Kaylie

Kaylie is a gnome bard and the daughter of Scanlan Shorthalt. As an NPC, she is played by Matthew Mercer.

Background
In, Kaylie revealed to Scanlan that she had heard many tales about him from her mother, a gnome named Sybil. Sybil had encountered Scanlan years ago, becoming pregnant with Kaylie unbeknownst to Scanlan. Although Scanlan's memory was a bit fuzzy, he recalled that Sybil had golden hair, was eager to escape her simple beginnings, and became very clingy very quickly. Scanlan had left before learning of the pregnancy, leaving Sybil to raise her child on the income of a quilter. Sybil had even taken on a third job just south of Silvercut to support them.

Kaylie grew up mostly in Kymal. Being the only young gnome in such a rural town presented many dangers to Kaylie, so she learned to use both a blade and her charm to survive. She stole and lied, eventually raising enough money to train at the College of the White Duke, a bard college in Westruun. In Kaylie's third year of study, Dr. Dranzel's Spectacular Traveling Troupe passed through town, and she joined up with them.

Encounter with Vox Machina
Vox Machina encountered Kaylie while she played the flute in Dr. Dranzel's Spectacular Traveling Troupe in Emon's Diamond Nest Tavern. Scanlan flirted with her, but she was quick to say she'd heard several tales about his womanizing and knew better than to get involved. Scanlan challenged her to a "flute-off" in order to create a distraction to allow the rest of Vox Machina to sneak into the Clasp lair beneath the tavern. Despite his stunning performance, Scanlan let Kaylie win in the hope of winning her favor, forgetting that he bet his purse on the duel. As a result, Scanlan lost approximately 2,600 gold coins to Kaylie.

Later, Scanlan invited Dr. Dranzel's troupe into Greyskull Keep. Scanlan proceeded to flirt with Kaylie and was pleased when she accepted his invitation back up to his room. Kaylei then drew a dagger on Scanlan, intending to kill him. She revealed she was actually his daughter and blamed him for abandoning her mother and being responsible for her rough upbringing. Scanlan was shocked by this - not knowing he had a daughter - a was willing to let her kill him. Kaylie couldn't go through with it ad instead they broke down crying.

Following her failed attempt to kill her father, Kaylie went out drinking and started a tavern brawl to let off steam. Scanlan - with help from Percy - got himself thrown into Kaylie's cell and used dimension door to break them both out of jail. She rejoined Dr. Dranzel and his troupe outside and they left Emon to avoid the authorities and managed to avoid the Chroma Conclave attack in the process.

Scanlan later reunited with Kaylie and Dr. Dranzel whose troupe where hiding in Westruun following Kevdak's conquest of the town. Scanlan dimension doored into the chapel they were hiding in after drawing the attention of the Herd of Storms outside. A couple of the Herd members broke down the door to look inside the chapel, but Scanlan and Kaylie created the illusion of Stonejaw Strongjaw's floating head to scare them off.

Scanlan proceeded to help Dr. Dranzel, Kaylie and the other survivors to get to the sewers and sneak out of the city. During this encounter, Kaylie seemed to still hold some resentment towards Scanlan but was more accepting of the fact that they were both a part of one another now.