their thoughts with a few key friends: Estabôn, the company cook, whom he suspected
would enjoy a kitchen more than a tent; Nix, a sprite whom Flip had saved from dissection some years before, and who was in their debt; and Tia & Mia, the knife-throwing twins, who were always more comfortable knowing more than the people around them. These four agreed to help the young gnome build something of brick and mortar, rather than tent pegs and canvas. That meant the only thing left to do was to tell the Krongovsko.
Telling their father was the hardest. With Flip’s mother and siblings, the reactions were a predictable mix of shock, pleading, love and tears. Bink Krongovsko’s reaction was worse: denial. ‘You’ll be back,’ he simply said, ‘you’ll take trip away, and realize you’ve never had it so good.’
So, Flip said goodbye to the circus. As the wagons rumbled away, leaving Flip and their gang of deserters at a muddy crossroads, they hung their head and cried for the first time.
Without a word, four hands- one clawed, one tiny, and two identical- landed on their shoulders. In that moment, Flip finally felt the meaning of family, and knew that their trip away was going to be the best decision of their life.
Physical Description
Apparel & Accessories
- Red and White Striped Trousers
- White Shirt
- Yellow Waistcoat
- Red and Purple Half-and-Half Jacket
- Red and Purple Half-and-Half Hat with Three Golden Feathers attached to the top
Social
Contacts & Relations
Running a Circus Themed Tavern has it's perks. Flip is good friends with many of the best bards in the land.
Some of whom will perform at A Trip Away Inn without charging Flip. They collect their tips, of course.
Family Ties
Middle child of the Krongovsko Family.
Social Aptitude
Extremely personable, confident and professional.
They have learned many languages in an effort to be able to converse in the "mother tongue" of whomever they meet.
Mannerisms
Very smiley. They are know to give a thumbs up to familiar faces across the room.
Alignment
Neutral Good
Current Location
Species
Children
Current Residence
A Trip Away Inn
Pronouns
They / Them
Gender
Neutral
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Bushy, Straw-Like Yellow Hair.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
White Skin with a slight pink-ish tint.
- Abyssal
- Celestial
- Common
- Draconic
- Dwarvish
- Elvish
- Infernal
- Thieves' Cant
Ruled Locations