List:NPCs

Non-Player Characters, commonly referred to as NPCs, are any character in a game which has their own actions and mannerisms coded into the game by the developers. They are usually found staying in the same place all the time, but may move around if their programming causes them to do so. More commonly in Vindictus, however, NPCs are characters which maintain shops (ex. Clodagh), perform services such as crafting for players (ex. Ferghus), provide quests (ex. Gwynn), and/or just "interact" with the player (ex. Strange Adventurer).

Non-Player Character Actions In Game

Non-Player Characters can do many things of interest to the player, aside from the basic line of dialogue a player gets by using the "interact" feature.

Stories

NPCs start, help out with, and end stories also known as "quests" in other games. These NPC-created stories often involve killing something, retrieving an item(s) for said NPC, or talking to another NPC. Often, these stories can be easier than they seem, as the ones that involve may not need you to deliver the killing blow, or the items you need to get can often be acquired from another player.

Trading

NPCs provide another service in the form of buying or selling items. Some low level items such as bottles, reagents for crafting, or equipment the becomes obsolete quickly. Thus, buying items from these NPCs is less useful than selling to them. Selling an item to an NPC is not a laborious process, but it is often a smarter move than selling selling an item on the Marketplace. You may be able to get more from these NPC vendors than you would from a player in game.

Crafting

Crafting is one of the several ways a person can get better equipment, and the easiest way to get equipment that can be traded/sold to other players. Crafting is the process of getting materials, either by purchasing, trading, or farming (the process of getting an item by killing a creature or many creatures repeatedly), and giving the item to an NPC with the ability/recipe to create the intended item. These recipes are added to the NPCs knowledge bank by completing the required Battle Story.

Colhen

Icon	Name	Trade	Craft	Locations	Notes
	Aislinn	Yes	Yes	General Store	Merchant
	Aodhan	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Crimson Blade Mercenary Captain
	Brynn	Yes	Yes	Magic Laboratory	Magic Researcher
	Ceara	Yes	No	Mercenary Outpost	Crimson Blade Mercenary
	Clodagh	Yes	Yes	General Store	Tailor
	Ellis	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Royal Academy Cadet
	Ernmass	No	No	Inn	Inn Master
	Fenella	No	No	General Store	Refugee from Ainle
	Ferghus	Yes	Yes	The Forge	Blacksmith
	Gallagher	Yes	No	Mercenary Outpost	Crimson Blade Mercenary Veteran
	Gwynn	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Royal Army Soldier
	Kayna	No	No	Town	Avatar/Dye Shop Entrance
	Kirstie	Yes	Yes	Traveler's Shop	Hunter/Merchant
	Marrec	Yes	No	Mercenary Outpost	Crimson Blade Mercenary Veteran
	Nyle	No	Yes	Magic Laboratory	Silent Brotherhood Member
	Reilly	No	No	General Store	Master Magician
	Shayla	No	No	The Forge	Treasure Hunter
	Strange Traveler	No	No	Inn	Mysterious Traveler
	Tieve	No	No	Inn	Oracle
	Shire	Yes	No	Docks	Battle Supplies Seller

Rocheste

Icon	Name	Trade	Craft	Locations	Notes
	Arthyen	Yes	Yes	Traveler's Shop (Rocheste)	Teaches Armorsmithing, Crafts Light Armor. Adventurer's Shop
	Beggar	No	No	None	Beggar. Forwards plot in Chapter 7
	Blawynn	Yes	no	Dormitory	Sells Armor Stories, Royal Army Trainee
	Brakis	Yes	Yes	Royal Army Base	Teaches Platesmithing, Crafts Heavy Armor, Plate Armor, and Weapons.
	Caryl	Yes	No	Bar	Cook, teaches Cooking
	Dolores	No	No	Dormitory	Arthyen's younger sister.
50px	Fountain	No	No	Front of the Catherdral	Gives you fortunes, in exchange for 1 gold.
	Gilliam	No	No	Cathedral	Priest
	Gwynn	No	No	Royal Army Base	Royal Army Captain
	Jarlath	Yes	Yes	Magician's Guild	Teaches Goldsmithing
	Krunk	Yes	No	Bar	Ogre. Teaches Weaponsmithing
	Nel	Yes	Yes	Royal Army Base	Riordan's wife, Teaches Tailoring
	Piper	No	No	None	Musician
	Riordan	No	No	Royal Army Base	Army Commander

Other

The characters below only appear at certain times, or during certain parts of the main storyline.

Icon	Name	Trade	Craft	Locations	Notes
	Ingkells	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Appears during Chapter 5.5 only
	Keaghan	No	No	Royal Army Base	Appears during the main storyline.
	Laurys	No	No	Cathedral	Appears as of the start of Chapter 7.
	Naveen	No	No	Magic Laboratory	Appears as of the start of Chapter 9.
	Seanna	No	No	Cathedral	Appears during the main storyline.
	Silberin	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Appears during Chapter 5.5 only.
	Torrin	No	No	Mercenary Outpost	Appears during Chapter 5 only.